Silk - the game is on ITV 1, the crowd before and afterwards is on ITV 4 under their boxing coverage

If you want some free football on TV today ITV1 has got Southampton v Portsmouth on from 11:30 today - kick off is 12 noon.

Your occasional reminder that there are those with money, and those who have you believe they have money

BTW Galty we owe more to Ron Noades than Hammam. Ever heard of his name?

He's not posted for weeks and now WIJG surfaces to defend the person that single handedly destroyed over a 100 years of history. Hammam was a conman. He is hardly going to say he hated Wimbledon or was in it for himself. You've posted some absolute crap since you appeared WIJG but this has taken your self-interest and total lack of understanding to a new depth. Hammam was on an ego trip and couldn't give a shit about what Wimbledon was but what it could be used to become, something you seem to relate to, hence why you became a franchise supporter. I'm sure you're doing it to get a reaction so I'm not going to give you the satisfaction.

John Galt proves he was taken in by a snake oil salesman

There are certain similarities between Who is John Galt and Sham in truth, so perhaps no surprise he felt a kindred spirit.

And as if by magic, nice to have your scribes Rob.

A-IoW,, good point. I'm making myself annoyed and letting the memory of that toe rag (who I had no idea was still alive or dead and didn't care either way) ruin a good outcome on the pitch yesterday.

Who is John Galt - yes Sham definitely had our best interests at heart when we sold our home. Deluded.

WRT Hammam, I have heard interesting comments about him from somebody pretty high up at Cardiff...

I can’t help but respond to the vitriolic diatribe regarding Sam Hamman. If he was literally prevented from attending the game yesterday then it is a disgrace and one which needs to be rectified. I spent a train journey in the early 90s with him - coming back from an away match in Newcastle. He was positive, passionate and loved Wimbledon. He absolutely epitomised the Wimbledon spirit – the underdog fighting against all of the odds and without much financial muscle - seeing us promoted and prosper in the Premier League. To suggest that any of that would have happened without him is ridiculous. As far as I am concerned, he is more than welcome to be my guest at any home match and I will willingly fund his ticket as a gesture of appreciation for all the fond memories and everything he brought to this Club.

Morning all. SW19 on us beating Rotherham now up - [Link]

$6mm , 'bour time Rob rocked up with his SW19 blog and reminded us we won yesterday and we were happy and care free at 16:50...

I worked with someone who is family friend of the Hammams. As surprising as it sounds I don’t think he ever moved away and always been based in north London.

Surely nobody thinks he now lives locally or happened to be in the area for other reasons and fancied watching a game of football at a club that was created as a direct result of what his sustained and prolonged actions did to our original club. All this has done is stirred people up and brought back the hate and anger they spent.years trying to get over. Odious man.

All Hammam did was make himself money by selling players and gain notoriety. He was good at it. When we won the FA Cuo the first thing he did was say all the team were up for sale. He couldn't wait to cash in on it. Lurch and Thorn were flogged to Newcastle soon after.

It is not about telling Hammam to fuck off, it is about how he is told and by whom

JaW - a most appropriate approach

I think in Erik’s book he mentioned that Hammam did exactly the same at a random game at Kingsmeadow. I believe Erik took it upon himself to look after him.

might I remind people our former owner never put a penny into the club, despite many claims. One thing WISA did do rather well, look at accounts in detail, and understand movement of funds.

RK - just wondering how this episode was handled. Can imagine Sham relating how he was shunned by his children. I just hope we handled it well. As StD says

Once the press get hold of the Sam story,be interesting what our former managers and star players of that era make of his treatment,.

Is that the Board you want done away with or the PLC Board Bob?

Just perusing the FA cup results, I see that the two Enfields played each other with the fan owned NS outfit, Enfield Town, winning 3-0. Presumably, not the first time they've met?