Kingsland Codger

But how right they were ...

Winston Bogarde was offered a huge wage by Chelsea 10 or so years ago and barely played for them. He stuck around until his conract expired.

I would like to join Ampersound with 3rd August as the Farewell date ... "The lamps are going out all over Fratton. We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime"

Regardless of the rights and wrongs, Saint Donovan has a problem. He has made every effort to comply with the requirements asked of him and yet more documentation is needed. He is due to go on holiday and does not have the time to fulfill these new demands Saint D, may I make a suggestion? If communication is a problem, then solve the problem by starting to communicate - even if the fault lies with the TO. Write (email) to the Ticket Office and explain to them exactly what you have told us here. That you visited the Ticket Office, that your ID was initially queried, that you were then told to get the uni/college to write confirming your status and that your money was accepted. But then a further requirement has been asked but as you are going away you cannot meet that new requirement. Try to come across as being utterly charming and in need of help. Finish the letter asking them what you should do as you don't want to be left Season Ticketless on your return. The key thing here being to put the ball back into their court before you go away.

Only £39.99? Bargain. And with loyalty points for Preston away too! Compelling. But I guess I still have to pay an admin fee ...

I cannot play my DVD on my PC. When inserted, Windows Media Player fires up but then nothing happens. Can anyone shove me in the right direction to get it to play?

The Chelsea game will have to be re-arranged as they will be in Japan for the World Club Championship. http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/index.html

Might Gus Poyet be approached to take over WHL?

Bravo Monsieur Hollande. It may be hopelessly late but at least he did the correct thing as soon as he could.

Who once owned a cow, name of Daisy

Should anyone from France decide to come to London, they will be moving to France's sixth biggest city http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18234930

Whilst no doubt the instructor will be heavily criticized for shoving her our of the plane I suspect, as farawaysaint says above, reluctance is a not uncommon. He also did an amazing job of keeping hold of the old girl on the way down.

I lived in Japan (mostly in central Tokyo, which isn't the same thing) for around 18 years (mid 70s to mid 90s). The decision to return was down to the children's education and lifestyle, but they have gone back to live there now and I travel there several times a year. It's a great place both to work and to bring up young children (very safe) but, like everywhere, there are downsides and I am grateful for coolish English summers.

I watched the game not so much for itself but to see how we might cope against these rivals next season. The sheer pace of the match was something that surprised me and the pace of some of the individual players would leave even our speedsters standing.

Imagine my surprise and, above all, horror, when I saw the photo of Appy wearing what looked like an Old Etonian necktie. Surely not? I thought. Mercifully, my laptop screen was tilted at an awkward angle and it was just a trick of the light - the stripe on the new Portsmouth tie is just a shade darker blue than that of the OE. http://www.newandlingwood.com/product.php?id=128

Has anyone here received an email from the Club with the title "Southampton FC Season Ticket Launch" ? Some of the group of friends with whom I go to matches have received such an email (myself included) whereas others have not. This has prompted a discussion, with some believing the email was a scam and others who did not receive the email worried they have been lost in the system. The email certainly appeared genuine and included a link whereby we were asked to update our contact details. Someone who did not receive the email then contacted the Club and received the reply "We have sent no emails regarding Season Ticket pricing or structure for next Season" - which didn't really answer the question. Can anyone here confirm if they, too, have received the communication from the Club asking for confirmation of their details?

Nor do us Saints fans forget Pompey's Night of Shame on 2 December 2003. The night their 'fans' booed and jeered the Minute's Silence for Ted Bates. That was unforgivable.

Whilst the Chelsea defence was undoubtedly praiseworthy, I thought Barca were tactically inept. Against 10 men they played with no width and the tippy-tap passing they specialize in got them nowhere. Most talented team in Europe? Without question. Most attractive team? Certainly. But The Best? Not on tonight's showing.

Is that the same Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, that confused poor James Naughtie so amusingly on Radio 4's Today Programme earlier this year?

Disappointed Alan Blayney's save from Alan Shearer isn't there in the Best Save section.

Well, it made me laugh

Maybe this is one for us oldies - taking the Championship to mean "second tier" and League 1 to mean "third tier" ... Try Northampton Town in the 1960s. They won a few successive promotions (through all 4 leagues, IIRC and then promptly went straight back down again). However, I don't know the stats websites that might give the definitive answer.

Your Dad was bang on the money. Walsh seemed effusive in anything Palace did and only lukewarm (if that) on Saints. I, too, am a season ticket holder in the Kingsland and am probably closer to your Dad's age than yours, so it is possible my faculties are also on the wane - but not, I think, in this case.

Ture - although the Law of the Land shouldn't be ignored for the benefit of the Football League. So the question is - at what stage in the collapse of a business must it completely stop trading?

To hear all the interview go to the BBC Radio 4 Today programme page http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj9z and click on the link to Listen Again 10/4/2102 and fast-forward to 1.50.40. The South Coast derby is the event chosen to highlight the issue of who should pay the policing costs. I love the bit around 1.54.05 where Jim Naughtie, the BBC interviewer, describes the Saints v Portsmouth match as 'fairly ordinary' and 'not especially high profile' and is put right in no uncertain terms by the Policeman. Naughtie is suitably contrite at the end of the exchange. I tend to agree with hamster above - will the Royal Family be charged for the necessary policing at the Diamond Jubille celebrations? Who will pay for the policing charges at the Olympics? At the upcoming Liverpool derby at Wembley? At pop concerts? ... As Fan the Flames says at the top of the thread, football fans are taxpayers, too. And for a bonus, the same programme has an interview with NA at around 1.25.40 (but it doesn't tell us very much new).