I’m in Wimbledon so thought I’d call into the Alex for a cold one, well pleased to see that have one of my favourite beers modelo on draft, not so pleased to find out it’s £7.95 a pint, probably not even the pukka Mexican brew either, oh well I’m on holiday so fuck it

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[Link] This doesn’t seem like it will end well!

Some pretty good/interesting games coming up over the weekend on TV. Obviously there’s our game (too early to predict a 3-0 defeat) but on Sunday it’s the claret and blue derby with Burnley at home to West Ham (who’s fans are buzzing for the season ahead - hoping to challenge for the title and no VAR!) then on Monday evening it’s Cardiff’s return to the Championship and obviously the random computer fixture algorithm has them opening the league season at home to Wrexham.

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DO, of course. But not his sister if she was standing!

Red kite yes it looks nice! Maybe a little like what Plough Lane will look like when we expand it fully.

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RK - you think Binface will finish ahead of Laurence Fox?

Hash, last season at the Kassam for Oxford. Their new ground looks nice, assuming no delays

Same Trigs. Agree with them about Oxford being shit. Absolute pain to get to from the station and utter shit open end / car park behind one of the goals.

Yeah good luck to the next pm:-)

I don't have a subscription but could read that piece in full without issue. I also agree (I think everyone does) about out of town venues and am glad they recognised that Reading's stadium whilst looking great on the TV cameras (when they were Prem/Champ) it's a god-awful ground to get to and from.

That is almost as old as some of pete's jokes RK ;)

Unfortunately, expecting the comedian to win today

Morning all. If you have an Athletic subscription then somebody has just done a list all the EFL grounds. Ours is a pleasant surprise... - [Link]

New Signing Day please

*was different

Same I think the effect on the light was awesome because it wasn’t different from an ordinary dimming due to sunset because of the higher angle of the sun. The wildlife around where I was sat, up in a high clearing in some beautiful ancient woodland, really couldn’t give a crap about the eclipse nothing changed at all 🤷‍♂️

had not expected much with the eclipse apart from a twilight feel and lower temp, and failed to disappoint. At least I got to meet a neighbour, and we chatted about the 1999 eclipse, and our respective experience, and also helped two Gen Z neighbour's create an image using the pin hole method with a card and the outside wall.

[Link] Bath City set to vote on £50m investment.

Even though we have already won a match in anger this season, the Thursday before the 1st league match of the season is the one where I start looking forward to the season as a whole. The Newport match, despite the win still feels like an outlier, in as much that the cup games traditionally start after the bread and butter campaign has got going. That said, this time round knowing the next opponents aren't another lower league side and one we can/should be up for all round helps with this anomaly.

48 hours til starting the shlep to Yorkshire COYD.

Don’t forget it’s the Perseids peak right now as well. Seen a few already with one decent green + trail one.

Went down the park, eclipse was disappointing but it was nice to see 30-40 people out enjoying the park when it’s usually low single figures in the evening. Some of the kids seemed to just enjoy being out doing something different.