Would anyone in here have run a line before? We have two qualified refs, but unfortunately our Linos have been called up elsewhere last minute, so desperately need one more

DO we have someone else playing of similar age. And someone who I don’t know but looks quite young, at the other end. Does sound like varying ages and ability - a couple of guys who play for a vets team, 6 former Dons players now confirmed (dating back to - I think - 2002) and at least one who I think is late 50s, possibly early 60s.

All good Pete. Richard finally has a permanent job after months in the wilderness following his motorbike accident. Hopefully withdrawing from being bank of mum but as my parents bought me my house I'm happy to pay it forward.

Yeah, scum is usually my word for them too. But seeing as the 'whatever was called' is now officially over, 'wankers' was unused for a while, so got an outing.

Pete, I always call them the scum. Walking into the reception area to collect my son from school way back in the day, Richard saw my face and asked "what have scum done now?" He was nine years old and got it.

Not that I ever stopped, of course.

So, can we call them all wankers again?

Thanks Meadow. I don't use Discord either. Odd that the "statement" buried on the DT website does not mention withdraw as the basis for the mediation ending but merely states it finished.

6mdm, it was also posted on Discord. According to Kris Stewart, the decision to withdraw from this process was made years ago and was only ever means to avoid sanctions. He has no clue as to why it took so long to be announced.

Thanks DD. However, I don't use the DT's WhatsApp. I naively thought their website would contain information for members. I'm sure there are some who would actually like to understand what this mediation process was for (be it to avoid punishment from the EFL for childish references or omissions or whatever) and now that it has concluded what does that actually mean in practical (non-box ticking) terms? If the answer is nothing and this was merely a necessary charade to avoid sanctions then they can use appropriate wording to convey this.

I was just at the Surrey vs Lancs game and am mystified how the game finished. The BBC site says Lancs lost 10 wickets but I think the final batter (which should have been Jimmy Anderson, I think) never came out to bat.

6MDM, there was an announcement on the DT's WhatsApp, which has now been deleted.

Speaking of which… shame Hoody disappeared without trace having actually been voted on the board.

You only get updates if you’re a trusted friend of a board member these days.

How did people discover this mediation "update" given it was buried in the news section and nothing to flag it up on the DT landing page? It was only reading on here that prompted me to go looking for it. Now that I spent the 10 seconds it took to read it, what in reality does it actually mean? Who said we needed to enter this farce of a process? Now that it has ended what can we now say or do that we couldn't before? That statement provides no context or useful information. It couldn't be any less pointless.

“We move on”

We might hear about the 400K during the 2030s at this rate

I’m sure there will be naysayers, but like the “Come Together” England squad video (I’m not saying I agree with every pick, just that it’s a great piece of media) ☺️

Almost as long as getting into the football league

It took 8 years to do that

That Dons Trust “update”sums up the Dons Trust really. We move on

Bournemouth have just got planning permission to construct a new South Stand that will bring capacity to 20,000

I know someone on here the other day hadn't realised that surrey games are on YouTube. Surrey v Lancashire live now blast

So the 8 yr mediation process has resulted in absolutely nothing happening. Does that mean we don’t have mention them in programme and scoreboard anymore now?

Tough to follow that with “ole ole” tbh