Mikey - It was a 'home' game in Brighton and it was our first game, not the last.

MikeyT - I saw one of them, but didn't want to say anything

Spot the 2 deliberate mistakes in the OTD today 🤦🏻

Saveloy - if the next test event is a no goer until after the 19th, nothing to stop us having a PSF at Plough Lane on the 17th anyway

Are we likely to get any more friendlies added? Current collection couldn’t be more boring if we tried.

Seeing as the british Grand prix will have 140k crowd,cant see why we wont have full crowds come the first home game.although I wouldn't be surprised if its home fans only,the way the goverment and idiot advisors act

I'm also waiting , hopefully purchase after the tennis 2 weeks.although no shared taxi to the tennis this year and church road outside the All England club being closed wont help.with earnings

Nice blog post, REPD. I'm not buying a ST (on top of my debenture) until we know the lay of the land re 19 July & Covid restrictions. Doubtless many others are too but if restrictions are lifted I'm sure sales will, er, surge.

Also to be realistic, would we fill the ground for a test event, if it wasn't a league game against a biggish club 😂

Hope people dont start moaning about how strict the Bolton match will be for attendees. Loads of stewading to pass the test.rules are rules

REPD I think the pub may not be at the top of the clubs priorities when the hospitality stuff is finalised.

SW19 on the fixtures being released now up - [Link]

Well our run in at the end of the season looks OK

Heard yesterday that the pub is due to be ready for mid-July. Like hotels, you can fit out a pub reasonably quickly.

when is the next test event? 23rd July?

So this means that we just get the one home friendly (2nd test event). In an ideal world, I guess we'd get the test events done before we play potentially big games at Plough Lane

Our first home fixture is V Bolton on Sat 14 august. I cannot see the pub and and food being ready for that date

We were told the final two test events are (1) full West Stand and (2) full capacity. So it might be a bit of a marketing trick to make people think it's limited capacity.

So we want to wait until the Bolton game for the next/final test event? One championship side pre season friendly could be the test? Minty?

Or maybe the "then allowed full capacity" bit is a bit is leading me astray.

I guess if you were only allowed 500 people and sold 500 tickets, it's a full house, even if the capacity was 80,000.

No full capacity until after it, according to the news piece.

I think almost all our news stories will feel like puff pieces, I think hype is our new style. Not sure I'd read too much into them.

Test of a full house.

How can we have a full house for thf Bolton match if it's a test event?