Orion1871 Tyler Bindon is going to the World Cup. New Zealand beat New Caledonia 3-0 to qualify for the finals.

Today (Tuesday) Bindon is off to sit his full driving licence test so hopefully he will return to the UK and be able to drive himself home.

An interesting side note is that Chris Wood was substituted after scoring a hat trick and soon after while the game was still going on went into the stands to sign autographs. He got booked by the referee for entering the crowd!

Whilst trawling through my books to find 'flatgate', I found something else I had forgotten about. Apparently Steve Death remembered nothing at all of the game in which his record clean sheet run came to an end with a Stewart Henderson own goal. Apparently he was concussed in a collision immediatel...

Pos Pts Team 1 90 Reading 2 83 Bolton Wanderers 3 80 Birmingham City 4 80 Peterborough United 5 80 Wigan Athletic 6 78 Charlton Athletic 7 77 Huddersfield Town 8 69 Blackpool FC 9 65 Burton Albion 10 65 Exeter City 11 64 Rotherham United 12 63 Shrewsbury Town 13 62 Barnsley FC 14 59 Mansfield Town 1...

After the disappointing demise of Reading FC Women's team and the protracted sale of the club that seems to get hidden behind a cloak of continual "she'll be right" announcements I am getting quite concerned that the rest of the club will follow the same path into oblivion similar to what ...

Tyler Bindon played 1st half of Oceania Cup Semi-Final for New Zealand and substituted after he had a yellow card at the end of the half. New Zealand won 5-0 v Tahiti and into the final on Sunday.

Here in New Zealand the 'local' team (Wellington Phoenix) who play in the Australian A League have just completed the regular season matches with their best ever finish and still in with an outside chance of winning the regular season competition. As a treat for the fans and recognition for the sup...

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rabidbee I understand they have internet even in NZ.

Yeah, even in Taranaki but I will attempt to ignore all things Reading.

Relax Blyth Spartan...Internet and wifi is working fine here in New Plymouth (Taranaki).

Here in New Zealand the 'local' team (Wellington Phoenix) who play in the Australian A League have just completed the regular season matches with their best ever finish and still in with an outside chance of winning the regular season competition. As a treat for the fans and recognition for the supp...

Apologies of this has been raised/discussed elsewhere so delete if necessary. There have been a few reports recently regarding a proposal to sell the Bearwood Training facilities in order to generate sufficient cash reserves to complete the remainder of the season without defaulting on payments and ...

My prediction

Portsmouth
Blackpool
Fleetwood Town
Port Vale
Reading
Leyton Orient
Stevenage
Barnsley
Wigan
Peterboro
Oxford
Cheltenham
Derby
Cambridge
Carlisle
Exeter
Wycombe
Bristol Rvs
Northampton
Shrewsbury
Burton
Charlton
Bolton
Lincoln

Would be good to see what the final score was. Cannot see it but I can gather we lost.

Some of those Spurs goals would not look out of place on a kids playground. So much for all the crap on the OS. It’s our cup final, we are all in this together, we will fight to the end. I had enough of that bollocks with the mens team. I would rather they say we are shit and have no chance of stay...

The EFL decision relating to Wigan is here on the EFL website. https://www.efl.com/news/2023/january/efl-statement-wigan-athletic/ QUOTE Wigan Athletic has received a three-point deduction to be suspended until 31 December 2023 after admitting to multiple breaches of EFL Regulations. The sanction im...

With the embargo due to expire at the end of the season it is entirely appropriate for the EFL to REVIEW the status of penalties applied previously. That is all it is - a REVIEW. It does not mean any rules have been broken or any further penalties will be applied UNLESS that discover something as pa...

Anyway back on track after Ian ruined the thread, (btw I support taking the knee and understand why it's done) Le fondre missed 2 back to back penalties In the 95th minute SIGN HIM UP! Correct. He plays for Sydney and they were against a 9 man Wellington team after 2 red cards. Dubious penalty awar...

Ross Barkley - apparently he got carried away with all the money he was earning at Chelsea and lost his appetite for the game.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62714012

It seems we may now be following the Coppell model (probably due to the lack of funds to enable us to compete with the 'big girls' in WSL1 for top class established players) and looking to recruit good young prospects from other leagues/countries. A Doyle and Long would do very nicely thank you! I ...

I'm 100% behind the statement and I'll be backing the boys and making some noise. Well said Zammo. There is one thing to complain against the club but as soon as the whistle blows you support the team that is sent out to represent our club. Too many sarcastic comments and put downs to others viewpo...

If only these great pics and memories could be remembered with the EP music (and on) of its time too. Maybe the big party day in May they should play Mouldy Ol dough, Earles a Winger, Sing for the Royyaallss la la la la la , Lux Aerterna, Embraces Ashes, etc on the tannoy pre-match?....I’d draw the...