Anyone travelling to Gatwick on Sunday 13 July by train unlucky mess from southern saying there closing the line between East Croydon and Gatwick all day due emergency engernering works

...why not...

I can see why we don't have specific OS articles announcing that particular players have chosen to go elsewhere, but went not have a fortnightly What's Happening at Plough Lane round-up which includes such info?

Well if Carshalton is right least the players and fans will get the happy hours in down the bars:-)

Is it on Sky+ ?

Ain't that KO around siesta time? Be lucky if the oppo bother turning up. Their idea is best.

REPD-just looked up the Marbella football centre, it seems to be near a place called El Gamonal which suggests that it’s populated by gammons

In fact 32.4C at Kew today!

SILK - due to be in the 30s in the afternoon in London on Saturday this week!

I think one reason for the 11:30 start will be to try and avoid the afternoon heat. I would have started it even earlier. It will be in the 30s in the afternoon.

Have we got enough players to be able to put a team out?

You only live once and I suggest time is better spent elsewhere than watching a few dozen itinerant professional footballers play half a game in the midday Spanish sun.

I think the problem is the club markets these things as a 'tour' which would require better comms and facilitating for supporters. But in reality it is a training camp not a tour. It is fine to have training camps and they can help with team bonding etc but then just say its a training camp and you can still have an event at a bar where people will be welcome and an open training session or something.

Hang around 6mdm someone will be along shortly to tell you it doesn't matter.

Not that I'll be going, but couldn't help noticing there seems to be no way of getting to where the Pafos game is without driving or a cab

Odd time for kick off in Spain (11.30 am), even for a friendly against someone I had to Google to find out who they were. The OS does not state if that is local time or BST, not that many will go. I'm enjoying a break from football so will wait until the season starts properly.

Marbs might be safer given the proximity of Cyprus to the Middle East conflict

Can we not play the game in Paphos?

Pafos were in Europe recently so decent opposition

Our opponents in Marbella are Pafos, Cypriot 1st division winners.

There are trains on the 27th as well

Boxing day is on a Friday so obviously more sensible to move all games to Saturday.

Alan IoW. Certainly not mate. Losing is part of life.

We often ask the question what if the FA commission had said no and I think the conclusion is that we would probably have been more or less where we are now anyway. But what if the Nogs had actually been good owners? What if they had got us a 22k stadium on the dog track etc i think we would have gone back to the prem at some point. Would it have been as sustainable as someone like Palace are now? Don't see why not

CW, incorrect. No Prem on Boxing Day. EFL carries on as normal. Can't get into the Telegraph article but the headline is enough. [Link]