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Ah, should have read your post better, Pete. That said, I'm sure the club knew I'd take less money as a YTFC fan than someone who wasn't. And that applies to most clubs that advertise for staff in those areas.

I did it at Yeovil for three years. Pete, from 2009 to 2012. Had to run the website, social media was not as big back then of course, and was classed as a "media assistant". Was paid £840 a month as a freelancer so I could do other jobs and to be honest, it fitted in quite well with my other courier work. However that was before my travelling was taken into account with two/three trips down to Yeovil most weeks eating up a lot of my money. Why did I do it? Because I loved the club, I loved being able to mix with the players, to hear of transfers before they happened, to be there on media day, and to work for the club I'd supported since the early 70's. Trouble is, the club (and very other club that pays poorly) knew this.

Yes, I saw that. Really poor IMO; in theory, there's nothing wrong with the right sort of internship, ie short hours, learning on the job etc but for someone to work FT as an intern is barmy, especially when they asked (from memory) for someone that had experience. No one "with experience" is going to work for nowt five days a week + matchdays. Not even I'm that stupid.

Think you hit the nail on the head there. A little like scouting, you'd imagine every man and his dog fancies themselves as a scout but can they really do it at a professional club when stuff gets real? Asking for too much on your CV will put a lot of people off.

The ref Ross Martin is local and did really well. Helped as you say by two teams eager to play football and win but thought he carried himself well and the one possibly controversial decision, he was spot on with.

I think that's a misprint, Pete. Full Time has the crowd at 133, more likely, and I've seen brief video clips of the match where there's very few people at either end.

I know it's out of our area but the two Toolstation Western League Premier Division matches betweeen Helston & Falmouth this season attracted more than 3,000 spectators. The game at Falmouth at Christmas was 1,845 while another 1,179 turned up at Helston on Thursday evening for the return game.

I don't think Lauren being here next season was 'leaked info'. Didn't it come from an interview where it was mentioned that she had signed a new deal?

100% this. Williams was hobbling around a bit and signalled across to the bench meaning a rethink on who Mehmeti was coming on for. Not ideal making two subs four minutes apart - maybe one option was to keep Conway on too until the Williams situation was sorted. As it was, I think City looked better when Knight dropped back a bit and Mehmeti replaced him further up.

This is elite parenting right here!

Was there last night and am most definitely on low power mode today. Dreadful game but do I give a hoot? Nah. Truro's fixture congestion is well documented and although they started quite brightly and showed the odd flash, they couldn't really get out of second gear (and they may not even have had a third gear). They made ten changes from the night before and on the bench was Stewart Yetton, their all time leading goalscorer at the age of 38 and who hasn't played for a while apparently. Great scenes at the end, we took 1,103 out of a crowd of 1,238 (89.09% before you reach for your calculators!) and we won our first title since winning League Two in 2005. My lads were four at the time so this is really their first title and although it is from a division that we wouldn't have been in were it not for some shocking ownership issues in recent years, a title is a title. Not the same as previous titles, the feeling wasn't there, but they do say comparison is the thief of joy so for today, we are champions and now you'd better believe it!

One can be a little too analytical about why things have turned around just lately and yes, one can bemoan the fact it didn't happen 10-15 games ago, or maybe even 6-8 games would have made a huge difference. But it's happened/is happening and long may it continue and it's time to enjoy it. Hopefully LM can keep their performance levels high and City can go into 24/25 with some genuine optimism. Last night at times was a joy to watch and although Blackburn were woeful at times, give credit to City's press forcing the errors. If the press didn't happen, then the defenders would have had time to clear - last night, City pressed further up the pitch IMO creating huge uncertainty in their wobbly back four. Great to watch though. At the end of the day, we are all in it to see our football teams do well and enjoy the good times when they come. I'm off to Gloucester tonight to hopefully see my team Yeovil win National League South. Not a phrase I thought I'd say, least of all when we were preparing to face AFC Bournemouth in the Championship ten years ago tomorrow. But as a wise old sage once said, "We are where we are because we're here" and I'll enjoy tonight even though we have sunk so low in recent years. We HAVE to enjoy the good days like last night, like Southampton, like Leicester etc otherwise why do we follow our team?

First of all, thoughts are with the poor fan that took ill this afternoon at Weymouth. Pretty sure it was a Yeovil fan, either way, just hope they make a full and quick recovery. On the pitch, it wasn't going right as we were one down with a quarter of an hour to go. Might have pulled it back, might not have but no matter, the game will be replayed in 2-3 weeks time. Having spent this afternoon at the Mem, hopefully I'll be able to make the midweek rearranged game. With Dover turning over Chelmsford surpisingly, it leaves us one win short of the title. Had the Weymouth game turned around and we'd won, we'd be champions tonight but it looks like Worthing next Saturday could be the one to clinch it. While we really don't want to be in NLS, we are embracing it now and had nearly 6.5k on Friday for Torquay. Today, the majority of the 4,712 were Yeovil fans, a great turnout. Let's hope we never sink this low again. #GreenArmy

For some reason, Bridgwater United Women played on it yesterday. Has been a lot of rain in past 24 hours in Taunton apparently but seems a strange decision to allow another club to play on it when the surface is so fragile.

I think a big no. 9 should be one of the top things on City's shopping list this summer. Before anyone flames me, someone like Chris Martin would be perfect. Not saying that City should go rob him from Rovers but he's the TYPE of player they could do with. Someone that holds the ball up, brings others into play and chips in with 10-15 goals themselves.