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Supports Man City, mate

We have long had a big following for a big day out in the cup, up London. Going back to before the First World War.

It took a while for Bristol coach drivers to get the hang of that new-fangled orbital thingy they built round that London...

Scabby goal, scabby win that. Scabby away following, they had just the one third of the Open End, and that wasn't exactly packed to the Mike Rafters. It's where the term the "Few" came from, their crap numbers in the 80s, until they started doing well

Has he not though lifted them to previously unscaled heights? Something Steve has absolutely failed to do with us.

There will be one, at least, that arrives at half-time.

Don't think I'd've done this at Upton Park, but at the new ground, why not?

I dreamt about @Davefevs last night (funnily enough), and I fell out of bed twice (was something to do with stats and charts and analyics and stuff). Many years ago, I had a dream in which I was arguing furiously with Everton's Graeme Sharp. True story. As Evertonians go, he doesn't strike me as the most furious, or even argumentative. Strange.

"The gaffer speaks .... tonight" there's a song in there, somewhere. A win away, a win away, a win away all want is a win away Hush my babber, don't fear my babber The gaffer speaks ... tonight In the shambles, the mighty shambles The gaffer speaks tonight Weeee heeee weeeeeoh win away A win at home, a win away Etc, and so on

... and @77 punk and (appropriately) Paul Simonon. Happy Birthday all!

We were (all) so much olderyounger then ....

I think we dropped @77 punk off at the Hacienda after that one so his recall might be sketchy. Think he and that @EnclosureSurge and @Bez/Deano spent the next 36 hours there. Not sure the Hacienda was ever the same, not sure @77 punk ever made it quite back from there, either. Although, I believe the Hacienda is no longer with us while @77 punk is due Many Happy Returns tomorrow. Happy Birthday @77punk

Nope. It's Hornby (going around, and around, in figures of 8)

Steve's a self made billionaire? Who's this Hargreaves chappie, then?

Do Ipswich have a top two/auto promoted squad? Do Preston have a top seven squad? Did Luton have a top six squad? It's unlikely that we will ever start a Championship season in August with, on paper, a top six squad, like many other of the clubs that managed to win promotion from this level whilst not being a PP club. I suppose JL's looking for us to out-perform our limitations because there's no other way we can ever be successful at this level, and therefore no other way of flogging the club for a price they are wanting.

Will be sold, next summer, presumably?

Top end answer, as ever Dave

"Top end" isn't 11th, that's "top half." So, "top" is 1 - 12 and "end" in football terms, is 1 - 6.

£250,000 wasn't it? AD's biggest spend?

.... but never seemingly with so much, doing so (comparatively) little?

Luton sell their talent?

It's like FA Cup R3 there, every home game.

Like bleedin' porridge

Not everyone dwells in reality, nor even wants to. Not everyone goes to football to stare reality in the face. What was it Wade Elliott said about not being able to bear too much reality?

Manchester City’s Neil Young reckoned "only love can break your heart," but they didn't have the play offs back in those days