Never to the dark side

That's a few hundred thousand Welsh votes lost then.

This was sent to me,makes very interesting reading,viewing. Re Simon Jenkins’ article (For a bird’s eye view of British conservatism, look at sport. No wonder VAR in football is in trouble, 16 May), I think I could claim to be first to use video to record a disputed offside decision. On 22 September 1973, Bristol City was at home to Sheffield Wednesday. In my role as manager of Rediffusion’s Bristol Channel, a small new community television station, I had been invited by City to show the possible use of video in training. Trying out different places to record, by chance I was exactly opposite the incident. The linesman’s flag stayed down and City’s Keith Fear went on to score. It was not until afterwards that I saw what my camera had captured. The decision was right: goal. In the crowded club office after the match, I replayed the tape to repeated requests – from both teams and their managers, then the linesman and the referee, then the referee’s assessor – and finally the Bristol Evening Post, which normally ignored our station. For them, a replay was on the condition that their report properly named us. Monday’s paper honoured the deal, their report headlined “TV proves it – Fear goal was onside”. Prof Peter Lewis London Metropolitan University

How the hell did I write that the wrong way round? I spent so much time collating the mileage stats,that I then got it wrong way round I will have a word with my proof reader(Dark side)and has him for an explanation. Am I forgiven?

or Weston-super-mare

2023-24 7,282 if Southampton go up(hope not) round trips of 6,730. if Leeds go up(I do hope so) round trips of 7,008.

Nice if your going to Cyprus on holiday this week England will kick-off against France on TUESDAY 21 May at the Ammochostos Epistrofi Stadium (6.30pm BST), before facing Portugal at the same venue on FRIDAY 24 May (6.30pm BST) with the final group game with Spain on MONDAY 27 May at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium (6.30pm BST) Available on BBC red button/i-player service

No problem I can get to London by train if this might help with picking up the Green uns/paper cuttings.

Personally I don't like that when important games are inter mingled as each match highlights unfold. I would prefer if it was shown as two separate match's,most of us do know the outcome of the games Only two prem games are important this Sunday afternoon. So a poll is splice or shown as two separate games

Could the flyer be put into a PDF format?so we can print off our own copies?

pikeysrobins Sorry for late request,but have you still got the Green Uns and paper cuttings available? I would like to copy some for my own personal use. Then I can let you have them back or pass them onto Heritage and Archive initiative. e-mail me direst or call/text me 07565 848 889,I live in North Bristol

Any one recall the team/match that Galley allegedly "punched" the ball into the the net,which the Green'Un/Evening Post made a big thing of at the time?

I think Sam Barrott from Yorkshire has got it in for us, prior to the Stoke and Norwich games, we suffered three defeats this season when he reffed us. Not had time to have a look at those three games,Brum Preston and QPR. Yes, the linesman flags, or does not, flag the off sides. I presume that the four officials have a con-flab about the how a game will be reffed,and MAYBE certain refs give ADVICE on how THEY want to see the game reffed. Just a thought.

Listening to BBC radio Stoke,at the match,the commentator thought that our offside goal was not offside and their first goal was offside. I have a recording of the audio of the match from BBC stoke and also BBC Bristol

He reffed us against Norwich and **** it up I thought refs were not allowed to ref the same team within a month of the last time Also reffed us our defeats against Brum Preston and QPR Stand by for a late change?

I have to say that's an amazing piece of history.