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Everton are having a minute’s applause for Kevin Campbell in the 9th minute on Saturday. I‘m sure 99.99% of us will join in. He was a good guy as well as a decent player.

They will! Chelsea have just headhunted someone I work with at Uni who does exactly the same data analysis.

I’m reading a book by Ian Graham, who was Liverpool’s chief Moneyball nerd, called ‘How To Win The Premier League’. It has a chapter on Brentford and the Albion. Full of praise for Benham and Uncle Tony. Also reveals that Liverpool highly rated Gross, Mitoma and Mwepu, suggesting that whatever...

Your dyslexia appears to have been mysteriously cured.

Whilst it was good to see the 1961 Suicide Act revoked recently in terms of suicide being deemed a criminal act, we still perhaps use the phrase “committed suicide” as a result of said legislation. Criminals commit murder, arson, rape, theft, fraud etc. Suicide is very different, not a crime...

Moving article in The Times today from Athers. Graham Thorpe killed himself after two years of depression. Cricket has a problem with mental health. David Bairstow, Marcus Trescothick, Mark Ramprakash etc and now this. Times (Paywall)

The manufacturers lose money on the big contracts, adidas pay Manchester United £90m a year plus the above split

Shameless name dropping here, but as someone who occasionally writes for PE Hislop is superb.

It’s what the kit brand (can’t say which one) paid the manufacutter to whom it outsourced production

I just hope that the Police Massive don’t start smashing in doors to check for other counterfeit goods from Wednesday such as this

Cheeky scamp x

Perhaps she’s Nigel Farage with a wig and a pair of falsies?

I know Katie has a bit of a reception but even she eould struggle to blow ten million. Might explain her strange lips though if she tried.

If you think Fake Shirts are bad, best not to try out Fake Taxi.

You could buy a genuine Ansu Fati shirt which hadn’t been worn and like Prince Andrew, it would be sweat free, but in Fati’s case it was because he never moved faster than a walk.

For an £65 Albion shirt it works out along the followino lines VAT £11 Production cost £12 Licencing £5 (to club) Retailer £16 Manufacturer profit £16 Marketing £3 Distribution £2

If it is Manchester City’s 115 charges KC it takes him 23 seconds to earn the money to buy a shirt.

Did some work for one of the kit manufacturers who was pitching for a club contract. Cost of producing an adult shirt £10-12. Then everyone, including the government with VAT, takes a slice. The Albion effectively charge more for kids kits (£55. No VAT) than for adults (£65, which is £54.16 + VAT).

Perhaps they sold out instantly and there were none left?