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I think I'd read on here that players under a certain age don't count towards squad numbers either.

Not to mention how many players we're allowed to have in the squad, is our squad size still reduced under the embargo?

This. As an example of the potential housing issue, during the lockdown my daughters partner, who is a self employed plasterer was unable to work, the daughter had become redundant while on maternity leave as the company she worked for had become insolvent (mid 2019 so pre- corona). They had no income whatsoever so were told to claim universal credit, this amounted to just over £400 a month, their mortgage alone is almost £800 a month, they pointed this out and were informed that they wouldn't be able to claim any sort of housing allowance for six months. Luckily they had some savings and we were able to help them out to keep them afloat. Daughter has now got a part time job and they are both working again but are reliant on family to look after the little one for the three days a week that both are in work. Strictly speaking the only person who should be able to mind the kiddy would be somebody who is a single person who has 'bubbled' with them, nobody fits that description. If one of them gives up work to stay at home with him they wouldn't have anywhere near enough coming in to pay the bills. Multiply this by hundreds of thousands if not millions of families across the land.

Of Kathryne Jenkins or BWFC?

I've been trying to get on there for about forty minutes but can't navigate it at all, it appears to have been washed away by some kind of jelly slide or perhaps a raging torrent of melted ice cream.

My thoughts to. I bought the wife and our grandson season tickets last year, the wife had been to four matches previously with me in the thirty odd years we've been together and our grandson was eight months old when I ordered his. I really want to renew all three again this season but I've taken a modest hit financially during the Covid crisis so will have to see how it pans out.

The commentators on TV said during the game today said if they win they'll have to rip up the artificial pitch during this close season. I'm not sure if that's a fact or not, doesn't give them much time for a new pitch to bed before the 12th of September.

Kit sponsor then 😁

Could well be the case Biggish. Macron must have had a lot of confidence that we'd still be around to agree to it.

I had another read of the Twitter thread that I saw it on and reached the same conclusion. It just seems a strange way of saying kit supplier. Won't Macron have been paid out with the rest of the creditors when we were in admin?

I noticed a Tweet about a long term partnership with Macron as 'technical sponsor' I haven't seen it referenced anywhere else, anybody got any ideas as to what it means other than kits of course?

I seem to recall that FV put some money in before they actually were able to buy the club, I could be wrong on that but if I'm correct would it have been to ensure the first game could go ahead?

Will it just him and the slag having the spit roast? If so that's mighty impressive.

If they won the appeal on that basis wouldn't it mean that they get -12 next season instead?

A big part of the first Bolton side I ever watched. RIP Tony.

Clough all day long if we could afford him. If we're brassic (as I expect) we could do worse than give Lee the gig, it appears he knows how to organise a team and plays football rather than hoof ball at least.

You've put the seed of doubt in my mind now! 😕

Far more comedy value than the vuvuzelas due to how tin-pot it was 😁

I think that they're contracted to play particular games there for about twenty years or so aren't they?

That's the game that I remember the crowd noise being played in, 1-0 win against the run of play for us and, yes, it was the late Speedo penalty.

Not sure of the year but it was when we robbed them with that 1-0 and Stuart Pierce was sniffing Big Sam's arse.

I should probably have put near the bottom. Markets tend to panic and sell off early at the slightest sniff of trouble. I'm taking a long term view that eventually markets will recover so buying low to try to maximize the gains (within my modest means).

I'm viewing this as a buying opportunity. I'll have a look later on today about putting a smallish lump sum into my FTSE UK tracking ISA and also increasing my monthly contribution a little and will contact my employer on Monday to up my pension contributions. Hopefully we're at the bottom now 🤞

Zika!

I wouldn't be to bothered either if it was just me (as long as it was rain free and a good view of course) but it's different with young kids.