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The away end (Jimmy Seed Stand) is the only original part of The Valley pre-closure. Early 1980s IIRC, not the worst away end for its era but pillars are annoying viewing the game. Stewards alright whenever I’ve watched Saints there. Still repulsed 🤢 by that enormous Charlton fan taking his top last night when they scored and waving man boobs and a stomach the size of the nearby O2 Arena. Apologies in advance if you had a late supper

It seems odd, Middleton needs a score and got out for 4. Albert can defend but not get it off the square. Needs to rotate the strike, get the bowlers thinking and ease his way into some touch. Scoring 7 but taking 60 balls is excusable if he was facing Ambrose, Holding, Marshall and Walsh. But he isn’t.

Rasmus is the common factor in most if not all of it. Kraft walked the plank but not replacing Wilcox was him as well, and Martin’s horror summer 2024 window and refusal to change tactics a millimetre. Jones was one of the actors on stage but Rasmus was directing (the club to oblivion).

Ah, should have been clearer, sorry, the dining room (a 1970s one with a stair case running up one side, hence the boxing in) is being converted into a 2025 kitchen.

Bit of trouble with West Ham within Brisbane Rd away end IIRC?

Just a bump on this one to thank everyone for their good advice. After exploring our options, we opted for Howdens. The room the kitchen is going into is being prepared with a new ceiling, re-plastering, re-wiring throughout, and boxing in a staircase. We managed to get the quartz worktops we wanted for a bit less as well. Kitchen fitting underway shortly. I’ll post some before and afters if people are interested.

Yep, that’s them. Quite different colour to domestic and European Hornets but similar in size. They don’t pose a danger to humans that much, but they seriously do to our bee population and therefore our food security. If you see one, report it to DEFRA so they can track down and destroy the nest.

They’re horrible aren’t they? Deadly for our bees. The Asian Hornet does look different to our Hornets though, if you see the two within a few weeks of each other they’re very different with the Asian Hornet having that orange/deep red 4th stripe/segment and mostly black https://www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/know-your-hornets If you're fairly certain it was an Asian Hornet I’d certainly report it.

Their forum is saying that but having turned it down in December, I can’t see him going there now. Norwich don’t seem to be considering him, Leicester who knows and Rangers strongly linked with Ancelotti Jr.

That’s not just a low bar, it’s no bar. Martin has been found out which is why we’re still paying him. Idiotic to have turned down West Brom. Best chance he has is one of City’s coaches leaving,

Coming back from injury tbf. Jones is a nutter though. What Ankerson was thinking is beyond logic that he’d be able to cope in the PL.

Scholes actually named Southampton on 54 minutes as an example of not adapting and competing. Dyche did everything bar say the word. It was pure nonsense from Martin and Ankerson last summer and season.

Leeds League Cup SF first leg at Elland was bad in 1979 as well wasnt it?

He did NOT enjoy that free kick wasted straight behind the goal. Most of the play off ties have been exciting but these two ties so far…er not.

I was too young to go, but my old man and his friends went. Gutted at the result even at that age, in 1986 at WHL we hadn’t been expected to beat Liverpool, but in 1984 we were favourites with our best ever side. The 1980-82 had more flair but was suspect away from home. Apparently there was literally rivers of urine streaming down the aisles of the North Bank?

Russell’s agent and Russell himself seem to rate him far higher than the actual football industry does. Turns out results and clean sheets every now and again are important. Leicester the only game in town left but that’s only if they can afford to sack RVN at the end of next month.

Rupert in the clear with the old bill https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnv138z2gl9o?at_campaign=crm&at_medium=emails&at_campaign_type=owned&at_objective=conversion&at_ptr_name=salesforce&at_ptr_type=media&at_creation=[87099_PANUK_DIV_20_NEW_PoliticsEssential220_RET_INTEREST]-20250514-[bbcnews_exreformmprupertlowewillnotfacechargesoverallegedthreats_newspolitics] In Private Eye, more about Lowe and some of the ‘characters’ just elected with Reform

Do we actually need Bitcon anyway? Spors can’t be there everyday but surely the club can find some extra pairs of eyes for him?

At Bursledon Windmill, it’s another sunny day where John has purchased a carrier bag full of strong cider from Tesco.

Still some controversy about the ignition. The cause was the rubbish piled up underneath the stand and an asphalt roof from 1910 acting as a funnel. A visiting fan living from Australia was cited by police recently as having dropped a cigarette end which he thought he’d extinguished but his family strongly deny he’d said that. Horrific and thoughts with all concerned. Glad they got promotion this year. The 4 minute video is still used a lot in occupational fire safety training on how to evacuate along with the Manchester Airport disaster that same summer, even though Yorkshire TV were criticised for filming at the time.

Hope Ross doesn’t set the fire alarm off.

Albert needs to rotate the strike to get his innings going. He’s getting stuck struggling with timing and far too easy to subdue and ultimately he’ll eventually take a risk to move on.

Good for Liam, we are very unlikely to make Finals Day this season. Can’t complain, we’ve had a lot of success in it.

Whilst there are benefits to those drugs, it still won’t reduce all of the harms contained in many ultra processed foods eg emulsifiers, monos, fructose syrups and other crud. Especially for neurodiversities where there are issues with impulse control. For balance not all UPFs are terrible and they can’t be totally avoided when you need to eat on the go.

Didn’t get it anywhere near target either, 50p shaped header.