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Throwback to the 80s a trip to Burslem

Don't affect me bud. You having a pre matcher or two?

Got a good feeling today Just at side of ground going in the Arena. It's a blue sky, no wind, ground looks mint and the place is ready for the drinkers and the games to begin. 3 nil Santos first goal scorer

Think he's got his sympathy hat on the ref for Reading

Your having a laugh with that one

like a sunday morning park game this. someones gonna run out of steam at some point hope its their young uns and we've still got 11 players on the pitch

that robbie savages lad playing for them?

Dion scores that all day long

get the feck in

Last year versus these lot you had to go to the ticket office and buy a ticket. There was no cash on the door.

And you've bigger moobs 😁

He won't recognise you though with that false tan on you were sporting on Saturday

Oh dear You know I'll tell him that

He was/is an ugly bloke so it's a no from me

This is old news now. Yesterday's headline now fish n chip wrapper stuff. Always a new shocker from the locker. Just found out a lad I've known 30 plus years calling himself Denise and wearing a dress. It's 2023 apparently we've gotta get on with it

just as well we've long accepted being wanky wanderers with all this schlong waving going on

Can't see he's broken any laws here. Embarrassing to the club though and us lot after getting dicked off Wigan the other week. Everyone's forgotten that Stan Collymore's a dogger now too so it will die down.

And where did you bump into him?🫢

Hahaha Good half time pep talk that yesterday. I did try honestly and made mistake of opening this thread up this morning and it all flooded back in They've still not got the footie cakes back in Tesco so I've sorted that one out though

Heading over the Middlebrook soon as this game finishes there'll no doubt be one or two shopping with kids there in full stripey kits. We're gonna have to deal with this as shite as it is. It's gonna take a long while mind. Black Sunday was far worse live on Sky. They stopped stocking the footie badged cakes in Tesco a while ago as I used stick my thumb through the plastic into the United and Wigan ones every week or two. Childish I know but I'll have a quick check they've not started doing them again.

Just watched a vid of that since you reminded me about it. What a game that was. Didn't realise they had Denis Wise as well as Savage, what a shithouse midfield combination that was. Only game I remember where the coppers came out before the end and ringed the pitch with their riot helmets attached to their belts if we hadn't equalised there was something going to occur.

They'll be due a new manager by the time they play us if they keep it up

Namploys my local for now until Barnstormers reopens which is at the end of my road and they're taking so long on it. The BID group from Westhoughton own it and are doing it up slow time. I did the asbestos refurbishment survey on it 2 years last month as they were starting on it. The guy who hosted me from BID was telling me to watch this space as going to be a great place with street food stalls outside etc. Might be ready for start of next season rate they're going at it, looked like they'd employed a local builder who was doing it between his other jobs. Dee who runs Namploy has the Crofters at Bradshaw too so knows how to get people in. Been getting more and more popular each game. We were in for 1/4 to 1 managed to get a seat pretty close to the bar. The outside bar thing helps when the queues larger inside didn't seem as big as a queue as last season at the bar as they had up to 5 working at times yesterday and the outside bar also has a few takeaway dishes if you fancy a walkout with food. Had a few ex players in last season on the odd night and Dapo was in with his agent one Saturday when I was having a meal with the gfriend. He was still dressed in club tracksuit, he'd scored the winner that day and his agent was doing all the talking probably the deal to move on chat thinking about it. Good vibe to the place and Dee once he knows you remembers you and always happy to see you which adds to it. Stumbled out of there a few times well after the food lot have left on a Saturday night with him giving us a few free drinks for the road. Have singer on weekends who wanderers about round the tables along with the magician guy. Think good thing that Dee has done is he's upped the ante around the ground and he was telling me how Harvester manager had been sniffing round what he was doing and they've upped their game now with their outside bit. The ground has become a decent area with a few options for match day comparing it to a couple of years ago when there was absolutely jack shit happening around the place. Only thing we've not got is the weather but hey we're used to that.

Love pre season. What's the Clubcall headlines saying?

Certainly is was a bit of an eyeopener at those prices when we landed in there. Also being outnumbered 50 to 1 being the only bloke in the ESL gents toilets with women squatting in the urinals was another one.