tony4938

......and just noticed PD and players are now on it as well including the flying fin himself!

Ahem! That would be 3, thats me in his left palm! (more money than sense!)

I am doing my best promoting the scheme on Shefki Kuqi Appreciation society on facebook! Come and join!!

Seems the wife overwrote my latics stuff on sky plus with bloody soaps, while i was in Afghan!!!! :ranting: Sorry Lags

I think i've got it on sky plus still, but haven't a clue how to transfer it!

@awesomedawson77

I would have give him a red no hesitation.

Happy with this, says he has had a full pre-season with palace so not far away from fitness. Feels good to be part of player share, and i urge more people to get on board.

Thats the point though isn't it, fans will always come back, but business and casual sponsors wouldn't. We need to be doing everything we can to attract new and previous sponsors back to the club.

I just want to add to my last post that the actual booking of the sponsorship was swift and professional, Gordon stayed in contact with me throughout, while i was in Afgahnistan.

I was programme sponsor for the Sheff utd match, and to be honest was quite unimpressed. I was the only sponsor for the match but didn't really get the service i was promised. The thing is, as a fan, i will always return, however a buisness or casual sponsor would not come back as it is just not worth it. I said to the wife at the sheff utd match, seeing the sponsors lounge empty (we were in the corner flag suite) was quite worrying, and at the least they should open it as a bar if is not being used. Times are hard and the club need every penny they can generate, take to day for instance, i got to the turnstile and realised i'd spent too much at the pub before hand ;-), so didn't have enough for the entrance i went to the club shop hoping to get cash back with a minimum spend, but was told this they dont do cash back. Another opportunity missed. The whole commercial and hospitality department needs looking at and more effort put in.

No Comment!!!!

To say the assistant ref 'bottled' it is wrong. Now i haven't seen the incident but if he flagged for a foul against us then thats how he viewed it, but the the referee has overall control and overruled him, there is nothing the AR or the 4th official can do.

Yeah Parker in for Reid and it does indeed pick itself.

Was quite impressed with him really, and will only get better. He needs to work on that punching though, if keepers commit to the punch they need to be hitting the halfway line at least.

Diamond without a doubt. Who the hell is voting for Reid????

Yeah contact underdog

I used to done at the Grey mare every year, it was a treasure hunt/car rally type thing, with a set route starting and finishing at the pub. You had a sheet of clues and riddles and all answers where visible on route, and you also had a list of things to collect. winner was determined from, least milage, quickest time and points from the clues and treasure. It was a really enjoyable day, with some scoff in the mare afterwards. You could combine this with a quiz, darts comp, etc, and you nmight find a quite a succesful fundraising day.

I like them, think i'll get the lot!

Lags, my badge arrived last week, the wife forgot to let me know! Thanks mate

Would love to join this walk, but dont arrive back in the UK until 0700 on the day of the game. Good luck to everyone who takes part, and will donate to once links are posted.

From the Deputy Mayor of Carterton: The MoD were asked to decide which gate will be used for the cortège to exit RAF Brize Norton. For operational reasons, namely to ensure that the only Air Transport and Air to Air Refuelling base in the UK is able to continue operating and despatching and receiving freight as well as personnel to and from areas of conflict, gate 6 was chosen. Given the MoD decision to exit the station via gate 6; the County Council were faced with the challenge of routing the cortège from gate 6 to the JR Hospital. The Coroner was very clear that he wanted the cortège to take the most direct route, without detour, in order to be able to get the post mortem performed and the bodied returned to the families without unnecessary delay. The route chosen is as direct as possible with one slight detour in order to provide the opportunity for people to safely gather to pay their respects. A memorial garden will be built which will include a paved area of 20m in diameter, some attractive planting and a flagpole which will fly the union flag during repatriations. As a community we have a duty, all of us, to ensure that despite the constraints we ensure that each and every repatriation is conducted with dignity, solemnity, respect and compassion for the fallen as well as their families, friends and colleagues. As an RAF serviceman and Carterton Town Councillor I am fully up to speed with the facts and I understand the emotive nature of this matter. I genuinely believe that the proposed route will meet the requirements of all and that we can do our heroes proud.

War dead to be driven down side streets to avoid the public. The bodies of soldiers killed in Afghanistan will no longer be honoured with a public parade but will be driven through back streets to avoid upset, it has emerged. For several years, the flag-draped coffins of fallen servicemen and women have been met by large crowds who line the streets to pay their respects as they return to British soil. But repatriation flights are to be diverted and will no longer be flown back to RAF Lyneham and through the small Wiltshire town of Royal Wootton Bassett, where they were saluted come rain or shine. Instead, they will arrive back to RAF Brize Norton, where they will be driven through the back gate and then down side roads, neatly avoiding the nearby town of Carterton, as they make their way to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Andrew Robathan, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans, admitted that the decision to avoid public scenes of emotion had been taken deliberately. “The side gate was seen by the Ministry of Defence and the police as the most appropriate way to take out future cortèges,” he told Radio Oxford. “I am not sure taking coffins in hearses past schools, past families, past married quarters is necessarily the thing that everybody would wish to see … the focus must be on the families of the dead service personnel. They are the people who care most. That is where our focus is.” The Ministry of Defence said the route from RAF Brize Norton, where flights had landed until the runway was closed for repair work in 2007, was decided by West Oxfordshire District Council but claimed that the side gate would be used to ensure minimal disruption to normal operations. A spokesman added: “Consideration has also been given to ensure the dignity and solemnity of the military repatriation ceremony is maintained and to those who are arriving at RAF Brize Norton about to deploy on operations.” More than 2,000 campaigners have joined a F******k group calling for the repatriation route to be diverted through Carterton. One member said: "A good friend of mine is a member of this group and her son was killed in Afghanistan, he was repatriated at RAF Lyneham and was driven through Royal Wootton Bassett. "The families get so much comfort from the respect shown and it would be a massive blow to families if their fallen hero was ushered in quietly like a dirty secret." An Oxfordshire County Council spokesman said that a memorial garden would be built along the new route, where bereaved families will be able to gather alongside members of the public and members of the Royal British Legion. "Far from keeping it a secret, we are creating the garden because we know people want to pay their respects," he said. Wootton Bassett was the first town in more than 100 years to be granted the “Royal” title in recognition of its parades for fallen soldiers. John Beauchamp, 80, a local Navy veteran, said: “Wootton Bassett has done a damn good job and anyone who tries to hide it away should emigrate.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...he-public.html Apalling decision!

Well i'm trying it for the first time on the opening day of the season, it will be my first day on leave after returning from afghan, so going to take the wife and kids on the programme sponsor package, after having no booze for 6 months and result depending, should be a really good day!!!

Anotherfan, can you please send me details of the other badges available.