Reigate Red

2 minutes ago, Alan Dicks said:

When will they equalise?

My bet is 94th min

Let's hope for only 3 mins added then!

1 hour ago, mozo said:

I've got a theory though that the longer you hold onto a shirt the cooler it gets. So as an adult if you buy every new home shirt, put it away for 5-10 years, then when the time is right, unwrap it and go to games looking retro and trendy.

The strange thing would be though that still being as bought they would have "shrunk" in that period.

Albania v Poland now into the 27th minute added time - what went on there?

Edit : Finished at 29 minutes

Thinking of going but not been since the days of Highfield Road. As it's an out of town ground how do people get there?

40 minutes ago, Grey Fox said:

Ipswich away, the season we made the play off final , that match with Hull.

Wife moaned I was driving too much and I should go by train. Train to London broke down, and the train to Ipswich stopped at every single station on the way. Arrived too late for the pub, missed the first 10 minutes of the game, and we lost 6-0.

Train back was just as slow. 
 

Last time I listened to the Mrs.

Ha ha...I had a ticket for that but didn't go as was suffering from "man flu"  - so glad when I saw the result.

1 minute ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said:

Definite penalty in the game as it is played today. I'm not saying its wrong but it is inducative of how the game has changed from the 70/80s when a high foot would have seen the award of an indirect free kick, something that seems to have gone from the game entirely. 

Call me old fashioned but there was no goal scoring opportunity in the offing - the ball was moving away from the penalty area but then it's 1-0. Just seems disproportionate punishment to me.

Impressive - really looks like we are in good hands

Drink.....up......thee....cider  as it used to be sung slowly.

I had been assuming we would be in the end terrace as previously.

2 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said:

Did you try putting on a cockney accent

Ha .. no I just grunted when I thought they wanted a response 

The fan segregation at South Bermondsey  is fine.

However a few years ago we played them when the station was closed as part of maintenance works and I walked from Surrey Quays instead. That was fine until a few Millwall fans decided to start up a conversation assuming I was Millwall  

Just bought a ticket tonight. It is on general sale so no great rush it would appear.

Despite the crappy ground I'm looking forward to this - it's my first post lockdown game.

2 hours ago, RedLionLad said:

Spotted this beauty elsewhere. Anyone know who…..and why?

One for my generation - my strange initial thought (don't ask me why) was Adam & the Ants and looking at the lyrics it seems particularly apt. Just a pity that nappies are not included 

Don't you ever, don't you ever
Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome
Don't you ever, don't you ever
Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome

On 04/09/2021 at 20:20, JonDolman said:

Yep cheers just finally worked that out. When I first saw the title I thought it was a spelling mistake

When I first saw it I thought it was about Ashton Court so I was way off the mark 

@Norn Iron, @lager loud, @Ska Junkie thanks for all your discussion it's really been helpful. Looks like I need to devote a bit of time to this and polish up my spreadsheet skills!

Don't be surprised if you see this thread resurrected in six months time   

@Ska Junkie thanks for starting this. I am in a similar position (and I suspect age) and had been thinking of starting a thread but like many things never got around to it!

Thanks to others also for the good advice. I'm thinking of reducing days next year to see what I do with the spare time (particularly in winter) with the aim of finishing the year after. If I find I am at a loose end too much I will consider carrying on at reduced days for a few more years. 

One query on the following comment:

On 19/08/2021 at 14:57, lager loud said:

It’s often worth taking the 25% lump sum. Even if you think of it as part of your retirement pot, you can invest it back into similar funds in things like ISAs, where you’ll then be able to take money out tax-free, whereas you’d have to pay Income Tax to take it out of your drawdown. And if you don’t take the lump sum when you move a pension fund into drawdown, you can’t do so later.

I thought that if you did not take the 25% as an initial lump sum then you instead got 25% tax free allowance on the subsequent annual amounts taken from a drawdown ?

2 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

 

I'd be surprised if anyone had heard of him and it's no surprise he looks happy, judging by his career so far joining the Gas is genuinely a step up for him.

Started his youth career at Barnard Castle, cue jokes about needing his eyesight tested.

So many loans.  

Didn't Bishop Auckland win the first world cup - I seem to remember a film about it.

When I young it would always be Clarks pie and chips. Crack the lid off the pie and dip the chips in the gravy. However my more recent experience of Clarks pies suggests the meat:gravy ratio has changed over the years to a drier product and such post piss up chip dipping would no longer be possible.  

5 hours ago, 22A said:

And it was still better than the Mem....

 

Did it really take 11 years to demolish that 

1 minute ago, Red Army 75 said:

Unless they win

You beat me too it - as soon as I hit "post" I realised I'd screwed up

Ignore previous edited comment I was talking bollocks

27 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

According to their match day thread Joey the jailbird didn`t even go into the dressing room at HT, he just stayed out sat on the bench.

Wow - that really would be an admission of defeat by the great leader.

If only the cobblers did the business on Saturday the table would look oh so good. Never mind it's not over yet.

1 minute ago, The Gasbuster said:

Best for Swindle to lose; they will probably get a points deduction anyway

True