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There are rumours abounding on The Other Place that Mickey Lewis has been replaced, with Chrissy Allen stepping up to replace him and Andy Wing taking over the youth team. There's also a rumour that Alistair Lane has departed too. Now confirmed (apart from the Andy Whing bit). Sad to see Micky Lewi...

...4,000 houses would mean... most probably a few boozers. You reckon? I'm struggling to think of (m)any large housing developments over the last ten years where a community pub has formed part of the setup. Whatever does get built will end up being street upon street of bland, boxy, tiny houses an...

They've had the scanner model at Newport for a while now, and I've been quite impressed. The advantage for me is the print-at-home tickets, which saves postage costs, tickets getting lost in the post or even not posted at all. Can't remember off the top of my head whether it's Ticketmaster behind it...

Just a postscript to this, as I've now heard back from the Thames Valley Police & Crime Commissioner (who, given the General Election result, is now less likely to find his post abolished any time soon): Dear [Kairdiff Exile], Thank you for your letter dated 5th May with regard to breathalysing ...

And the idea that they should go and watch Hitchin Town or Luton ( or form their own team - lmfao ) instead is ridiculous. Ridiculous? That a group of fans, without a proper team to support, might form their own and try to work their way up the leagues? Because that's what AFC Wimbledon did (and wh...

For what it's worth, I have today sent this to the Police & Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley. By all means feel free to copy and paste or amend so you can send your own version. Who knows, if he gets a stack of them he may even respond before his post gets wound up by whoever wins the electi...

As for the 'fans' who follow the new club, the argument is often made that they're just supporting their local team. [...] they chose to support a Pariah Club and shouldn't be allowed to forget it. Very little of what you say contradicts anything I wrote, and I agree with most of your first few par...

Scandalous, isn't it. Not least because the police already have the power to arrest you for Drunk & Disorderly. This new gimmick is therefore completely unnecessary. Indeed, if you're not being Disorderly then is there really a good reason to arrest you just for being Drunk? At least with D&...

Like Jimski, I have friends who are AFCW fans who were appalled by the way the media reported the games between their side and Franchise. It wasn't a "chance for revenge", it didn't "add a bit of extra spice" and it was not "the ultimate grudge match". All of those line...

Bit surprised no-one's commented on yesterday's win and the close of the season. I thought we were good value for our win yesterday, albeit in a dead rubber against a decidedly average Newport team. A decent goal, a superb away following and maybe just maybe we have reason to feel a glimmer of optim...

What is the alternative to accepting Eales' word? In reality there is little anyone could do to prevent his approach to club ownership, and even if there were, the result would be being left with a large pile of poo and a paucity of shovels, and therefore probably no football club. I don't think th...

I'm entirely with you on sustainability. I've spouted it on here for years. However, I would say that if Eales wishes to spunk his own cash on OUFC without consequence for OUFC (and by publicly stating he will write off any debts since he took over, he is effectively saying that) then I for one am ...

The club is pretty well run I would say. Decent youth set up, high level women's set up, club initiatives to attract new fans, children's activities, loads of community schemes, coaching courses, investment in the first team squad, investment in coaching set up, scouting network, use of sports scie...

I guess going into this summer break we will be in the same position as we were at the same point last year with Waddock. We have a manager who has been underwhelming during his spell in charge, and there are legitimate concerns about how we will fare. However, the owners are going to stick with the...

No doubt the Appleton adoring disciples will lay claim to anyone who disagrees as being "haterz" as they go on bended knee to their messiah! Unless that was written tongue-in-cheek, it's a little below the belt. The only thing of which any of us is a disciple is Oxford United Football Clu...