NB back to Clapdonn’s post a couple of days ago, surely his thought process is totally logical in terms of how outside investment could come in without the risk of AFCW facing another Sam Hamman scenario which I assume is what every fan dreads, ie follow the Ken Bates model……set up a Chelsea style Pitch Owners group where fans can literally own a square metre of the hallowed turf at Plough Lane. This immediately thwarts any unscrupulous buyer from having any thoughts or hope of moving the club away from the current site. Job done. We have to start thinking big otherwise the yo yo scenario between Divs 1 and 2 will never end.

From what I understand, FFP or whatever you want to call it, does not apply in Div 1 as it does in the top 2 divisions. Thus Birmingham splashed massive cash last season in Div 1 and were allowed to do so. Now in the Championship they have to play by the FFP rules but at least they have done the big spending last season so as to get the squad hopefully in good shape for the task ahead.

Pete Durrington Park Road I think and my mate lives in Broome Hall where Ollie resided and apparently the Who played on his roof as he keeps telling me.

Kevin Ellison was the best Don we never signed. He’d have been a bonafide Womble legend. Put him, Bayo and LTB in our forward line and we’d have a star on our shirts to this day.

Oh, and congratulations to Kevin Ellison. Definitely one of the bigger characters that ever played against us in AFCW times.

Speaking of films on which not to waste your money, I saw the new Avatar movie the other day. 3hours and 20 minutes of tedium, despite the cool special effects in 3D.

Happy new year. Darts amazing!!

Season starts properly on Sunday we all know second half of the season is where points matter more.* Another win and maybe we’ll be ok. A draw is ok for sure. Lose and the transfer window becomes a major focus.

Careful on your island Spit, it’s dangerous there too… 🐝 🤪 [Link]

Pete - and he died in a pub in Valletta. No doubt his happy place. 😉

Happy New Year indeed, Pete.

HNY, by the way.

Paddington - The saddest thing about Gladiator was the death of Ollie Reed. Did you know Ollie was born in Raynes Pk, just down the road?

And Pete - we went to a talk at Kingston Library about 30 years ago by a historical armour expert. He'd been called in to advise the makers of the film 'Gladiator '. He said they ignored everything he said and just made it all up. He was well pissed off. Said they'd made the Romans look more like Roundheads when it came to headgear.

I thought I read that the Everyman chain was in danger of going bust...

Got an average of 3.4 on Letterboxd so cant be too dreadful

I would advise anyone tempted by the latest 28 Years Later movie to definitely put your money elsewhere.

Probably investing in a cinema group is nearly as risky as a football club.

Lol, sone of London a shit hole and rapidly getting worse , that's why most move out of London boroughs.

From an EFL document: "League One and League Two Clubs follow the Salary Cost Management Protocol (“SCMP”) These state that Clubs can only spend a fixed percentage of its revenue on player wages etc. This limit can also be added to or impacted by equity injections or net transfer spend."

*braced

"Look, Judah, he is driving a Greek chariot!"...camera zooms in on scythes on Messala's wheels, scythes which are each braces with 4 gussets. Now, forgive me for having an eye for detail, but those gussets are welded on. Pretty good for around 30AD, seeing as electric welding wasn't refined enough to accomplish that until 1904 (Oscar Kjellberg).

Maybe because the patrons of Everyman cinema aren't expected to fork out 30 times a season?

My quote was from the Cardiff hierarchy explaining what could be done in the Championship and how League 1 was different. My bet would be they know the rules well, if not maybe we can get them deducted a whole load of points.

What a great Attenborough programme this is [Link] showing how much wildlife there is in London - a must watch for all those who constantly slag London off all the time but who don’t really know it at all… 🤗