That’s a shame. Club did the right thing with the ticket pricing imho so I hope there’s a decent atmosphere today maybe with a few newbies dotted around the place or people trying out alternative seats/stands.

Mr Taylor has scored for Chelmsford

Trigger - yes, apparently you can pay on the day at the ticket desk in the club shop. Maybe I have missed it, but I have not seen this advertised anywhere, just that seats are still available online. Seems we could be missing out on quite a bit of extra revenue.

Hoping for a win today. I’ll be at the Dons Trust kiosk if anyone wants to chat

Naz did you get your pay on the day answer?

Anyone seen the Ashley bayes video. There’s a number of people giving their praise. After Neil ardley, is that Roos being interviewed?

RIP Willie Young, famous for hacking down Paul Allen of West Ham in the 1980 Cup Final

Good statbomb CW.

Anyone else’s ticket not showing in the app….? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Anthony Wordsworth(who was on the bench for Colchester in the Youth Cup on Tuesday at Plough Lane)is a player/coach at Maldon too

Spit - one of the Maldon & Tiptree players is a London cabbie.

In the paper today there is a list of cup ties with the gap in league places between the 2 sides and we are 4th on the list, only Port vale v Maldon(98 places), Burton v St Albans(86)and Wigan v Hemel Hempstead(63)are higher than us v Gateshead(57)

I fancy a 2-0 win today.

Just a note on the below discussion of the moderators on this place - whether we agree with every decision made or not (and this is both a difficult role and a matter of judgment) - I would say that we definitely have an appropriate and sensible group of people taking on the role. Thank you to you all for helping keep this place going (and, of course, thanks to Bert for past services)

I have brokered this initial contact between Michelle and Shane - I count it among my finest achievements.

Again learning on the job for me also. But it's also good to share thought with other mods too, out of sight 🙈

Ex wimbledon player Don Shanks on GBNews talking about running the New York Marathon for Dementia charity

Cracking game at Kenilworth Road last night in the cup. Luton 3-0up after 53 minutes. 3-3 after 79 minutes but managed to put it to bed with a 90+2 minute winner vs Forest Green Rovers.

It is a definite learning on the job as Leigh says. I am trying to be as light touch as possible while learning but I guarantee I'll screw up at some point. Also just to note that Michele said she would talk with people individually, she didn't say she would answer questions here, however much we might like that, it is fair enough on her part.

11/12 - R2 12/13 - R2 13/14 - R1 14/15 - R3 15/16 - R1 16/17 - R3 17/18 - R3 18/19 - R5 19/20 - R1 20/21 - R2 21/22 - R3 22/23 - R2 23/24 - R3 24/25 - R2

Sad loss to the acting profession… [Link] 😟

Will do Meadow 👍 just to close this off from my side I will be replying to Michele’s email today and in constructive fashion.

Hope we take today’s game seriously (assuming the pitch isn’t flooded or unplayable…) - either start with strong bench to come on if needed, or use the strongest starting eleven possible, and take players off once we are comfortably (hopefully) safe…. I definitely wouldn’t want to make too many assumptions about Gateshead - these games can very easily prove frustrating and embarrassing… 🫣😬

Spartan - thanks for the update. Sounds like a bit of a way to go yet.

Paddington - an update on Sam. He is back on a ward after a couple of days in ICU, and though he is fairly comfortable and is now eating and drinking small amounts, he is still in a little pain but is making pretty good progress in his recovery and hopefully will be released early next week, and will be staying at my house for a while to aid his recovery with a bit of peace and quiet until he is fit enough to go home to a house full of kids.