I wasn’t able to do my “lucky” short-cut through a muddy gap between the fence and and a column when coming off the west-bound railway platform, because they’ve put a temporary fence there. So it was me that really swung it.
Instead of the usual people next to me I had some newbies, one of whom clearly, by all his shouting, knew more about football than RDZ. Every time we had the ball he knew exactly the pass that should have been made even if didn’t have a clue who the players were, with comments like “pass it to...
So all we need today is for Bart to run out for a ball that Dunk is about to chest back to him, and then them to clatter together in a horrifying mixture of gore, blood and exposed bones and you’d have a full Crocks Eleven?
There’s nothing longer than 4 carriages (and most are three) going through Falmer at the moment and they rarely lay-on extra carriages after the start of the day (maybe @jackalbion could say whether any additional coaches are ever put on within a day), so getting home after an evening game will...
I could be wrong here, but in my experience if you buy hospitality you tend to be put into either a specific corralled area of the East (top of the lower) or in amongst the 1901 West Middle where they’re used to away supporters (who are allowed). I don’t think hospitality customers are ever put...
Yup, my Dad told me and my brothers not to listen to it or we’d be arrested. In Seaford we got better reception from Radio London (same system: boat in the Thames estuary). The BBC were so late catching-up, with minimal transmission of pop music on the Light programme. While we’re at it, you...
I wish everyone would shut-up about Lisbon and thereby stop it becoming the next Prague. But, OK then, I’ll chip-in. What I love most is the cityscape. Hills and contours make a city and you have that everywhere in Lisbon with winding steps, public lifts, and funicular railways. In parts the...
Around this time of year we get claims that our points rally should be enough to keep us up. I hope my stats are right, but since there have been 20 teams in the league the range of points achieved by the 17th team is 34-42. We’re on 35 so near the bottom end of that range.