Old Spalding Ram

“ And our first caller is Steve from Middlesbrough “.

I'll let you know. I'm going next Saturday! 

Forest Green Rovers was officially recognised as the world’s first vegan football club after we received the Vegan Trademark from the Vegan Society.
 Can you get kicked out the ground for sneaking in a couple of Lincolnshire’s finest sausage rolls and a half time pork pie?
…………..asking for a friend.

Stelling is staying at Sky till the end of the season, just about the time that Murdoch rolls out his new Talk TV channel with Piers Morgan.  My money is on the dumped Sky crowd going back to work for their old boss.
Can I just say about Stelling that he’s raised millions for Prostate Cancer UK with his charity walks, top bloke. ?

Soccer saturday is like a match day ritual for me when we play away. I always tune in and it is like sitting in the pub with your mates talking rubbish, at least it was like that with the old lineup. Even if they do talk rubbish it's just that and it's easy watching and light hearted. Just a group of mates sitting around a table talking about football.
The new lineup is just not the same at all. It is clear they are not mates and you can tell with the chemistry, i feel sorry for Jeff. Clinton morrison, lee hendrie, kris boyd? Just truly awful, none of them can even speak properly without stuttering and have no level of english to get their point across - something you would expect when your job is to talk.
I also agree that it is a great opportunity for somebody to reunite the old panel. I for one wont be watching sky when jeff leaves this season, Soccer Saturday is pretty much the only reason i have my subscription.
For me the sooner tv companies realise people want what is popular, and not token appointments - i think we will see it with the numbers and over time this terrible trend will go.

Stelling is staying at Sky till the end of the season, just about the time that Murdoch rolls out his new Talk TV channel with Piers Morgan.  My money is on the dumped Sky crowd going back to work for their old boss.
Can I just say about Stelling that he’s raised millions for Prostate Cancer UK with his charity walks, top bloke. ?

Baldock don't believe it.
Anyway more importantly who's in favour of timewasting now.

Tepper is a different animal and is quite honestly a dream owner. He bought the Carolina Panthers in 2018 for $2.3bn and soon after invested even more into sports in Charlotte by expansion in the MLS - a whim that still cost him north of €300m and something that he won't make money back on for a long time, perhaps ever. It's an investment in the growth of the MLS.
He's at the point in his life where he's become a sporting philanthropist - a genuine figure head for the growth of Carolina sports in the States (perhaps the world) and football in America. He could quite comfortably purchase almost any Premier League club and he's shown a desire to be aggressive in his approaches to grow his brand. 
Tepper wouldn't be a hands-on owner, but he would pay top dollar to high-end executives who he believed could and there wouldn't be a shortage of people looking to work for him. It would quite honestly be a dream scenario and for that reason I absolutely can't believe that it's even remotely an option. 
Kirchner, who has now put himself in the spotlight, is coming off well. As Jordan said, who knows much more about researching business growth than me, the company he has now is ascending to the point where he potentially could be a billionaire in the future. I would guess not know, but it's showing incredible growth in a short amount of time. He seems set up for a long-term investment and has shown the required funds as of now, so perhaps it has the potential to be a good match. He sounds like an intelligent man, something our boardroom has sadly lacked for too many years. 

Can’t believe how many grown men want to push in front of a 10 and 5 year old wanting to get an autograph. 
 
Is it just me that finds that pretty sad. 

Is there any wonder football is broken?
I've said it before, but as someone fast approaching their free bus-pass who was in the BBG when we were winning the league, the Championship suits me just fine. Every game winnable and I can get tickets for any game I want to attend. Selfish maybe, but the Premier League is a farce.

My mistake, make that $15 billion…………the real, real deal?

That’s David Tepper, someone mentioned him earlier.
He’s worth over $5 billion and ranked 43 on Forbes big boy list……..he’d be the real deal?

My mistake, make that $15 billion…………the real, real deal?

This is shameful. I'd pop something up on the club's Twitter feed and embarrass them into putting this right by some form of discretionary payment. A long shot perhaps, but I'd not be letting this lie. Best of luck in any case.

I am writing this, largely out of frustration, but I feel I need to get it off my chest.
My dad was a season ticket holder for 50-odd years and he died of cancer in September. (I joined him as a season ticket holder from 1987)
He had renewed his ticket for the 2020-21 season before the pandemic hit which was carried over into this season.
In April, when he knew he was too poorly to go again, he wrote to the ticket office advising as such and would therefore prefer a refund to the ticket for 2021-22.
He received a response saying that the club could not provide a refund as the deadline had since passed.
As a result, I wrote to the club in July to see if an amicable solution could be found to transfer his ticket to my friend who would pay the difference from a 65+ ticket to a standard adult one, then paying my dad for the rest of the ticket.
I heard nothing.  I chased again twice and still heard nothing.
In an attempt to try and sort it out before the season ticket deadline (after my dad had recently died and after Derby had gone into administration), I went to the ticket office and was advised the process would be that my friend would have to buy the ticket in full and my dad could get a refund on his seat, due to his death.
I therefore paid for my friend’s seat (which was my dad’s seat) in full for my friend and gave details with regards to getting a refund.
This week, the SLO contacted me to say that it would be possible to upgrade his seat to my friend and to contact the ticket office accordingly, in response to my email sent in July.
When I explained what I had already been told by the ticket office, I received another email advising that due to the administration events, no refund could be given at all.
So, Derby County have taken my dad’s money and my friend’s money for the same seat, have given me conflicting information and are now reneging on returning my Dad’s refund (which would have obviously gone to my mother).
I have requested that I get his season ticket back but for a different seat, as I can either bring someone else, or sell it on to recover some of the cash, but have had no response so far.
I can’t express how poorly I have felt Derby have handled this, (effectively costing me over £300) and it shows how much they valued my dad as a “customer”, when their lack of providing the correct information or acting in a timely manner could have seen this resolved.
Overall, I’m really saddened that this becomes my Dad’s final legacy with the club that he loved.

