Not a good look following the announcement of the Chelsea deal it’s not necessarily the cause but quite an easy connection to make in the absence of any real logic. A sponsor’s brand is their brand and a big part of that is the visual identity particularly the colours.

Time to sell up,no point carrying on with this farce

This is odd. The club are desperate for money, aren't they?

Paul Strank has posted on FAcebook the following: It is with great sadness and disappointment to announce that after decades of supporting and sponsoring the club, we have been given no choice but to terminate our new six-figure, two-year stand sponsorship deal as the club impose we change our stand branding to blue & white and remove our famous yellow & black branding. We really did not want to make this public but as fans ourselves, we're extremely disappointed with how this club is being run and as proud business owners, it's sad to see a club desperate for money turn down ours who have backed the club since the beginning - especially in this economic climate. Again, we are fans as much as you and it's sad to see the club not keeping community at heart where it once thrived. Paul Strank

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Hearing bad things from Paul Strank Roofing in terms of their ongoing sponsorship.

No more Paul strank sponsored stand on X

A few demos going on around the country later tonight just watch yourselves if your out after 7

Trigger: I think each of the three host nations have their own opening ceremonies. So that's 3 times the fun!

I expect Curacao to be better than most people might expect given their Dutch background

Pete - nice picture of Mann Egerton in Morden

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Fans of most of the African/Asian countries have been refused visas even though they have tickets, plus an official from Somalia or Somaliland

From what I've seen of people generally asking US citizens about the World Cup I don't think anyone there would notice.

Hash - imagine if America don’t make it to the next round, I wonder if the rest of the tournament would get cancelled…?

There is a chance of USA v Iran in the 2nd round in Dallas which would be quite funny

Yeah fair point RK I shouldn’t discount Morocco too easily

Brazil vs Morocco jumps out at you in the first batch. Scotland's group too

I'm sure Curacao and others will adopt the Andorran 8-2-0 formation to deny Germany any space

When I look through the early fixtures of the World Cup there really isn’t much interest there at all. Hopefully the second round of group stage games will be a little more exciting. Netherlands v Japan probably the first game with any real footballing credibility and that’s not til Sunday evening UK time.

I've put a bet on the 12 teams to finish bottom of their groups, with Curaçao being one of those. Should give me some interest in the games for the first couple of weeks (or less if any of them wins a game).

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Maybe we could move to Stamford Bridge when Chelsea move to Earl's Court?

Would be hilarious if Curaçao win

I'm intrigued by the Germany v Curacao WC group game on Sunday. Are Curacao the smallest ever nation (pop 158,000) to compete in the WC?