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Any statement that starts with the words "...wishes to clarify further..." is going to be a banger. Copied out here for those who don't use Twitter (currently known as 'X'). "The EFL wishes to clarify further its position in respect of yesterday’s Premier League and Football Association bi-lateral announcement over the removal of FA Cup replays and the role of the League’s representatives on the Professional Game Board (PGB). The agreement which now sees the abolition of replays from the competition format was agreed solely between the Premier League and FA. Ahead of the deal being announced there was no agreement with the EFL nor was there any formal consultation with EFL Clubs as members of the FA and participants in the competition. In September 2023, the EFL did initially discuss with Clubs potential changes to the FA Cup format but only as part of a wider and more fundamental change to financial distributions. As is now clear, there has been no movement in this area since September. This latest agreement between the Premier League and the FA, in the absence of financial reform, is just a further example of how the EFL and its Clubs are being marginalised in favour of others further up the pyramid and that only serves to threaten the future of the English game. The EFL today calls on both the Premier League and the FA, as the Governing body, to re-evaluate their approach to their footballing partnership with the EFL and engage more collaboratively on issues directly affecting our Clubs. A separate issue is the role of the EFL representatives on the Professional Game Board (PGB) in agreeing to the 2024/25 overall fixture calendar. PGB is there to make technical decisions across the game as opposed to key policy decisions such as competition changes or formats. Any decisions taken on the calendar involving EFL representatives are in no way an endorsement of the joint deal agreed between the FA and Premier League that imposes changes to the FA Cup competition format in isolation. As part of the discussions the EFL representatives did challenge the position and were told that Clubs would be comfortable with no replays. They were effectively advised that, as a result, of it being an FA competition, the fixture list needed to be agreed as presented. It is also important to note that this matter was not discussed by the FA Cup committee, a separate group that oversees the competition across the professional and national game." Not the strongest statement perhaps, but they are trying to make it crystal clear that the actual decision is a PL/FA one, yes they may have been consulted widely, but they linked it to a "New Deal", which as they say hasn't even been on the table from the PL for months. They had to address this PGB issue as well, this is a bit weak there imo, although that final paragraph opens us up for a couple more statements from the FA!

CTK Southside? Can’t remember who I was playing for (Sunday?) but played against them. I played as a “ringer” for Broad Plain once!!

Rovers have announced that their women's team will go back to full control of the club (having been run by their Community Trust since the team was reformed in 2019). Not just that, but that the team will play all home games at the Memorial Stadium, as they compete in the National League South West (tier 4) next season... https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/20242/april/gas-girls-return-home-to-bristol-rovers-stewardship/

If only we knew the reporting line of the joint heads of: medical strength and conditioning

NTTDS may be interested.

You’ve got a load of info there, so seem the perfect person to ask. I’ve always really liked this particular shirt design, but I can’t remember this design ever being available for fans to buy, because I would certainly have bought one myself. I thought replica shirts first became available to buy from around ‘86 or ‘87, but do you have any info on that? I’m guessing this ebay shirt was part of the batch supplied to the club and would have been numbered by the club when required. With the number being stiched, it won’t have been officially done by the club, but there must have been a few un-numbered spares knocking around at the club and this could be one that someone has acquired and numbered themselves, couldn’t it? From what’s been discussed on this thread, it certainly isn’t one from the 1986 Wembley Final for sure.

It’s not desperate as they have your details and you have not renewed it’s a computer ultimatum same as any other company’s systems

Condensed Version Norwich: Pubs There is no designated away team pub in Norwich. COYR

He did it every game if I remember correctly* *minus the scoring bit

Yep, gonna be mega competitive to get back up.

Me And The Farmer...The Housemartins

I think it was by the London Inn unless there were two ran over !!!

everton look like they may get took over if 777 pay this loan off https://football-italia.net/genoa-owners-step-closer-to-everton-takeover/

Try calling it a "Sing when we're winning (but not always even then) section,"

Pretty much rushed/heavily nudged out by MA after realising we had about 8 CMs to try and fit into a 2 man CM partnership after his ego brought in Nagy & Massengo. Doubled his salary at Cardiff, didn’t need to uproot his family. Absolute no brainer!

Yeah think so. He just had not idea how to use his yellow card. So why is he sill referring?

Answered my question during the match comms Kookaburra is machine made, the Duke ball is man made Completely different seam because of this Kookaburra seam is 1/4 depth in comparison to the Duke making the ball feel smaller to a bowler Kookaburra doesn't shine as well, and doesn't swing as well Kookaburra reverse swings better Duke is a waxier material Only England and West Indies use the Duke ball Still unsure why they are using both though

3 days a week for £130k...it's tempting

Sunderland, Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday in this. We manage 6th.

Yeah, at the Tokoyo Dome- where Buster Douglas knocked out Tyson- with a 55k crowd. Happliy a) it's on Sky and b) it's a bank holiday!

Last proper Heatwave in the UK was 1976 , I remember it well …twer bloody boiling

Such a heart-warming video, such seemingly little things can go a long long way, fair play to all concerned

Good job Murphy is ready to go then…

Hi Jerry, With the legacy number initiative just released, I have a relative who's pictured (Billy Pocock 219 - year 1919) which our family hasn't seen before. Do you know if there is anyway I can get a copy of this rather than just a screenshot? And any other photos of him the club may have? Thanks.

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