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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.

https://smiworld.co.uk/team/ Few ex city and south west players there.

Personally quite enjoyed the bits of the second half I saw. Feyenoord were pushing and Roma defended really well. Quite enjoyed watching the UCL this year. It's actually nice to see some of the other side's in Europe that hardly get a look in due to the dominance of money in the Champions League and these two are hardly small teams. Of course European competitions could be much better, but I doubt that will happen under Uefa.

Yeah free market was probably an oversimplification, however there is a difference between their models (which are different from state to state) and others that are out there, how the products are sold, by who, produced, advertised, for profit etc. I volunteered within Transform Drug Policy Foundation and I never heard anyone suggest that we should be moving towards a the models in the US it was usually the opposite. It wasn't in any of their documentations on legal regulation blueprints at the time. This article addresses some of the pros and cons of regulation in America so far: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20210518.36548/full/ America's its own beast too with massive social problems playing out across the country. There approach to the drug war has been so extreme, and I am sure their approach to regulation will also have massive problems. It doesn't mean it would be the same here. Most drugs have existed long before they were illegal. They weren't solely made illegal on grounds of safety and evidence, but on ideology. https://transformdrugs.org/blog/a-short-history-of-the-misuse-of-drugs-act Alcohol and tobacco companies had a huge interest in seeing drug use cracked down upon and helped fund many anti drug campaigns. They also wouldn't make Alcohol illegal now due to the cost to society and the increase in risk. I'm not as commited to this anymore to be honest but there are massive improvements we could make to society and individual health if we took different approaches. The government is already backtracking from their hard-line approach seen in the early 2010 due to it increasing deaths and inequality.