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by Dirk Gently
11 Apr 2024 11:05
Forum: General Football
Topic: Changes In Football thread
Replies: 118
Views: 9644

Re: Changes In Football thread

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/04/09/relevent-fifa-legal-fight-deal FIFA and U.S. promoter Relevent Sports have reached an agreement to “end their legal fight over the ban on big European football leagues and clubs playing official matches in the US,” Relevent yesterday told th...
by Dirk Gently
10 Apr 2024 11:15
Forum: Club Policies
Topic: Season Tickets 24/25
Replies: 24
Views: 1895

Re: Season Tickets 24/25

It'd be a brave (or extremely expensive) lender that would take on sales for a club in our financial predicament when you consider that if we go bust or into administration it's the credit company that has the contract with (and so the liability to) STHs, but would only be a teeny tiny creditor wit...
by Dirk Gently
09 Apr 2024 11:41
Forum: General Football
Topic: Weekend Football
Replies: 5701
Views: 1250150

Re: Weekend Football

Makes me f*cking sick that the points deductions are so light. The PL could and should have followed the same as the EFL. 12 points reduced to 6 if they follow budgets set with salary caps and transfer embargos. Break that set budget and the other 6 points come off. The PL have f*cked this up so ba...
by Dirk Gently
09 Apr 2024 11:38
Forum: General Football
Topic: Massive new regulations hitting English football
Replies: 11
Views: 579

Re: Massive new regulations hitting English football

Someone on Twitter has noticed the Premier League have started running attack ads regarding a regulator for football: https://twitter.com/sgfmann/status/1777242796086227366 The one found was oddly placed in the middle of an article about David Cameron going to the US in an attempt to get military a...
by Dirk Gently
08 Apr 2024 11:11
Forum: General Football
Topic: European Leagues Thread 2012/2013
Replies: 5286
Views: 635601

Re: European Leagues Thread 2012/2013

2 divisions of 20 would absolutely not work in Scotland. When you consider that the SPL is already a 3 tier league, padding that out with another 10 clubs, some of which would be part time would only add fuel to the Auld Firm wanting to leave. It wouldn't work. The SPL is actually an interesting Le...
by Dirk Gently
06 Apr 2024 14:15
Forum: General Football
Topic: Football Rel8d Gripes
Replies: 41
Views: 697

Re: Football Rel8d Gripes

Fans refusing to acknowledge that their rival club is any good, has some good players, had a good performance etc because they think it makes them look like an even bigger fan of their club That's not just football-re8ed. The kind of blind tribalism applies especially across politics and (to a less...
by Dirk Gently
05 Apr 2024 13:57
Forum: General Football
Topic: Do you ever wear a football shirt?
Replies: 37
Views: 541

Re: Do you ever wear a football shirt?

I have a collection of various ones I like, but generally only wear them these days when I'm playing walking football.
by Dirk Gently
05 Apr 2024 11:17
Forum: Club Policies
Topic: Season Tickets 24/25
Replies: 24
Views: 1895

Re: Season Tickets 24/25

No finance option available. Does seem odd, albeit I think it was only last season I found out finance was even an option. I imagine if you contact the club, as you'd like have to anyway to arrange for it, they'd give you details on that. It'd be a brave (or extremely expensive) lender that would t...
by Dirk Gently
04 Apr 2024 11:16
Forum: General Football
Topic: Weekend Football
Replies: 5701
Views: 1250150

Re: Weekend Football

NathStPaul City look better without Haaland as weird as that sounds.


No, makes sense. When he's playing the obvious, easy ball is to play it to him - when he's not, they're forced to be a bit more creative and inventive which suits them a lot more.
by Dirk Gently
03 Apr 2024 10:11
Forum: International Football
Topic: England - the future....
Replies: 3598
Views: 471785

Re: England - the future....

Bit of a tangent, but I saw the play "Dear England" last week - it's available as part of the National Theatre Live scheme, a filmed live stage performance. Definitely would massively recommend it - very funny and also poignant at times, it covers the appointment of Southgate and covers hi...
by Dirk Gently
28 Mar 2024 16:29
Forum: General Football
Topic: Generic clubs in financial crisis Thread
Replies: 5622
Views: 567969

Re: Generic clubs in financial crisis Thread

Torquay United Supporters' Trust announced a bid to buy the club, "working in partnership with a consortium of passionate businessmen who are all long-standing supporters."

https://www.tust.co.uk/post/a-bright-yellow-future
by Dirk Gently
24 Mar 2024 15:53
Forum: Club Policies
Topic: Derby away parking fine
Replies: 19
Views: 2216

Re: Derby away parking fine

How to fight Parking Eye tickets : https://www.parkingcowboys.co.uk/parking-eye/
by Dirk Gently
23 Mar 2024 15:07
Forum: Club Policies
Topic: Derby away parking fine
Replies: 19
Views: 2216

Re: Derby away parking fine

Is it a "fine" from a private company or a proper, legally enforceable fine from a local authority or the police?
by Dirk Gently
21 Mar 2024 14:46
Forum: General Football
Topic: Weekend Football
Replies: 5701
Views: 1250150

Re: Weekend Football

Is it made of chocolate? For Easter?
by Dirk Gently
20 Mar 2024 11:51
Forum: General Football
Topic: Ups & Downs 23/24
Replies: 78
Views: 1326

Re: Ups & Downs 23/24

It's the downs in the National League that I find most fascinating. Oxford City in 24th place are as good as doomed, but the next ten points from 42 to 52 span 14 teams, right up to Rochdale in 1oth place, who are only eight points outside the play-offs. In fact, ten teams span the five points betwe...
by Dirk Gently
20 Mar 2024 11:44
Forum: General Football
Topic: Ups & Downs 23/24
Replies: 78
Views: 1326

Re: Ups & Downs 23/24

For years and years I thought they were called Solihull Motors. It was a real revelation just a couple of seasons ago when I discovered the truth. :oops: :oops: :oops:
by Dirk Gently
20 Mar 2024 11:43
Forum: General Football
Topic: Weekend Football
Replies: 5701
Views: 1250150

Re: Weekend Football

genuinely baffled at top PL clubs pushing up season ticket prices when they are raking in so much money from elsewhere Man City announce they are pushing up season ticket prices. Seen someone online estimate it will bring in the club roughly an extra £2.5M per season. They have pissed off their fan...
by Dirk Gently
19 Mar 2024 09:25
Forum: General Football
Topic: Generic clubs in financial crisis Thread
Replies: 5622
Views: 567969

Re: Generic clubs in financial crisis Thread

by Dirk Gently
14 Mar 2024 18:33
Forum: The Team
Topic: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group
Replies: 2660
Views: 2252561

Re: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group

Micah is up to his normal tricks the f u cking virgin, we`re already gone blah blah blah, getting games abandoned won`t make any difference blah blah blah. Why the shitting how is it always him with his small army of kiddy followers? Lets get this straight, if we have a team in August it will be a ...
by Dirk Gently
13 Mar 2024 18:13
Forum: The Team
Topic: Who do you consider to be a rival?
Replies: 49
Views: 3179

Re: Who do you consider to be a rival?

I "academically" consider Oxford, Swindon, and Aldershot our rivals, but there's no venom there. I have much more hatred for West Ham (both for Pardew and because of their Allardyce-era thuggery), Cardiff, and anyone associated with Neil Warnock. Same. Not the warnock thuggery, but the Ke...
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