It sounds much like what most golf clubs already do. You just don't preload it with too much loot so if there is a problem with the club going out of business no one individual loses a significant amount. Will they, like golf clubs, offer a discount to members who use a preloaded card to make purcha...

And Jordan Mutch was a sensation when we took him from Palace last year. completely different player and this would be a permanent move, Or are you just saying all palace players are sh1t? If Benteke rocked up at the Mad Stad im assuming you would think he would be crap to. I don't quite get your p...

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It would be an interesting (and by that I mean bad) business decision.

In short: business that is losing money decides to sink "investment" into a venture that makes it no income at all and has no tangible marketing benefit. Directors have been sacked for less!

Yes, I know where I am going. In about 10 minutes I am going to the fruit and veg market. Then back to sit by the pool and read my book. In Sep I am going to Cascais to play a bit of golf for 4 days and in November I am off to Lisbon to visit my son. As to the Royals. This time last year this board ...

The last thing we need to do is encourage yet worse behaviour from football fans. Very much hope this goes absolutely nowhere. Make the home terracing at the opposite end from the away fans, and you probably reduce trouble by no longer having a flashpoint where the more boisterous home fans are onl...

Sutekh Hurtado now looks to officially be no more....

http://sportwitness.co.uk/player-comple ... otiations/

Supposed 4 year deal with Vitoria Guimares, standard undisclosed fee

Confirmed on the OS about an hour ago.

Not to mention that despite our defence looking solid on paper, we still conceded 60+ goals last season. So I think we should welcome the opportunity to strengthen the defence. We shipped 60+ goals and our keeper made more saves than any other keeper in this division. That certainly might suggest t...

On the official Reading FC website I have not seen any reference to the departure of Williams or Al Habsi. Is this so that fans think they still play for us or is it that the club don't like to think that players choose to leave us, rather than being told that they can go? Edit:- On website now sin...

The problem with safe standing is political - it will need someone to stand up to the emotion of Hillsborough for it to happen. Surely that is not an issue ? Hillsborough wasn't caused by terracing and we didn't ban seating after Bradford. Now the real causes of Hillsboro are widely understood it's...

The club will do what they do every year.. Lose a few top players and then spend sod all cash in the summer then when our paper thin squad show that they are not good enough by losing a few games at the start of the season, the club panic and buy 3-4 players during the last week of the transfer win...

Best case scenario is they move away fans to Y24, 25 & 26, and have safe standing in the South Stand for home fans. I can't see that having any mileage whatsoever. If they provide standing for home fans then they will have to do so for away fans too. If they provide standing in the East Stand t...

East Stand Ste Travelling from Staffordshire for home games is going to get annoying but I'll just get on with it.

Where in Staffs? My daughter might also be travelling from Stafford for a few games.

So, the most obvious solution would be standing at the North and South ends. Back to a bit of tradition then, with the home and away vocal elements at opposite ends of the stadium. My understanding is that the structural issue is down to the steepness of the current seating. The stadium was built fo...

No Fixed Abode Has the club looked into their cladding on the stadium/hotel as to whether it's safe or not?

As it isn't a high rise apartment block I guess not.

so Japp prefers players who can play in mulitple positions but not specialised in any particular position. Now it makes sense why sometimes players play what we consider out of position. Only one problem with that is I'm guessing that academy players are not taught to play like this so that why he ...

Nah, not buying the anti 60 minutes stuff. Me neither. It makes serious sense to do this and to link it to a law that requires the ball to be out of play before the final whistle is blown. We'd get more football ( see the comment above re the amount of time the ball is currently in play) and there ...

Most are fine, also don't like the penalty one. Not sure on playing on until the ball is out of play.... the ball can stay live in football for a hell of a long time. Once the wining team knows that time is up they will do all they can to get the ball out of play. If it is a draw then both teams ma...

passing to yourself at a free-kick, corner and goal-kick - makes sense, quick restart to a game, could benefit the attacking team a stadium clock which stops and starts along with the referee's watch - no problem here, everyone knows how long to go. allowing the goal-kick to be taken even if the ba...

FGR as it is local (ish) and several of my Walking Football team mates are ST holders there.