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Snap!

On holiday in Benidorm in 1983 met one of the main lads from The Legion ( he was from Nuneaton). He recognised me from one of the last games in 82 at Maine Road (iirc correctly we won because of a Steve Whitton hat-trick) when i was wearing a US pilot jacket. Bumped into him and his mates away...

The Catherine Wheel Sandford -on - Thames - 10/15 minute walk to ground with on street parking near by and fairly quick get away after match

Thanks for the heads up. Just got mine - apart from Swindon this is the closest league ground to me.

i do - you are right he was dreadful. It was like he had a live hand grenade at his feet when he had the ball. IIRC he was highly rated at Crewe as well - not sure what happened when he moved to us.

I’ve done it several times particularly at Leicester but I was also at the back of the Trinity Road stand at Villa when Moldovan scored in front of us in the Cup match. My mates and I thought we were the only Cov fans in that stand but when he scored we saw that we weren’t alone! Locals were not...

No chance at all I’m afraid as they are selling out every week in the home end.

I didn’t bother going on Wednesday partly because of the road closures and the issues with getting out of car park C. I can put up with it on a Saturday but for evening matches I’m not getting home until around 12.30am. I am retiring later this year so hopefully will feel different about it...

I was there that night but don’t remember the crush you mention. What i do remember though is that the referee was Keith Hackett (from Sheffield) and that nearly every decision he made went against us.

I pay a small fortune for Car Park C too and the road closures post game, combined with the free for all trying to get out, mean that I now just have a drink in the casino afterwards. Less stressful as it’s really quiet 40 mins after game finishes but equally annoying when it takes at least 90...

Pretty sure he was - he joined us in late 2022 and those players were signed in 2023.

Did I say he was the answer?

I sympathise with him there. There’s also the constant international breaks, numerous mid week games and changing of kick off times from 3pm Saturday that annoy me too. Like a lot of people on here I travel a fair distance to home games and just feel less inclined to do it as much given the...

“That is on Robins and the recruitment team, Lampard is working with what he has” And by all accounts the owner who allegedly , wouldn’t sanction the signing of 2 experienced players, one of them being Matty James. So perhaps its not FL who needs to learn things?

Exactly. i was a regular away fan in the late 70s and the early 80s in the Division 1 days and our support was all too often dire i.e. no more than a couple of hundred. 1st time I heard the ‘taxi’ song was at Old Trafford last game of the season in 1980, sung at us. I remember going to...