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56 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:

Failure to fulfil a fixture always used to (non league) mean forfeiting the game 0-3. At the end of last season Bolton's final game was forfeited 0-2. This should be the same with a fine (which I know won't help if they can't pay it). That will stop the game being played later in the season with more experienced players.

I would think any 18 yr old would gladly play every day of the week if required for a professional club in a big stadium. Total nonsense that the club are protecting them.

Didn't Middlesboro fail to play Blackburn about 25 years ago because of some sort of outbreak of illness in the squad?  I'm sure they forfeited 3-0 and this was a Premier League fixture.

EDIT - I've just checked - 3 point penalty applied to Boro and order to reschedule the fixture (which was drawn)

44 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

AND.............it wath waining 

At least the great unwashed masses were able to enjoy a shower! 

19 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said:

Thanks bsb, Whenever bob taylor scored a hat trick Joe jordan subbed him.

Id like to think i can retire from this thread after supplying that stat.

JJ didn't sub him quickly enough after Bob Scored his final hat trick of the 1989/90 season against Crewe! Did his hamstring....lost the title to the fewers as a. Consequence!

2 hours ago, Miah Dennehy said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkmeian965E  

Justin Channing. I can understand why you may have forgotten him, scroll along to 2 minutes 10 seconds and it might ring a bell

I was stood behind the goal right in line when Channing took that swing. A couple of us were screaming at Elvis to move as it was clearly going into the top corner! He obvs didn't hear us!

11 minutes ago, poland_exile said:

Though I've got vague memories hearing about the benefit match, I'd never known that City were invited into the Millwall end - given our mutual dislike of each other and ongoing 'history', it's a warming twist to a dreadful story. 

Whilst there's no City connection to this current situation, I'd be certain we'd all be willing to suspend hostilities for the briefest of times to show solidarity. Horrifying story this about the pilot and Sala, and it's encouraging at least that we can put differences aside when push comes to shove. 

Keeping fingers crossed for a miracle. 

I travelled to the match by car with some friends. I'm not sure if there was an official coach laid on. There was a fair few red shirts in the home end. When we arrived outside the ground Tony Cascarino was signing autographs so we went and spoke with him and he suggested we go in the home end. No trouble whatsoever and no rival banter. I think everyone was just united in the memory of Dean. Having said that there was a healthy contingent of Reading fans who had chosen to go in the away end! The Millwall fans stood with us were joking that Reading were too scared to go in the home end!