Can't think I could get excited watching netball. Watching the six nations recently with all the blood and gore and not a manicured nail in sight , netball just doesn't figure.

They've ****** themselves!

Free balls!

Having had 7 emails begging me to vote, I received another yesterday and one today

JG Maybe- but better to learn from similar businesses (ie other football clubs) than those which are totally different- if you take a view that “football can learn from opera” you may get good ideas - or you may go down a total blind alley, given that the whole experience is totally different (I doubt we will get many people bringing picnics to eat on the concourse or coming along in evening dress). Also, just to note that London Pulse netball tickets do not average £30 - looking at their website the adult ticket price is £29 and kids tickets are £16.50 (i realise you don’t like ticket concessions as a concept, but they exist now) so the average price is likely to be closer to £20, even ignoring freebie tickets (and I have no idea of the extent of those). As I say, good luck to netball as a sport but again it’s totally different to league football.

Nick W: Our Club and Football don't exist in a vacuum. Neither the Club, nor the Sport have a monopoly on ideas. We are in the Entertainment business competing for the same pounds in people's pockets as other forms of entertainment and sometimes good ideas can be "borrowed" from outside.

A4e: the tickets are not free and I will elaborate once I have attended a match myself. But I was surprised that a Sport which I had thought was dying can turn itself around like it appears Netball has and is doing.

And Korea Kitey?

Iran wins [Link]

Explained here [Link]

Ah, it's something to do with free balls.

I always thought that 147 was the "perfect" score? What's changed?

Ledd - I hadn’t realised that score was even possible, but now I learn that the maximum score possible is 155!!

RIP Nicholas Brendon

I don't watch snooker any longer although I was an avid watcher back in the day. I was one of those who stayed up late to watch Dennis Taylor beat Steve Davis in that sudden death final frame. I also remember Cliff Thorburn winning the world title the same night as my grandparents golden wedding anniversary. Everyone who took an interest was in the kitchen helping with the washing up whilst watching on the portable TV.

Well done to Ronnie O'Sullivan for scoring a 153 break today at the World Open.

And fairly old but RIP for friend or foe.

Turns out maybe Norris wasn’t a particularly nice chap.

Yep 2 days ago.

Lurker, I didn't know about Tom Georgeson. I did the rest.

Fucking shite week. Len Deighton, Tom Georgson and Chuck Norris. (And just seen Jenni Murray as well). Fuck is going on here.

Deadline for early bird STs is 2nd April

Thanks lee

Driza, behind the Ry stand.

OI - Banquet is great, loads of limited edition stuff, and I’ve seen some great gigs at New Slang….