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If West Ham played on my lawn I'd draw the curtains, to misquote Bill Shankley.

All done, including a gratuitous reference in the comments box to the old Manor Ground, which I visited often while working in Headington (Aldridge & Houghton era). Hopefully this will swing the argument decisively in your favour. Good luck.

Oh boy! May he rest in peace. A key player in the soundtrack to my life from the day I bought my my first single with a birthday record token - For Your Love by the Yardbirds.

I’d love to talk about VAR but with a clear distinction between two elements. There is the technology that allows incidents to be examined forensically and repeatedly until the facts are laid bare for all to see. Let’s call that VAR1. Then there is the implementation of the technology. This...

I remember being very excited to see Ossie Ardiles and Glenn Hoddle together for Keith Birkinshaw's Spurs at the Goldstone. We lost 2-0 as I recall, mainly because of Steve Perryman who kept taking the ball off us and giving it to one of them.

Never trust anyone whose agent loses their phone in the North Sea.

You and I had a remarkably similar youth!

Me too. And there was a clear and unequivocal winner of the duel too. I thought we were very brave to go man to man against Almiron, Wilson and Saint-Maximin, but it allowed us to dominate midfield, especially when Newcastle tired. All this thanks to Dunky and Potter's trust in his back three.

Bananarama for me. Vaguely pretty girls with lipgloss in dungarees who look like they might be a handful. No standout tracks but fun to both watch and listen to.

I was 15 years old and there in a very crowded North Stand knowing without any doubt that I would still be supporting this club in 50 years time.

Gotta love Luke Ayling!

I agree with all of the above but was also struck by his eloquence regarding those two games and their relevance to the setting in which he found himself. I was really impressed by him and felt his words deserved a larger and more attentive audience.

I rang the club last summer to ask this exact question and I was told unequivocally that the cut off date is 1st December. Imagine my delight to hear this, as I was due to turn 65 on 30th November 2021.