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I've watched both and I prefer Welcome to Wrexham. The Sunderland series was interesting, but I never ending up caring at all about them. In contrast I have taken a shine to Wrexham and found myself looking out for their results and wanting them to succeed. Rob and Ryan come across and likeable...

You may think that crowds don't matter, but I find that assertation hard to square with the fact that Man City, Liverpool, Everton, Leicester, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Leeds, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa all have plans at various stages to significantly extend their capacities. Not mention...

Matchday income aside, I do think attendances matter from a prestige perspective. It's an indicator of your standing to sponsors, commercial partners, advertisers and most importantly, players. Hopefully we'll still be in the PL in ten years. But if by then 30,000 crowds put you at or near the...

Yup. In a few years the average PL attendance will likely be pushing 45000. In ten years maybe even 50000. I totally get all the arguments about the local transport infrastructure, the structural challenges regard expanding the stadium and whether we have the support to justify it, and they...

If clubs maintain the average crowds we've seen in the first few weeks of the season we will see: - Top flight average crowds over 40,000 for the first time ever. - Total attendances in the top 4 divisions top 34,000,000 for the first time since 1954/55 - a rise of 2,000,000 on last season. -...

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Yes, I am aware of this data, but it covers periods when the country was still under lockdown so it's a little behind in reflecting current demand and trends. This is the data I saw: Continuous line is a 28 day moving average of car use. Thick dashed line is a moving average of rail use and...

What an odd comment.

Passenger numbers had recovered to around 85% - 90% of immediate pre-Covid levels from the last figures I saw. The number of people travelling by rail before the pandemic was the highest since the 1920s. They had been climbing steadily for 25 odd years. So even 85%-90% of the pre-Covid...

If it turns out teams are routinely playing the maximum number of overage players permitted then it needs a rethink, but I doubt that will prove to be the case. One of Palace's overage players last night was only 22, so they were meeting your proposed rules. I think maxing out on older players...

I thought the game was a great advert for PL2. The right balance of technical ability, intensity and competitiveness. The average age of the Palace starting line up was nearly two years higher than ours, 21.7 vs 19.8, so I think it was a great performance considering, despite the result. Even...

Not in the know, but the stated aim is to become a top 4 club in the WSL. I suspect they want regular European qualification (top 3 qualify at present) as they see this as probable big growth area in terms of TV deals etc. I'd agree that even if crowds rise substantially the gate receipts will...

Limit is 50 outdoor events per year. Plus there is a provision to seek special permission to hold events in excess of this number. It's highly unlikely to ever be an issue, even in the most exceptional of seasons or if the WSL expanded to 20 teams. "13. The total number of Outdoor Events within...

Not 100% sure, but the 313s are going by the end of the year as I understand. They are on their last legs. Might go some way to explaining the terrible east and west coastway timetables we are currently enduring. Not sure what they'll be replaced with.

I was curious to see what "service" was being offered last night. There were 5 trains per hour timetabled. Tonight there are 3 per hour. So there were additional trains laid on compared to the usual post-Covid timetable. No idea if any were lengthened. However it's worth pointing out the...

Maybe Denis Law in the late 50s for Huddersfield (pre-accolade obvs) and Bobby Charlton in 1974 for Preston when he was player manager?

I think they genuinely care about their cause. I don't believe they are hiding behind this as a pretext to smash things up or they are on some warped ego trip. It's scary to think what impact climate change could have on my children's lives.

As I understand, Just Stop Oil's main objective is to get the government to commit to stopping any new fossil fuel licensing and production. This would be an easy thing for any government truly committed to reducing emissions to get behind. It seems like an very low bar in terms of carbon...

In recent months the government has cut air passenger duty for domestic flights and reduced fuel duty (which had been frozen for over 10 years) whilst increasing the price of train tickets. I don't doubt there are lot of other things that could be added to this list, e.g. reducing feed-in...

I used to enjoy FA Cup finals and I miss those days. I cannot get excited about them any more. I am not sure why, but I suspect the increasing dominance of a handful of teams probably has something to do with it. Just to correct something I posted earlier which was not quite accurate. We have...