There are so many Brian Clough stories that people will still be talking about him in 100 years. Mark Crossley, the former Forest keeper, does a very good impersonation of him as part of his after dinner circuit career. Amongst many, one is about WFC and what he did to the ghettoblaster when it got too much for him [Link]

No apologies, I absolutely loved The Damned United. Michael Sheen was fantastic as always. I really don't care that it was fiction. It was a great film.

Funny how Billy Edwards and Dave Donaldson always seem to be next to each other. The recently deceased Richard Teale is also in these WFC pictures (for those who didn't know who he was or what he looked like), who also had a stint at Walton and Hersham before moving to QPR.

I spotted Owen Harris too. All of them appear in the WFC team photos for the 1977-1978 season (my first and one I can recall more detail about than the subsequent 48) [Link] [Link]

Owen Harris died on 12 December 2025.

$6MDM - a very interesting piece on Walton & Hersham. In the dressing room picture where they are toasting the win with Allen Batsford front left, in the back row on the left next to Dave Donaldson is future WFC physio (the pint sized) Owen Harris.

I did like watching The Damned United as Michael Sheen is a good actor (although I find it hard with Timothy Spall to see him as anything other than Barry Taylor from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet). I've watched it a few times. I knew there was a bit of poetic licence and dramatisation but I had not appreciated how much until reading the debate on here from earlier today. I was confused by the way he apparently did not take up the Brighton job before going to Leeds when Dave Bassett, Dave Donaldson, Billy Edwards and Willie Smith (all who went on to play for WFC) were all part of the Walton and Hersham side, managed by Allen Batsford, that thumped Brighton 4-0 at the Goldstone Ground in December 1973, with Clough as their manager [Link]

Making us wait for a 10pm ko for a warm-up friendly, grrr

Poor Roy Keane has been briefed to be more positive and has just had to find his one moment for the evening and completely obliviously state that Cars is a great movie.

Oh dear, the weather isn’t playing ball for the England friendly….

Better than storms in Africa

England game delayed by storms in Florida

On the colours front, I did the tour of new WHL a few years back. Very impressive stadium, and they boasted there was no red in it. Until you got to the shop where there was plenty of red NFL merchandise (can't remember the team). Colours matter.

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OI- you are right, of course, but don't hold your breath.

Pete that's brilliant!

Buckley actively looking for someone to replace him, wishful thinking for some of us

We’ll be coming out to this tune next season [Link]

Meadow-presumably they are sending their squad side to Bromley

I do think that we need some sort of safeguards plus transparency to ensure that consultancy and other contracts only go to 'mates' if it can be shown clearly that (a) they are best value for money and (b) are not coming in with a group think mindset but open to fresh ideas.

That'll be a QPR XI as they're at Bromley the previous day.

Thanks OI. Seeing as that is a task he has failed to achieve for over three years now (happy to be corrected on the number) I won’t be holding my breath.

Paddington - I vaguely remember you mentioning the Gladiator bloke's armour advice being ignored, just like I did [Link]

Maybe that's why we want blue and white branding

Home to QPR on 1st Aug