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Valenciennes going up in the world! Even get a TdF stage depart this year. Hope the new recruits are going to help you climb the leagues.

Could be interesting if he comes in for some of ours especially as they're part of the 49ers organisation now and will have cash to spend..

Game not sold out?

None of the above, would have made similar points as you without slinging scattergun insults.

No wonder you tend to get grief on here.

1966 and 78 played at Orient to seal promotion. An omen for next season if they make it?

It might have even been 79. Went to see Saints at WBA that year, may have been FA Cup. 1-1 Phil Boyer equaliser. I was studying in Worcester at the time and went with a Villa fan mate from Warley Wood/Halesowen way. He hated them even though his dad was a Baggie. It kicked off all the way back to Smethwick Rolfe St Station along a road a road from The Hawthorns. Fortunately my mate despite being a Villa fan could speak fluent Black Country. Having negotiated the locals, we were suddenly having to leg it from hundreds of Saints fans who burst out from the station as we waited for the bus to his house. Hilarious afternoon.

That's pretty mad really. Was brought in to keep them up, did so, and in his tenure they were comfortably mid table in performance.

i voted for them, tactical vote. Only real chance of a change from blue in Wokingham.

At my age I have to be sensible and respectful on my bike.

i am also an insured driver and an insured cyclist.

Don’t you just hate it when someone uses the incorrect homophone. Definitely a small thing in life that annoys.

Here we go!

FA Cup 5th Round 1974. They were in Division 3, but had some good players like Joey Jones and Arfon Griffiths along with a young Mickey Thomas on the bench. A young unheard striker called David Smallman scored the winner. I was there and easily as bad as anything served up by the current team.

Well I finally succumbed to Yellowstone hype. I watched episode 1 a few weeks back and quickly found out about the origin stories. I went straight to those. I thought 1883 was good. Gritty, violent but actually quite removed from the Yellowstone universe. The only real link was that the main characters were called Dutton. Overall it was a good yarn which finally came together with the end of Elsa's story. 1923 has spanned two seasons and has Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren in the lead roles. Timothy Dalton and Jerome Flynn make great villains with the former having a penchant for watching prostitutes engage in BSDM twenties style. There are various story arcs beyond the survival of the ranch including that of Teonna Rainwater a native American girl on the run from abuse, both sexual and physical at the hands priests and nuns at an Indian School. Ultimately this is about WW1 vet Spencer Dutton, a post war hunter in Africa suffering from PTSD and his romance with an English woman, Alexandra, who he marries. This is where it gets all a bit far fetched, with their journey back to Montana. The number of disasters that befall them stretch the boundaries of believability somewhat in my opinion. You'd have to watch it to know what I mean and I don't want to spoil it for those that do. Which brings me back to the present day and the five seasons of Yellowstone. Kevin Costner does what Kevin Costner does as the family patriarch in a western setting. Here I start comparing the series a bit to Dallas, which is unfortunate, but there's enough of a Sopranos/ Godfather vibe and violence underpinning it to put that to one side. Standout performances are by Kelly Reilly who plays Beth Dutton and Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler. She is actually from South London not the Mid-West which makes her performance all the more remarkable. The last time I was as gobsmacked as this about a UK actor in a US series was when Stephen Graham played Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire. Anyway, I'm enjoying it as I progress to S2. Like many things that are popular it'll have its haters, simply by being popular. That said, I'm not a great watcher of TV series and it takes something to draw me in like this has done. Whether I stay the course is another matter.

Great post Francis. My late dad would have loved that. He was FAA served mainly on HMS Eagle, all three of us were born near air bases me in NI, sister in Yeovil and brother Salisbury (Boscombe Down). Remember him coming back on Eagle just before the World Cup Final in 66, went down to Plymouth to see it dock.

Is Will Still auditioning on Sky this evening?

He is indeed.

So lets get this straight we're the worst team in EPL history thus far. No confidence it'll change before the season is out, and were looking at the manager of the worst team since January in the league below. i know there are mitigating circumstances but what could possibly go wrong?

I had a dream last night where we won every game next season.

Perhaps because RM was still here last summer and as you said liked having him around the place. that said you're not wrong on his contribution last season.

Which one? This place is full of it.

Although more honest, Ivan Juric is just the Nathan Jones of the Balkans.

Only three Williams, Mills and Moran.