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Having just watched the smoking canister footage from Villa Park on the news, I suspect the two who've been arrested will be serving some time soon. If one of our supporters can do time for merely holding an unactivated smoke bomb,then I suspect the penalty for arming the canister and throwing it o...

I went to the game on Friday night and the atmosphere was woeful. More akin to a pre-season friendly at the KasStad than a crucial world cup qualifier for a nation supposedly desperate for success. Quite. There were swathes of empty seats last Friday. If England can't sell their home allocation, wh...

Congratulations, GY - that insight has earned you a BA in Business Management from Oxford City University! Please send your cheque for $10,000 dollars in the post, along with any football paraphernalia you may have knocking about which would help a Division 6 side...

The Guardian had a rundown this week of great 1980s third round ties in the league cup - including our win over Arsenal in 1984. Worth watching the video if you're having a quiet afternoon at work - not just to see how well we played, but to remember just how good the atmosphere used to be at the Ma...

Mooro wrote:Great idea - may cause a few awkward parent/young child conversations around the country though

Why?

Mooro, on a seperate thread, people were discussing the decline of Aaron Woodley - someone who, like Ty Marsh, promised an awful lot but who, as may well happen with Marsh at the current rate, faded away. In Woodley's case, that was through a lack of opportunity (the club's fault) and perhaps also a...

But given that the fans and Chairman all clearly believe in the Development Squad principle and support the idea of blooding young talet, it's incredible that Wilder is so reluctant to do so. No-one would have criticised him for starting Ty Marsh at the weekend. If Marsh had risen to the challenge a...

Good point, Bob. To that list, can I add the line "If you can get a win whilst playing badly, it's the mark of a good team". Well maybe, but it can also be the mark of a crap but lucky one. And it's only a short step from there to playing badly and NOT getting a win - which in my experience is more ...

OK to be devils advocate this 'soulless stadium' stuff. I am not sure. I went to the Manor for many years. I saw2,800 v Cambridge and in the last season where we were shocking the ground was generally soulless with an average of what 4000? Slumdon at home in the FA Cup and when we beat DiCanios lot...

I too could not believe how poor Kitson was, but that seems to explain it. I suppose the plan always was to leave him on for as long as he could manage, then bring on Ty. I guess when one striker is injured and the other ill, our striking options will look thin... In which case, surely, the sensibl...

You'll find plenty of pubs open - but if you're planning to go to any of the more upmarket bars (or any of the clubs), I'd say you'd be best to book something in advance. However, if you're happy with 'normal' pubs then you should be fine. Plus, you don't have to walk far from the city centre to fin...

I live in Cardiff and can assure you it's a good night out. Cardiff Bay is much classier than the city centre, but more pricey. Town will be very good but very busy on New Year's Eve, so be sure to book tickets in advance if you want a night out at anywhere reasonable. If you're staying in Cardiff a...

RecordMeister - a considered post, but with respect I think you've missed the point slightly. No-one is suggesting positive discrimination - but I think if OUFC has a gay player (which is statistically likely), they'll be far less likely to feel comfortable in coming out because of the sorts of atti...

I guess we shall never really know until someone sticks their head above the parapet and comes out, but I wonder what further changes need to be made to the footballing environment before that someone feels ready to do so? Statistically, of course, there are likely to be a couple of gay players wit...

Kernow - yes, you're quite right to haul me up on my double-standards viz my Tim Henman comments, and I shall consider my wrist well and truly smacked. In my defence, I think there is a qualitative difference between calling people names based on characteristics over which they have no control (gend...