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Yet Alan Dicks wanted to have the Scottish national team's midfield as Bristol City players. We weren't always a selling club albeit for a season!

You beat me to it Slarti. I remember getting off at Carlisle Station to be greeted by the temperature. To say it was cold compared to Temple Meads was an understatement! Then there was the walk to the ground and the muddy slope we had to run up to get to the away end turnstile.

Completely forgot one of my heroes was playing that day for Grimsby. Paul Futcher. What a player he was when, in my youth, I supported Luton Town.

Am I right that beer had an important part to play in the discovery?

And could have been the pioneer of the National Hub Statistics.

I'm more analogue though so would prefer Dave using flipcharts!

I wanted to say something like that BS4 but wouldn't have used the excellent word veritable. Respect!

An amazing insight into the birth of using stats for tactics. BBC News - VHS tapes sent to the South Pacific - how football's data boom began https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61084931

Carl Shutt for me. Walsall play-off replay at their old ground. Carl was a sub and came on mid way through second half. From where I was standing it looked as if the keeper had caught the ball and landed at the feet of Carl who might well have said that if he got up he would hit him. The keeper did and Carl did too!

The news of Nigel passing away came as a real shock to me. I love watching Speedway and Nigel was the main commentator for the Grand Prixs and British fixtures. He knew his Speedway. He loved this sport. He was also a fantastic commentator.

But no bins!

I said I'd post a photo of a refuse bin.....this chimney you see as you get onto the A500 from the ground is the refuse incinerator for Stoke!

Fixed that for you

I arrived yesterday from Northern Ireland. Will be in The Harvester prior to the game. Here are some photos for NTTDS re my journey.. Will take a picture of any refuse bins later!

I wish a couple of players could!

But the Ballon Fiesta might still be cancelled due to the rate of inflation!

PS I have no intention of ever cleaning our panels!

Like everything in life, there are people who say this should happen every so many weeks/months/years. Reality is different. I've never cleaned my roof tiles ever! I asked our Solar Panel company this very question and that I wasn't to worry about it. Yes they can be cleaned but he doesn't! I have been watching with interest as a bird obviously had diarrhea and one of our panels was its target. That was 2 weeks ago. Now that we've had a decent rain shower or two, the mess has been completely cleared by nature! Your tree sap is a good question. What is the state of your roof tiles? How long before they are naturally cleaned? Is the oak tree going to create shade over the panels? A reputable company should give you the truthful answers. I have a feeling it's not a deal breaker.

And James Morton had a bad injury that sidelined him for a few months.

Correctamundo. However, if you decide, like we did, to change the rooms for watching TV, it's not that simple! The new SkyQ Satellite dish LNB has just one output. The subsequent cable then feeds your Sky Q main box. Even if you still have the old cable from the SkyHD box in your new 4K viewing room, it's not just a simple question of unscrewing and rescrewing cables at the LNB. Sky now use a crimped connection. Assuming you have easy access to your dish is ok, you'll still have to go to Screwfix for the tool and fixings.

And don't even think of switching the 4k box with your mini. Both boxes won't work!

His quote re derbies was superb. Basically he said that he'd played in Merseyside and Tyne derbies but the rivalry was nothing compared to Bristol derbies. PS I thought he was great for us.

Very good Phil, it is just outside of Eglinton and a former WW2 aerodrome. However, it is called the City Of Derry Airport.

Wait till you find out the name of Derry/Londonderry's Airport. No wonder the French don't use it.

This topic could be the best since sliced....