Did you see the last sentence? "Reading had to pay out £100,00* after a similar incident at the Madejski Stadium".
It couldn't be ... could it? Not when they *thought* they'd made the playoffs?
Edit: * that's what it says. I've no idea if they mean ten thousand or a hundred thousand.
And there's the third goal conceded at home to Boro. We'd have been promoted on goals scored if we'd only lost 0-2. Not significant psychologically in the way the Burnley equaliser was, but statistically it, too, was the difference between up & down.
They couldn't look more embarrassed. Is this the face that NSC-ers who don't want drums, etc fear they would make if we ever had them, when they say it's pathetic or embarrassing?
I'm pretty sure it hit the post, but because we were singing "Hit the bar, hit the bar", it's a better story that it hit the bar.
I hope it doesn't come to it, of course, but if it does, then on Monday it would be great if there was a massive chorus of "Hit the bar" when Wendy are taking their...
The first leg isn't sold out, though. Albion just tweeted (at 10.39):
There is no screening of the play-off semi-final first leg at the Amex, as tickets remain available for the match at Hillsborough.
Like Ramirez, the Manchester Utd team coach arrived late last night, and suffered some superficial damage. But did Mike Dean give the West Ham coach a red card? NO, HE DID NOT.
I'm not letting this go until he's at least consistent.
I'm coming round to it, too. Not just any old drummer though. I found out last week that the drummer at Dulwich Hamlet (whose fans do the whole singing/drumming thing very well, bearing in mind the size of their crowd) used to drum in a half-decent band. There's an art to it.
I think she is brilliant at her job.
But that having a hereditary head of state is ridiculous. Imagine someone suggesting it if it wasn't already in place!
Just in case anyone interested in Albion women is still keeping an eye on this thread, I'll just chip in that I *think* the playoff between Albion and whichever team wins the Premier League Northern division, for a place in the Super League (which is played in the summer), is at Wycombe, the day...
Whatever the content of this, it's good to see the club putting up Sidwell for this sort of thing. Irrespective of his on-pitch performances, he has been there and done that in the top flight, so he's the least likely of our squad to have his head turned by all the attention.
At some point...