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Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink - Burton Manager. Sorry was being lazy.

Definitely agree about the press in the second half it absolutely killed us and we had no answer to it.

Reckon JFH could be on his way soon. They weren't very happy with him last year.

Really nice post thanks for sharing! My Dad died a year ago and this weekend I'm going to my first game since then which will be great, but also reflective. Those relationships that are built often at a young age is what football is all about imo.

That is something else.

Echo all the above and hope for a steady recovery for Marvin!

My Dad always used to point him out before a game when I was a kid. Sad to here very much part of the match day routine.

I read this yesterday after noticing that Staines are now showing as defunct. There is also an FSA report here: https://thefsa.org.uk/news/staines-town-130-year-history-kicked-into-long-grass/ Sounds like it was dodgy from the start.

Inclined to agree, but do many clubs give teams a whole end? I watched Rangers Vs West Ham last night as I was near by and they had the 2.5k West Ham fans in the corner. I thought they gave them the upper tier too at first, but they hadn't. Rangers also had their noisy fans in the same stand so it made for a good atmosphere for a friendly. Appreciate this might be harder to recreate at Ashton Gate.

That's pretty cool. They hold (held?) a festival down at Dean Park skate park every year it's a good site and nice to see it get some exposure.

Think they died (RIP) definitely one of the OTIB characters. I guess as we've seen there are some arguments against maintaining an academy especially now, but I'm glad we went the other way.

Was it Ashton Yate? Think there's someone with that name now, but it's not the same one. Could be wrong mind was a long time ago.

There was a thread on here every week about it for a while or so it seemed. All came together in the end.

That interview was painful. Where did Simon Jordan post that? Guys clearly got some stuff he needs to work through. (Just seen Jordan posted it on Twitter)

They do look like something Jon Lansdown would come up with so pretty good.

Generally for people like that the normal rules don't apply.

Agreed it's definitely a shame.

Bournemouth are offering sponsor free shirts for adults if they want as they are sponsored by Dafabet. Generally though companies who sponsor aren't going to want to do this.

Not listened to it yet, but nice to see Kate Masters name pop up. I'm really glad that the Junior Reds are back. Football gave me a huge connection to my Dad and going to the gate and seeing those familiar faces made it feel like family.

Just before my time but would love to see any pictures.

I believe it was that game Vs Plymouth.

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/15/world/stonehenge-defaced-by-soccer-followers.html

The greens and blues. I remember listening to a podcast about Byzantium and there were long sections on it. They were often used by different ruling factions to dominate the other and I think they potentially played a role in overthrowing a leader but it's ages since I listened to it. There's and article about it, but I just skimmed. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/blue-versus-green-rocking-the-byzantine-empire-113325928/

Yeah have listened to quite a few including Campbell's which was great.. Found some of them a bit samey and full of lad stories, but I was probably over listening during the lockdown so will dip back into a few more. Will listen to Orr's in that case cheers.

Need to get around to listening to this one. I'm quite interested in the stories from Refs. Is the Orr interview that different to the OSIB one? Suspect many of the stories are along the same lines but may have a dip in.