Stud mark of doom

I was thinking, at least Carrillo didn’t physically attack our captain causing him to miss matches and grab the balls of someone on the Newcastle bench (or something like that).

Obviously a far worse footballer but was he really a worse buy than Osvaldo? Very sad he has any competition for the worst buy tag!

Same for me - always get one but has been stupidly difficult to find for the first two games No-one selling outside anymore or inside - so need to join the huge food queued Queued up once at food place to be told sold out - try the other side Mate had queued up at the other side and was told the same thing - or to come back during the game as they might get some more. Far too much trouble.

Why were united fans on the train to Manchester? Were there no direct trains to devon/Hertfordshire etc?

Anyone else spot that on the official draw programme on Sky, there was not the slightest acknowledgement that this was a tie of any note. Even though they were struggling to fill time there was no mention from either of the pundits pulling out the balls or the anchor-totty.

Away

Not sure if it’s been mentioned elsewhere but on the red card tackle, the replay shown on MOTD captures a Brighton team mate grimacing at the awfulness of the tackle. Quite unusual to see such a natural reaction for a foul by your own side.

Isn’t that because the basic rate relief goes direct to the charity? When I did the maths a few years ago I’m sure all the tax was effectively repaid by the government - some back to me (the difference between your marginal and basic) and some to the charity (basic rate).

Seems completely reasonable to me. What a very strange reaction. Enjoyed the use of the word “grassing”. Haven’t heard that since I was at primary school.

Amen to this.

Not followed this but surely as a minimum they’ll reform a few leagues down. There may even be a stadium available in Bolton they can play in. In reality, from Aldershot to Wimbledon, football clubs are much more robust than the narrow legal entity.

They do - that’s what ‘gift aid’ is. I don’t even think there is a limit.

Still waiting for mine......

Great draw - really enjoyed the FA cup up there a couple of years ago. Very nice place all round.

Love this bit of footage. Always sends a little shiver down the spine. Great commentary too.

Numerous calls to the ticket office to try and sort this out this morning Just rings... and rings... and rings... and rings. No response to email either. Well annoyed.

Pretty sure Ricky Lambert wouldn’t have ever had the opportunity to show he was top class if we hadn’t given him the chance.

The “window thingy” is just the car (or other) window sticker. My son got his about a week ago. Big box - but only thing in it was a season ticket. Someone said on another thread they had messed up all the kids boxes and the “goodies” would be sent later. I would have been very happy with the ticket and nothing else. Very unhappy with what I got. At least the ticket office works Sunday so I can easily sort it out.....

Thanks but sadly not - torn the box apart now

Finally got my box yesterday. Letter from ralf, badge, window thingy, fixtures. But no season ticket! Unbelievable.

Given a chance in the prem...... scores within 5 mins.

Has Skachel signed yet?

Amazing - excellent work.

Good to see us making use of the train track by the Kingland Stand