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CW - over my head that one I’m afraid… 😬

DO - a few playing spots still available, one mascot and one assistant manager. Fancy?

As ever with this sort of thing, ultimately the only people who will suffer are the supporters as players, managers and owners come and go. The supporters of Hull, Middlesbrough and Southampton are all being messed about by this. Buying matchday and train tickets, trying to get refunds (some train tickets may not have that option), not being able to plan, etc. Could a Southampton supporter with a ticket still just turn up on the day? Why not? I doubt they would want to but they have a ticket, especially if they are a neutral who got a ticket in that end. Middlesbrough supporters will have to pay extortionate train ticket prices because of the short notice.

A4e-Bathgate no more, Irvine no more

Do managers and players actually make material changes to their team selections and tactics based on spying on a training session of the opposition? It's beyond stupid to do it. They might spot somebody getting injured but that applies to a game and they could recover. If Southampton are truly sorry they should sack their management team, who instigated this. If this goes right to the top, i.e. the owner sanctioned it, then that needs to be made public and not hang an intern out to dry as at some point his or her identity will become known.

OI - is it Wrexham (see what I did there…)?

Weirdly, AI (don’t trust it…) reckons she was in Bathgate Road from the early 1980s until she moved into a care home - my parents moved from the next road in 1982, so I guess that’s possible, although I thought it was earlier as we used to see her pottering in her front garden (not a euphemism!!) when walking past…

There is only one team in the playoffs who hasn't lost or cheated. Promote them!

Before that she lived in Bathgate Road, on the corner of Somerset Road (like I say, 1960s to early 1969s).

To clarify - my 'many people' not referring to posters on here.

Incredibly many people who should know better are claiming that the Saints punishment should be less because they did not win any of the three games they spied on. If a 100m runner who hadn't won any races failed a drugs test - should their punishment be any less.

I feel exactly the same Hash. Must be more common than just the two incidents where they got caught.

She lived on The Grange off the ridgeway, came out of worple road sainsburys into cab.

June Whitfield lived in the next road to me in the 1960s-70s in Wimbledon.

Shame for Southampton fans,I was looking forward to a few premier league matches in Southampton next season.havent been to Southampton since away fans were standing in metal cages.

I am sure this kind of thing happens more often than we think. Southampton were just incompetent about it.

It will be interesting to see what the appeal board come up with. Personally I think Hull should be promoted and the EFL bigwigs should move their self-congratulatory shindig to the League 1 playoff final.

Wouldn't have happened in Rupert's day

Maybe if you are going to spy,a Middlesbrough scarf and bobble hat would of been the perfect disguise,.get caught claim you wanted to see your favourite players train..

Bit subtle that for Chelsea fans, Airsy!

I still think Spurs will survive on Sunday - even if West Ham manage to beat Leeds, Spurs only need to draw to stay up…

Did the Chelsea supporters give Spudz a rendition of "Southampton away, ole, ole" last night?

Just hope that someone is making sure the kid is OK. Ultimately it wasn't his decision and would have been lead by the senior football staff. He was an (unpaid??) intern and probably just wanted to get on in the game. Yes, there's an argument for morals and he could have just said no, but the pressure must have been quite hard.

Looks like TNT is free to air for Villa's final tonight, although it's still telling me to subscribe at the moment.