*All very depressing and not very surprising. Let’s hope the new ESG chair proves themself to be the driver of much needed change.

All very depressing and not very surprising. Let’s hope the new ESG proves themself to be the driver of much needed change.

Never mind TF, I've found he was. So my presumption is that he isn't particularly in need of anyone with ESG experience and at the least did not feel unduly upset by the events of the 2025 election. I think I'll stay in the position of being able to comment favourably or unfavourably on candidates rather than offering my services.

Sorry OI it’s not a name I recognise.

Can anyone (Laurence? TF?) tell me whether Gary Davis was part of the ESG last year?

I'm guessing the Irish athletes have an issue with this: [Link]

Haven’t seen that, DO - what is their reason?

I’m gonna let someone else point out the problem with that link.

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Way to out people Laurence.

When Reading were last in the Premier League we were in the Ryman Prem. some water has gone under some bridges since. I think them shaking off the “we’re a big club” attitude will serve them well.

6MDM - I imagine Sophia, and occasionally Karen.

I like Reading's approach but I notice they did say "on this occasion". Also having been a Premier League club relatively recently they probably have a far deeper squad than Stevenage who were a non-league club quite recently.

I'll probably get shot down for asking this but exactly who writes the women's match reports for the OS? Grammatically, they are terrible. They've never been the greatest but this season they are even worse.

Yeah that’s a good way to approach it Surbiton credit to them.

I see 160 Irish sportsmen/women have signed a letter calling on IFA to boycott their forthcoming matches v Israel. Looking down the list, I'd never heard of any of them - one of them is a frisbee thrower!

Maybe AR but completely agree with Reading's approach: [Link]

BD - thanks

Grapevine did have a photo of Dave Norton and the fa cup with his ref shorts pulled down:-)

Bob … club shop v good with delivery.. couple of days usually

I preferred Dons Outlook. Wandering Hans (my baby) was quite poor in comparison and seems to have been preetty much forgotten.

My Question is which was better Dons Outlook or Grapevine?

Answer - we played on all seven days in 2024/2025 season - Good Friday completed the seven days, so this season it will have been done in about half the time.

Can anyone tell me what the turnaround is on ordering goods from the club shop - i.e. the gap between order and delivery

Last call for this question: On NYD we play on a Friday - which will mean we've played a competitive match on every day of the week. When was the last season in which we did this?