BTRFTG

Expect to see a decline in the older Gas population next season for that, for sure, is one undercover Harold Shipman.....

Wonderful discussion on Twitter re the exemplary behaviour of Barca fans at Anfield last night - how terrific some sets of supporters can be. Though this response came from the utterly brilliant Streatham Rovers account it did remind me of another Rovers closer to home: "But let's not forget that often football fans are absolute animals. If we didn't have to rely on paying punters we'd probably ban them. They: 1) Distract the players 2) Get so drunk they urinate over war memorials 3) Complain when the club signs sponsorship deals with bailiffs"

Surely everyone knows Blu-Tac doesn't stick to canvas.....

Most importantly, by 2029 they'll be called by the masses: "Who?"

...and 'inconsequential' since time immemorial........ (no pun intended.)

Any truth in the tale that Hull's link with the Gas was the result of him, being a tall fella, having an affinity with generations of their strikers who signally lacked aerial prowess?

No Longer Bankrupt Resistant....

Given the triple trouncing this season I hear the Mackams have just turned Commodore: "Thanks for the times that you've given us, The memories are all in our mind. And now that you've come To the end of your rainbow, There's something we must sing out loud! Your once, twice Three times a LOSER...."

Saw that too Slarti, isn't that where the Fake Sheikh sits? Perhaps they're keeping the masses from him....

Altogether now.... "The Wheels On The Bus... Have Just Come Off, Just Come Off, Just Come Off....."

Else, How many Gasheads does it take to change a lightbulb? To which I guess they'd answer: " None - that nasty Mr Lansdown has bought all the bulbs in the West to further heap embarrassment upon us..."

I couldn't work out if the photographer used an atmospheric filter as an allegory for impending dark days ahead, else a storm a'brewin'. I did note the lights weren't on, 50ps run out?

If this isn't the finest football photograph of the season I'm a Dutchman. @lightaperture on Twitter - brilliant.

He said they were less arrogant, knowledgeable and friendly.... So like Meatloaf I'll say two out of three ain't bad and on the basis and with the gap as big as it is I'd argue we've something to be arrogant about.

Hope I'm wrong but as he hasn't been seen (or HEARD,) in an eternity I fear the worst. Even the Harlingshire contingent haven't spotted him.

Sounds like the (late?) great Tony H. City shirt worn over his Gannex raincoat perchance?

He's a teabag..... (To the tune of London Bridge is fallin....)

Clarification required on both counts methinks - who, Big Dev or The Neighbour? The only White chant I recall was 'the teabag' - whole different meaning these days......

Stewart grew up in Withywood.

But this isn't.....

What about Bible Basher Bailey? Last seen legging it Downend way exeunt persued by debt collecting Chinamen......

You mock, but do you have any concept of how difficult it is to get hold of pre-decimal coinage these days? Changing those turnstiles costs a pretty penny......(decimal or otherwise...)

A rare instance of you being wrong Slarti. The Gas, being forward-thinking and smarting at our being newly ensconced in the top flight, threw what monies they had left in acquisition of a groundbreaking Video2000 system in an attempt to catch up....

Mr P's provided a very comprehensive response to the what ifs, but there appears to be no direct correlation between 'crime and punishment'. So if withholding payments have now gone how are the infringements assessed ( £x overspend = y points: is that a one-off, i.e. I reckon we could live with a 3 point deduction and still go up hence may risk overspending by.. or would an accumulative £x overspend in the second year ( or previous period) be worthy of greater punishment, 6 points say?) I also don't get the bit about embargoes, which as Mr P implies were written with an intent to drive a coach and horses through them. If in Brum's case they were embargoed how did they sign and register a player without EFL consent (or did they sign him without an ability to play him, else did EFL themselves screw up?) That's what I meant by it all appearing a tad lax, a touch old boys network and dependant upon how much the top table likes you. Is there an appeals system, or arbitrage? Does punishment against one period receive some form of 'relaxation' else may one be subject to double jeopardy? Rules designed by committee methinks.

The finances are all very interesting but does anybody know, real world, what the actual sanctions are for breaching FFP? There was talk of a fixed levy taken from TV monies but I'm not sure this has ever been sanctioned (why further push a club into debt if it risks their existence?) I know there have been a few transfer embargoes but are they that stringent? Seem to recall a few clubs who were constrained managing to take in players on loan if it was an emergency, they were over 6ft, bald or any other get-out they could summon up.