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What I'm not a fan of is the BBC plastering it all over the Saturday night schedule - when it's recorded stuff from earlier. There's always pleasure for me seeing superb exponents of their sport who never get televised widely under normal circumstances. Not sure about the three man basketball...

Watching a match "live" on Teletext and hoping that the score might change. Taking photos on a camera and not knowing for about 3 months if they were any good, or even in focus.

Plenty of form from a year ago - played Portsmouth (behind closed doors) and wouldn't even confirm the result. Football is not for the fans - it is private - and to be kept very secret. Pathetic.

I think that's a bit strange too - although it might be fair to imagine that not too many of Real Madrid's superstars will be back at it on July 25th. More like Real Madrid reserves really.

And an honourable mention for Gorgeous George and Giant Haystacks (complete with warts under his armpits).

The NHS has let me down

He's invented his own eccentric way to pronounce De Bruyne - driving me mad.

I just find it very odd that apparently no-one else needs to self-isolate in relation to Gilmour. When the rest of the population gets pinged by the app that you've been close to a sufferer - and you must self-isolate - no idea who it was or where - just do it. All weird to me.

I'm the same these days. Most games I enjoy far more if I'm not troubled by the nonsense of the commentary. So I watch with the sound off. It is fair to say that many matches of this tournament are using commentators in a cupboard in London, rather than in the stadium. It makes it much...

Look these international dignitaries are far more important to our future than the rank and file plebs of Britain. Their attendance at the UEFA finals is unavoidable and is clearly absolutely essential travel. If they want to come prancing into the UK and skirt round some rigidly applied...

And links previously with Paul Rogers and a talented Brighton football family through Mike Cornwell.

Sales of chewing gum set to plummet in the Sandwell conurbation

Parked in car park C - in the University. We weren't late but no spaces left - looked like they had oversold the parking spots. Caused quite a bit of frustration. Plenty of yellow coat stewards, but very few capable of actually organsing the parking.

The difference between Barnsley and Bournemouth was remarkable. Everyone in Bournemouth wearing a mask - no-one in Barnsley wearing a mask. Not sure, apart from the obvious, what that tells you - but the rules to wear a mask, and be socially distant, and be outside all seem arbitrary to me...

Carbon copy of so many of our home games this season - maybe no fans lulls them into a stupor. Maybe it's the inspirational, emotional manager. 74 pretty passes before a weak blocked shot. Maybe it's the showreel for all the unsold season tickets.

Happily I've landed in group 2 this time - highest so far. I do think it is very odd to be making tickets available (for me 2.00pm tomorrow apparently) without actually knowing the date or kick-off time. Maybe the Premier League will confirm by then - but it's very different to the usual...

Wednesday's relegation is sporting justice a year too late. If my memory is not too fogged were they not spared at the end of last season when they should have been given a massive points deduction. Even had it reduced this year I think. While the nobodies from Wigan were treated very...

Wakey wakey - from the top of the East Terrace. 20000 crowds for reserve games because they were selling tickets for a big League Cup match.

No, no, no. You've already forgetten that the French (the Qataris, really good them) and the Germans are the good guys of Europe. The bad guys of Europe are..... the Americans, the Emiratis and the far Eastern Russians. Plus Daniel Levy of course and some Bahamaian exiles. But at least...

Never trust a man with a beard Never trust a woman with painted toenails There will be cornflakes on the table in the morning, whatever happens