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On This Day in 1969
Eddie Bailham pulls a goal back from the spot in the 27th minute of the Dons' Southern League match at Yeovil Town. Quickly two down at the Huish, the penalty brought Wimbledon back into the game before the referee awarded a controversial goal just before half time. The usually mild-mannered Dickie Guy pursued the official after centre forward Cyril Myers had bundled man and ball into the net from a Yeovil corner and he had to be pulled back by his teammates in order to avoid a booking. Although the visitors tried to reduce the arrears after the break, the wind had been knocked out of their sails.
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I see the Green Party have joined Hamas in passing a motion calling for the destruction of Israel - The motion adopted by Green members backs a "single democratic Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine".
4th Oct 2026 22:16:37 
 [109.lo.gg.ed] 
How does this differ from "from the river to the sea"? You can be arrested for saying that in public!
Thanks Aideen. I'll check it out.
4th Oct 2026 20:45:51 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Anyone finished Ivor’s book? What am amazinly well written emotional book. Cried buckets all through it. Can highly recommend it.
4th Oct 2026 20:40:36 
 [151.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Ummm - a positive update on Stevens - if only. Why no update?
4th Oct 2026 19:22:56 
 [188.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Makes sense.
4th Oct 2026 19:03:35 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
I’ll not be watching. Tough away trip up next in the league.
Browne is supposed to play against Barnet to get more minutes in his legs
4th Oct 2026 18:56:11 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Are we thinking Browne is back in contention now or needs more time?
4th Oct 2026 18:25:08 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Would love to see a fully motivated Brown slot into the team, and a positive update on Stevens.
Quite correct, Swiggy. Brilliant performance.
4th Oct 2026 15:28:57 
 [31.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Maybe England played so well that Croatia were made to look rubbish. Give a bit of credit sometimes please.
4th Oct 2026 14:28:13 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Yeah that’s where you need a proper leader on the pitch and I don’t think England really has one. Bellingham may become one as he grows up but he’s too emotional right now - that works for him but not as a chin-straps style leader on the pitch.
4th Oct 2026 13:38:02 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
The players need to take more responsibility is the obvious retort to that
4th Oct 2026 13:27:12 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Trust is a two-way street. Players need to trust their manager AND a manager needs to trust his players. Tuchel did not trust his players to play out the rest of the SF. The players trusted Tuchel to make good decisions and he did not.
4th Oct 2026 13:25:26 
 [109.lo.gg.ed] 
Tuchel needs to regain the players' trust. Not something done overnight.
OTD - the Yeovil player behind Bailham has a blue shirt, even though his team mates have red shirts. All if them should of course have green shirts.
4th Oct 2026 13:12:55 
 [109.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Elite players should be good enough to adapt to most circumstances once they’re over the white line there’s only so much input a manager can give
4th Oct 2026 13:01:37 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
We did look very good all over the pitch last night. Hopefully Tuchel is rebuilding the squad’s confidence in him.
4th Oct 2026 12:06:24 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
lol Spit
4th Oct 2026 12:03:49 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
I dont know whose worse tuchel for his one mistake or the Dons trust?:-)
4th Oct 2026 11:55:24 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Did enjoy the 7-0 last night
Going defensive isn’t inherently wrong we just did it so badly because Tuchel just threw more defenders into our box and pulled all outfield players back too deep. We invited wave after wave of pressure with no escape route and with so many players back inside the box there were still massive gaps (their winner was an uncontested header.)
4th Oct 2026 11:50:06 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Tuchel had no plan by that point he’d lost control of the game and was in full on panic mode. Defend yes but defend badly no.
Like it or not defences win you things like the Euros, even Greece in 2004 won it with an incredibly defensive strategy
4th Oct 2026 11:34:11 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
I’m certainly not raging about not winning the World Cup. Seems a popular view that if we’d made it to the final then Spain would most likely have beaten us. But Tuchel messed up in the semi-final with his scaredy-cat tactics after we took the lead. That’s where (many) other managers would have done a far better job and that’s where he now has a big job to do to ahead of the next tournament.
4th Oct 2026 11:29:06 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
In more positive news, Anthony Gordon is turning into a really strong asset for England. With him, Kane and Bellingham forming a decent understanding I feel like we could score against anyone. As long as we’re prepared to attack.
It is not about winning at all costs but giving yourself the best chance of winning which is different. We were leading Argentina playing our football and in my mind going all defensive was anti-football for us. Make like for like substitutions and if that didn't prevail then so be it. I enjoyed our 3-2 defeat against Spain because we didn't go defensive at 2-1 and if Kane had scored the penalty to put us 3-1 up it could have won us the match. Tuchel was unlucky against Spain but that is no reason not to abandon going defensive in that moment.
4th Oct 2026 11:27:54 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Tuchel did not go defensive so maybe he has privately admitted he screwed up. Will give him credit if he did. Games against the top sides will also be a coin toss so you might as well keep away from going defensive.
Also fans would hate it if we suddenly became as cynical and anti football as Argentina were in the WC final, win at all costs isn’t what sport is all about
4th Oct 2026 11:18:59 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Not many England fans thought they would win the 2026 World Cup. [Link]
4th Oct 2026 11:02:28 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
This is certainly my experience when talking to other football fans.
I think managers like Pep or Klopp would have won the game v Argentina even if they would have probably lost the game v Spain. That is the difference.
4th Oct 2026 11:00:01 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Judge not on results but whether they gave you the best chance of winning.
Leamington Pete was spotted on a Facebook recently enquiring about Sheffield Weds tickets so anyone who wants to catch up with him may see him there
4th Oct 2026 10:59:01 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU