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That feeling was quoted regularly until we finally went up to division one in 1966. I was at Springhill School across from the Dell and still remember the disappointmen in the town. Maybe now people will understand why we have Sharp, Lee, Connolly, Barnard, Lambert and Guly.

This squad and manager are battle hardened and have been there before. One game at a time never mind the others. Points are going to be dropped by all the teams including us and provided we react positively it will be no big deal. Adkins is experienced at promotions and won't duck the challenge. We are on a good run of results and are capable of keeping it going. It's the anticipation and thinking of the consequences in advance that kills you. It's one tiny step at a time and control the controllables, Adkins will do that. I'm not so sure about the other teams.

The defeat figures without him are a bit misleading because Adkins selecting Hammond, Cork and Schneiderlin together in midfield was a major factor in doubling the goals against and only scoring about three goals in eight games. DeRidder was a major impact at half time v Hull, turned the game but then discarded. It does seem that he needs time after injury to get back to form.

One certain thing, a hand deflected the ball away and Hoiveldt's arm is nowhere in sight.

He was a NC signing.

Interestingly the player didn't react and the centre back looked at him and shrugged his shoulders in a sort of 'what did you do that for' way.

Strange signing by Spurs, at 18 it would look about right but at 22 with no real track record. I can't really see where he fits in.

Didn't they win two and draw with us with consecutive penalties?

Rubbish. I know what one of our best players earn and it is nowhere near the rubbish you are spouting. How do I know? His father was moaning last week about the stupid estimates of the earnings, then quoted how much. It is a very reasonable figure. Bonuses also depend on team position and reduce drastically the lower the position in the table.

-1 point per million owed at CVA min -10.

I think it is only as a continuation club that they can access a top non league position, otherwise it would be the highest league with vacancies that would accept an application.

At that time he was, apart from a good touch pretty poor and he could have failed at that point but the Norwich game that season was the turning point. He made an obvious effort and was much more effective settleing in on the left side. He was at a cross roads and could easily without the personal effort he put in have slipped backwards, something that has happened to thousands of talented youngsters. I made that point at the time. Obviously reading and understanding doesn't come easily.

Well, he did get his act together and is now a much better player and IMO a very good player in the left midfield position that seems to be his most productive,

Is it true, they won the family award because they are all related.

To be fair, he was quick, and he showed good skill and awareness, good run for the first from deep into the goal area to finish, quick as a flash to nick the ball off the goalkeeper and a quality glancing header for the third.

Three well taken goals, good running, looked good.

Of course he was, not giving the early pass puts his run through the channel offside even if he checks back onside and the ball is delivered, as soon as he is active he is offside.

You might be able to have a majority but I bet none of you played in the same Saints team as Mick Channon. Canada Saint has and was there today. I agree with him but then I know nothing about submarines.

I was talking to a relation of my wife's in the summer. He is a Maj Gen, ex SAS commander of special forces under Patreus in Iraq, just turned down the offer of a divisional command in US. Under his last command was the unmanned aircraft in Afghanistan. His view was that it was an unwinnable situation. There is a season and a lot of the opposition on the ground just come in for the season, then if they aren't killed go home and next season another lot come in. Corruption is endemic and the Taliban will take over when the occupation ends.

First match mid fifties, can still see Eric Day take the ball down on his instep from ball hit over his left shoulder, John Hoskins going down the left lifting the ball over the full back and running off the pitch behind him and shooting into the chocolate boxes. Found out I could get in free into the West Stand for 80 mins by selling penny on the ball tickets. Ian White got me into coaching after a broken leg in the sixties.

Tri Stars and VC10s bloody near half a century old, no wonder they don't work too well. It's the useless antiquated equipment sacrificed on the back of the dogma of billions of misused overseas aid.

They can only take a max no on loan and play them. 5?

Already in.

Maybe a bit of positive discrimination for the creditors is more to the point. Don't expect morality from yet another moronic MP.