The 'if only we'd drawn a game in October that we lost, we'd have got automatic promotion' is an atrociously weak argument.

I don't think we have ever announced a new signing at meet the manager. Pre season tour has happened a couple pf times. Anyway anyone there who can kindly summarise interesting things?

I did wonder if they might reveal a signing at tonight’s event but alas no.

CW, he’s barely scored a goal since leaving us. Thats the only metric the fan boys should be interested in

Rakow also in the Europa League this season and neither us or Ipswich are doing that

Clive Thomas was in the 1978 World Cup 'cancelling' a Brazil goal v Sweden. Steve Dunn cancelled out a possible Marcus Gayle winner for us at Wrexham in a 1998 FA Cup tie at The Racecourse

Eric Young ticked the box for no publicity as I recall

Message for Historical Don - I attended a big meeting at the BHA Amex yesterday. Part of the day was a Q&A with some Seagull 'legends'. I asked if they or anyone knew the whereabout s of Eric Young but the all looked blank.

Polish top flight football is a touch better than league 2

Seems like Al Hamadi peaked with us

It was something like that RK yes. And there was a similar twist of fate on the final day of the league I seem to remember in that something caused Plymouth to not get automatic and ended up in the final against us.

If Stanley had got the draw, wouldn't they have earned an automatic place?

DO- it was the Accy home game in play-off winning season.

I see Ali Al Hamadi is now on loan in Poland to Rakow Czestochowa

Worthing in big boys league now got Carlisle away first game coaches leaving 430 am

Not just the countryside, RK. The other day there was a passenger in a car, which was being parked, that threw stuff out of the window. The car was outside a Tesco Express where there was a bin literally a few feet away. I couldn't believe my eyes. I think she was more interested in stuffing her face and setting a bad example to the kids sat in the back than caring about littering. This was in Bookham, which isn't an area known for chavs and pikeys. One thing I do notice on walks are bags of (presumably) dog shit hung up. What do people who do this think is going to happen? Some dog shit fairy is going to collect them later and put them in the bin they should have? Ditto dog ends thrown on the ground.

Talking of Wombles (litter pickers), I did a hike last week that included a two km section on a busy road. I couldn't believe the amount of litter that is thrown from car windows in our beautiful countryside

The best thing about refereeing is being able to apply the rules "in the spirit of the game" - that gives you some leeway to do what is right not what is the written rules. I think in the Accy instance that it was incredibly harsh to have blown the whistle while a shot was travelling towards the goal. I'd have been livid if that had happened to us and I was very happy that it happened in our favour. It's all part of the game - every match has its own personality and refs should be able to use their discretion to steer a game accordingly.

Didn't it also happen in the World Cup once? Clive Thomas again?

Clive Thomas did the same to us in a match at Torquay - so what goes around, comes around.

Think that ref was probably a Womble tbh. They are rare but we do come across them every now and then.

We argue over that incident. I reckon with the laws as they are you blow when time is up, not one second before or one after but most disagree with me. I'd support a change that you play until there is a stoppage - out of play, foul or even goal.

Hash - rings a bell. Do you recall which Accy match - there have been a few at KM?

It was Accy, they weren't happy about it and we ended up knocking them out of the playoffs later that season.

DO i think that was Accy and he blew the whistle with the ball literally in the air on its way to the back of the net