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As long as it doesn’t say “Let’s roll” on the front.

Oh dear Oxford - that’s an honest mistake, but quite embarrassing nonetheless…

Careless but maybe 'Streisand Effect' yet again. The publicity may affect far more people than the original merchandise would have.

Oops!

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Kite - I hope so, now that I’ve got my train tickets and match ticket, I’d be mightily peed off (like many hundreds of others I’d guess) if it was off….

OK WJ I’ll be going along either way - would offer you a lift but I have to head north at full time.

Confirmed as going ahead by Camb Utd

So we won't have a game until we play Barnet in the tin pot trophy on the 6th of October?

Why do you think that CW? I hope not. Don't want another midweek game or no Saturday without football.

Looks like Cambridge Utd might be off too

Trigger, first plan was to cycle there, but seeing the weather forecast throws that into doubt. I might risk it if the weather looks OK

Last night, instead of going to my usual yoga session with that lovely 6ft 7" muscular trainer who I love to show my pelvis to, I took Tabitha and Piers to something called "Plough Lane". I don't know why I went, I think my darling husband was on yet another business trip with the 20-year old female trainee. Anyway, I saw lots of horrid individuals in what looked like Ukrainian colours, looking very intimidating. One even asked me the time in his horrific working class accent, before crossing over into some vile establishment called "Lidl". After going on Bluesky beforehand to post my usual support for Palestine and welcoming refugees, I was frisked by some horrid looking immigrant who even asked me where my ticket was for. Such aggression! He didn't even speak home counties English! I bought a souvenir of the game, a scarf with both team on it, and instead of the neanderthals in blue and yellow applauding my choice in supporting both teams, I was called a "Franchise bitch" by some oiks. Urgh! Even worse, when I got to my ticketed seat, I was very disappointed that it was a plastic seat rather than the leather sofas I get to sit on when I go to the arthouse theatres up in London, which by the way this weekend are showing a new film from a young female feminist from Syria about getting her first period in a Yemeni village. These thugs who were in shirts with "Football Manager" would be far better off watching her moving story instead of this "football" rubbish. Just not when I'm there. The game started, far too late for me, and I almost fainted when the first rude word came up - I'm too traumatised to repeat the rest of the game, but my Lib Dem Friends of Armenia soiree is on Monday, and I will hopefully recover enough to repeat the rest of the evening to them

We nearly got stitched twice bear the end last night. Once the Lino in front of east stand failed to be anywhere near where he should have been and missed a comfortable offside that they could have scored from. And that stupid free kick rather than advantage that allowed them to get back and intercept the pass. AR(se) in front of east stand didn’t have a good game generally.

Meadow that “report” sounds very suspicious

“I went to a foot ball game in the scuzzy end of Wimbledon and saw a lot of people drinking something called beer before the match started, and some of them were even eating something apparently called chips - my young children were with me, and I had to cover their ears when there were so-called supporters singing and shouting naughty words at the other team’s fans. Some of these words I haven’t heard since I binge watched Slow Horses and The Lioness… I’m honestly traumatised, especially because my little darlings cried when I told them that they couldn’t have chips and that they shouldn’t be calling me a “f*cking b*tch” - that’s the last time I ever use my friend’s South Stand tickets for a game against Milton Keynes Wanderers or whatever they’re called…”

They may have lived in a cave for the past 25 and a bit years, of course

Why should the players be expected to "get it"? They are professionals whose allegiance will be to whoever pays their wages. And hand shaking etc at the end of a game is simply good manners and sportsmanship.

I think with Richards, he won't have accrued enough minutes to qualify as one if the three

I took my four year old nephew to watch Rangers v Celtic and was amazed at the language.

A comment under the BBC match report. "My only suprise last night was the absolute lack of quality. Both teams were poor. They could still be playing and not score. My first visit to Plough lane. Will not be going back any time soon. The fans where I stood behind the goal (home end) were vile my wife and son were shocked at the vitriol on display. Cant coment on MK fans as did not come into contact with them."

What a wally.

As seen on Facebook. "Was right cheesed off tonight, a steward in the Cappagh started talking to me before the game, quite civilly at first then was going on about how his team was gonna win tonight, thought nothing too much of it until I saw him having an argument and winding up another couple of fans saying it was us who walked away from Wimbledon, our fault the team left etc, not sure how one of our supporters didn’t deck the fella but I did report him to one of the supervisors who was great and got straight onto it. Now I don’t care who the stewards support but Jesus what a dick head, just asking for trouble. Clearly enjoying winding fans up."

I chose to work last night and sold my ST. A couple things I've seen this morning. I'll post them separately.