Because people have kids. And taking kids to an afternoon boxing day game, quite possibly as a Christmas present, is a bit different to having to take them at 7.30pm after a long xmas day.

This was a money over families moment from the club, which is a real shame. They should have been focusing ...

AthleticoSpizz wrote:Thanx

How’s things shaping up for your boys post Macca?

I see you hsve Chalobah on board...he was decent for us on loan a few years back.

Its not Nathaniel but his brother Trevoh.

AthleticoSpizz wrote:I agree (to coin a phrase)

Bring them home from Wycombe.

Deserving of the Madejski pitch and local screechers

Won't happen until London Irish go.

Having said that, there doesn't need to be a permanent or fixed association as there is nothing to stop a group of fans with an idea getting together and implementing it - I think the group who occupied the away end to cheer on the team did so off their own backs/contacted the club (apologies for ...

It's not incumbent upon us to do anything at all. Football is an entertainment product and nothing more. .

Have you heard that the more you put in the more you get out? Join in the entertainment and you will enjoy the experience more (whether you enjoy the football is up to you).

Yes, I find ...

Sebastian the Red wrote:It's not incumbent upon us to do anything at all. Football is an entertainment product and nothing more. .

Have you heard that the more you put in the more you get out? Join in the entertainment and you will enjoy the experience more (whether you enjoy the football is up to you).

I'd welcome you to try my match day journey and then still suggest it's convenient. I would have thought that £7 per car park space would seem a pretty good deal for most organisations that might have parking available on Saturdays and occasional weekday evenings. Could the difficulty be that our ...

Someone is going to ask this.... Is it still 10 Royalty Points for Star membership and if so, will the points be added to the membership straight away, thereby allowing fans to join on Tuesday and have it help them qualify to buy their ticket for the semi a day earlier (assuming they are 10 points ...

No, my original statement was poorly worded but I think you get what I was saying.

That they would play it safe and just lecture on language and behaviour. Not appreciate that in general terms you do hear swearing, songs with certain words and certain behaviour.

Why does standing equal swearing ...

Just one question, the loss is £7.3m for the year yet we passed FFP to get below £3m. Presumably this means there was a loan from the Thais largely recovered by the £4.15m player sales/signings post accounts?

There is an article on the STAR website that they have had permission to reproduce ...

There is a guy who each year does a very good analysis of the accounts for STAR, I can't recall his name and there is every chance he posts on here.
Any way, what he produces always seems very credible and usually corrects all the misconceptions, misrepresentations and misunderstandings that get ...

I know that you basically need a masters degree in accounting to understand football finances; and that only limited information is released, but does anyone have a broad understanding of the problems at RFC?

As far as I can tell the headline figures are:

- We receive £15m a year in parachute ...

Believe the rules are going to change in 2015 with clubs being allowed to lose more before being in breach

You really couldn't make it up could you. FFP system being amended to allow clubs to lose shed loads more and only being applied to 72 of the 92 clubs.

It is changing to look at 3 years ...

LWJ wrote:

Green wrote:It did occur to me this latest "starliason" is authored by an old time (but recently disgraced) member of the forum, not that I'm claiming to be ITK.

Dirkers?

No it isn't Dirk as he is not involved in the running of STAR now.

mambo3 wrote:
How many injuries from open play? Most occur in Training

An interesting assertion and I'm not sure I agree - can you list them please?

His name was cheered when the team was announced (unlike Morrison) but once play started he was booed. For what it is worth that is the traditional reaction to a player who is appreciated as part of the booing is because of the fear of what he may do against us. I know it is a bit of a back-hand ...

The idea of expiring Royalty Points after a certain number of years

This was met with paroxysms of rage in some quarters but the idea of inflating the value of Royalty Points over time is a clever and gentler way of addressing the issue which I think did have some support on this thread and ...

Of course they should. I've said it for years. The PR department is non-existent at the club. If you were passing through the town (as is often the case with the train station) you would never know the club existed.

I understand the club are doing a better job with sending around representatives ...

No sign of Sassy again today, do our new owners actually attend games?.
on another note wouldn`t it be nice to see some goal celebrations from the directors box?

or any part of the west stand for that matter

I'm in the West Lower and I can see from where I am the people in the directors box ...

most memorable really are promotions so

1. Leicester away March 2006 (this had a real poignancy for me as my husband was seriously ill and about to spend 7 months in hospital in the next year but I still had the real joy of knowing we really had got to the highest league in the land)

2. Brentford ...