13 Sep 2026 15:14:03
Awoniyi won't be playing against us next Saturday - 3 match ban.

Don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing based on his 1st half performance.

1.) 13 Sep 2026
13 Sep 2026 15:53:05
He probably didn't want to play against us. what a good lad he his. no judas there ?.

2.) 13 Sep 2026
13 Sep 2026 16:18:01
It was a bit harsh to be fair. I can scarcely remember Taiwo even getting booked. He had a bizarre red in a meaningless pre season friendly in Portugal 2 years ago I think. Cant remember against who or who was the manager.

3.) 13 Sep 2026
13 Sep 2026 19:57:34
Probably cos we've had 23 managers since happened - it's understandable at your age mate.

4.) 13 Sep 2026
13 Sep 2026 21:25:04
Tell me about it Gold Stars. Not many people know this, but I joined the Police when Sir Robert Peel was just a lad. ????.

5.) 13 Sep 2026
13 Sep 2026 22:20:19
Haha - when fagan ran the streets !

6.) 14 Sep 2026
14 Sep 2026 10:32:03
It's interesting that you mention Fagin, Gold Stars. Charles Dickens regularly went on patrol with the fledgling Peelers ( a tiny, and after the Peterloo massacre in Manchester unarmed Force) in London to research for his social justice articles and Oliver Twist. He was also a special Constable in Liverpool. He knew his crime and his criminals.
Like all the big cities, London would nowadays be called Third World in Victorian times.

Think WW2 and the Warsaw Ghetto. Bodies in the streets,disease, starvation, murder, out of control criminality, anarchy and chaos.
You had to "pick a pocket or two” to survive, unless you were rich or middle class. All this when we were at the height of Empire and controlled a third of the World.

7.) 14 Sep 2026
14 Sep 2026 15:13:59
Oops! Sorry Gold Stars and everyone. Went off on a bit of a ramble there. Apologies. It's an age thing.??.

8.) 14 Sep 2026
14 Sep 2026 17:33:24
watch out boyz, it's one of dem daan Peelers init!

9.) 14 Sep 2026
14 Sep 2026 19:28:02
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10.) 14 Sep 2026
14 Sep 2026 19:36:44
Dahn the smoke with Regan and Carter.

11.) 14 Sep 2026
14 Sep 2026 19:48:09
Dickens wrote many of his books in instalments. Particularly the crime dramas like Twist and Bleak House. In the absence of TV and Radio there were queues outside newsagents and publishers. All best sellers
Like today, the genteel upper and middle classes were thrilled at having fearsome criminals like the cudgel beating Bill Sykes and the totty with the heart of gold, Nancy brought into their drawing rooms and murdered at well known places in London.


People brought flowers to the steps of London Bridge where she fictionally met her death.

12.) 14 Sep 2026
14 Sep 2026 19:57:25
Inspector Bucket, a shrewd detective on Bleak House was based on a real liffe peeler who was a close friend of and took him out on patrol with him. I forget his name.
Ooops I'm off again.??.

13.) 14 Sep 2026
14 Sep 2026 19:59:43
I believe Tolkien was a keen Aston Villa fan and cycled miles to watch them.

14.) 14 Sep 2026
14 Sep 2026 22:30:28
He based Gollum on Unai Emery. you've only got to see him caressing and slobbering over the Europa trophy in the tunnel on Saturday, croaking the words.” My precious, my precious ".???.