Who is it who always shouts “AWAY!” when there’s an incoming corner against us? Happens both home and away, just that one voice...from our bench I’m guessing.
Another vote for the pinstripes. A change from the stripes for a couple of seasons would make people appreciate them more on their return. As said above, the Phoenix Brewery kit was fantastic.
A Norwegian friend says it’s never the weather it’s the people. We are largely clueless as a population about things like wearing lots of thin layers in winter or appropriate wet weather gear (let’s just buy a nice looking, but ultimately useless raincoat from Next or join the Superdry sheep...
Anyone tempted to watch a different match this afternoon? So much at stake at the bottom, whereas ours is almost guaranteed 0-0, 1-1 or a 1-0 going either way.
Imho we’ll never have any significant stature in the eyes of the media or the average football fan, we’ll only ever be a make up numbers small club lucky enough to be somewhere we shouldn’t (The PL), even if we enjoy some significant and sustained success. Even knowledgeable non-plastic...
The Arsenal v Sheff Utd game was an FA cup tie that was only replayed at Wenger’s insistence (SU still lost). Not the same as a club losing a few hundred million quid in PL revenue.
Thread view count update:
This time yesterday we were on 15k
By midnight yesterday it was a healthy 19k as the rumour gathered credible momentum.
As of this post we’ve bypassed the capacities of several PL stadiums, including the Amex and The King Power with a respectable 35k.
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One of the top world leagues and it has the naffest trophy - the gold crown on top, the gold lions rampant, the flat/angular ‘handles’ extending out on the sides. Even the lower league EFL trophy is far superior in design. Is there a worse top flight trophy?