If only these great pics and memories could be remembered with the EP music (and on) of its time too. Maybe the big party day in May they should play Mouldy Ol dough, Earles a Winger, Sing for the Royyaallss la la la la la , Lux Aerterna, Embraces Ashes, etc on the tannoy pre-match?....I’d draw the...

2 points lost. A trip to the Hawthorns next.

Snowflake Royal Game is drifting away from us and quality evaporating.

Swift's been poor.

Is it Puscas time yet?

Royal_jimmy How on earth was that penalty not given!

Probably something to do with Reading’s penalty success rate. Not converting enough to get a higher award rate.

Normal home service is resumed.

Snowflake Royal Tim got it right.

Yiadom off, Tetek on.... eeek.

Tetek looked decent the last time he played, also need to see what options are for when the ANC comes round. I presume Yiadom is therefore added to those out injured so perhaps may not go to the ANC.

BBC also crediting Carroll

Who has Tim put it down to?

scumbag Holmes was having a terrible time and pulls that out of the bag! Brilliant.

We really are terribly organised defensively though, needs sorting out second half.

OS is crediting Carroll with a right foot shot into top corner from a Laurent assist. All from a corner too.

Caaaarrrrrroooooooooolllllll

Sounds a bit of a struggle currently.

Same XI as last week, no options on bench except Puscas.

Not quite injury watch but certainly availability watch - are we potentially losing Yiadom and Rahman to AFCON for a lot of January and February? Yep - they have qualified - so will be missing for a number of games. Big blow. Rahman will be the problem, no experienced left backs to cover just inexp...

SWLR The picture of the pitch being laid reminds me of the time our groundsman put down weedkiller rather than feed pre-season, trying to recall when that was.. 1980's? Was it Neat?

Yes, that was the problem

Said it before and i will say it again - if i win the euromillions, starting tonight, i will sort Basingstoke Town out and i would buy Newport IOW. If there is one club which is a sleeping giant in non-league terms, with a potential large fan base, Newport would be it. East Cowes Vics overlooked ag...

I hope Ian enjoys eating his hat. What hat do you think Ian would wear? As for my hat, depends on the time of year. Baseball cap in summer, wooly hat in winter. Perhaps a jaunty boating hat might be more appropriate for a while. https://s.yimg.com/aah/yhst-50296419239695/mht63-man-s-straw-hat-quali...

I can sea we're sinking back into the world of wharful puns.

Hendo

Maybe a bit of a niche one...

I was there that day, the only day… shudder

morganb
VP says the boat metaphor has really been picked up at the club as a whole.

Let’s hope it’s not a case of all being at sea on Saturday then.

morganb From Pauno's presser today
• Joao starting work on grass in the next 2 weeks.

• Few more weeks before Rino is back on grass.

R&R. Any reason why the loan has come to an end? I think the season has finished in Ireland. There was a picture on Twitter the other day of Nahum Melvin-Lambert collecting an FAI Cup winners medal with St Pats and I'm assuming that takes place after the league has finished. Season in Ireland I...