The morning following the previous SCG meeting which took place under an NDA, I resigned from my position on the Supporters Charter Group.
I first want to apologise to all the fans that were grateful for the opportunity to voice their concerns to the club through dcfcfans.uk.
Unfortunately there were a number of issues that I was not personally comfortable with so made the difficult decision to resign.
The NDA, I raised my concerns directly to the club prior to the meeting, warning them what the reaction would be if this became public, which it did. The agreement to release a joint statement following the previous meeting. The delay in getting information from the meetings to you all in a timely manner. The abuse, not just towards myself personally but other supporters groups. It’s great to see that the new Black & White Together Supporters Group have been given permission to post information from the meeting tonight on Twitter shortly after the meeting had concluded, something we were frustratingly restricted from doing so.
An agreement was made during the second meeting where representatives could not communicate with fans until the meeting minutes were released by the club, which as you know were often delayed.
Something which I strongly disagreed with and made both the club and SCG my thoughts with my resignation.
I do want to thank the club for the opportunity, and wish the Supporters Charter Group good luck going forward.
Tweets from tonights meeting can be found at https://twitter.com/dcfcbwt
 

Is he being sarcastic? An enormous honour? An enormous pain in the backside more like 

Talking of ways of filling grounds!
Pinched from the Coventry City site for todays match v Fulham
Kick-off is at 12:30pm for the Sky Bet Championship clash.
Tickets are available to buy at the Ticket Office from 9:30am until kick-off, or from Cash Turnstiles from 11am.
Fans paying on the gate are advised to arrive early due to expected high demand. 
Fulham fans can pay at Cash Turnstiles 4 and 5 in the South Stand.
Cash Turnstiles 30-37 will be open from 11am
The Family Zone area is Blocks 33 and 34. A social distancing block is Block 31 - to book here, subject to availability, please contact ticketoffice@ccfc.co.uk 
Any matchday queries/collections can be directed to the Ticket Office, which is open from 9:30am until kick-off. 
 
Hope the administrators are taking note!
 
 
 
 

Well I've just counted and got 7353 so I think you should count again 

Talking of ways of filling grounds!
Pinched from the Coventry City site for todays match v Fulham
Kick-off is at 12:30pm for the Sky Bet Championship clash.
Tickets are available to buy at the Ticket Office from 9:30am until kick-off, or from Cash Turnstiles from 11am.
Fans paying on the gate are advised to arrive early due to expected high demand. 
Fulham fans can pay at Cash Turnstiles 4 and 5 in the South Stand.
Cash Turnstiles 30-37 will be open from 11am
The Family Zone area is Blocks 33 and 34. A social distancing block is Block 31 - to book here, subject to availability, please contact ticketoffice@ccfc.co.uk 
Any matchday queries/collections can be directed to the Ticket Office, which is open from 9:30am until kick-off. 
 
Hope the administrators are taking note!
 
 
 
 

Talking of ways of filling grounds!
Pinched from the Coventry City site for todays match v Fulham
Kick-off is at 12:30pm for the Sky Bet Championship clash.
Tickets are available to buy at the Ticket Office from 9:30am until kick-off, or from Cash Turnstiles from 11am.
Fans paying on the gate are advised to arrive early due to expected high demand. 
Fulham fans can pay at Cash Turnstiles 4 and 5 in the South Stand.
Cash Turnstiles 30-37 will be open from 11am
The Family Zone area is Blocks 33 and 34. A social distancing block is Block 31 - to book here, subject to availability, please contact ticketoffice@ccfc.co.uk 
Any matchday queries/collections can be directed to the Ticket Office, which is open from 9:30am until kick-off. 
 
Hope the administrators are taking note!
 
 
 
 

Talking of ways of filling grounds!
Pinched from the Coventry City site for todays match v Fulham
Kick-off is at 12:30pm for the Sky Bet Championship clash.
Tickets are available to buy at the Ticket Office from 9:30am until kick-off, or from Cash Turnstiles from 11am.
Fans paying on the gate are advised to arrive early due to expected high demand. 
Fulham fans can pay at Cash Turnstiles 4 and 5 in the South Stand.
Cash Turnstiles 30-37 will be open from 11am
The Family Zone area is Blocks 33 and 34. A social distancing block is Block 31 - to book here, subject to availability, please contact ticketoffice@ccfc.co.uk 
Any matchday queries/collections can be directed to the Ticket Office, which is open from 9:30am until kick-off. 
 
Hope the administrators are taking note!
 
 
 
 

Talking of ways of filling grounds!
Pinched from the Coventry City site for todays match v Fulham
Kick-off is at 12:30pm for the Sky Bet Championship clash.
Tickets are available to buy at the Ticket Office from 9:30am until kick-off, or from Cash Turnstiles from 11am.
Fans paying on the gate are advised to arrive early due to expected high demand. 
Fulham fans can pay at Cash Turnstiles 4 and 5 in the South Stand.
Cash Turnstiles 30-37 will be open from 11am
The Family Zone area is Blocks 33 and 34. A social distancing block is Block 31 - to book here, subject to availability, please contact ticketoffice@ccfc.co.uk 
Any matchday queries/collections can be directed to the Ticket Office, which is open from 9:30am until kick-off. 
 
Hope the administrators are taking note!
 
 
 
 

Lots of clubs allowing walk up. We don't. 
I checked some recent EFL minutes with Supporters Groups and they infer that the local council is responsible for rules around admittance during Covid. 
Either our council is stricter than others or other clubs are ignoring their council's guidelines. I wish I knew what it is.