31 October 2001 [FINAL EDITION - at least I bloody hope so]

Well, looks like we'll be finally aware of what is going to happen to this once great club - whether it will be murdered and farmed off to the biggest parasiticial area of the UK, or whether we'll stay in London and flourish like we once did - Koppout has revealed that he's taking us to arbitration, which is the cowards way out. He doesn't need to do major league court costs, and it's far easier for him to bribe the people making the decision [all totally libellous, your honour].

Well, like all these things, it's not so simple. As far as I can work out, Koppout is challenging that the application and subsequent refusals were not playing the game and wants the decision over-turned. In his rather spewsome press release, he still claims that we're a unique case - unique in so far as we're run by a guy who can't clearly dress himself in the morning - and blaming everyone but himself for our problems. The FL are standing firm, sticking to their original position thank fuck, and looks like we could be in for a tense period.

As for the setup of this, I haven't really a clue at the moment, nor does anyone, but it appears that there will be three judges, all independently and carefully selected - one from Koppout, one from the FL and A.N. Other. Knowing our luck it'll probably be Simon Jordan. How this is all going to pan out is anyone's guess. What we do know is that we're all going into protest mode again, the ceasefire is over and we're getting the semtex out. Keep an eye out for your locals, and of course WISA and related places. This really is the final push, your club depends on us.

 

31 October 2001 [EARLY AFTERNOON EDITION]

What a halloween - just got this from the FA:

"Dear Enquirer

There have been inaccurate reports in the press today concerning the FA's involvement in this matter. May I suggest contacting the Football League with this enquiry, I have included their contact details below.

Football League Headquarters
11 Connaught Place
London W2 2ET

Tel: 0870 442 0 1888
Fax: 0870 442 1 188
e-mail: fl@football-league.co.uk

"

Confusing isn't it? Apparently, the FA don't have the power to sanction or oppose the move (they're there basically to see the rules of the game upheld), so I guess you should also forward all letters to the FL as well. Also, if you have ANY correspondance from the FL saying they oppose the move, send a copy of that with your letters as well. Can't hurt.

 

31 October 2001 [LUNCHTIME EDITION]

Right all, forget what you're doing and read this from the Sun today:

"FA Chiefs will decide next month whether Wimbledon can uproot to a new stadium in Milton Keynes. they have agreed to act as peace brokers between the Dons and Fottball League, who have already blocked the switch. Wimbledon insist they did not get a fair hearing from the League. The Dons say thier survival and ability to flourish depends on quitting Smelhust Park. An FA Source said: "This si the last throw of the dice for the Wimbledon board. If the FA back the Football Leagues original decision, Wimbledon will have little option but to look around South West London"

Right then, you know the drill. Get writing to the Football Association. Get your friends writing to the Football Association. The info you need is below:

Football Association,
25 Soho Square,
London W1D 4FA.

Tel: 020 7262 4542
Fax: 020 7745 4546
e-mail: info@the-fa.org

Koppout will no doubt be using every little lie he can, it's up to us to tell the FA the truth.

Get writing

 

31 October 2001 [AM EDITION]

Jesuz christ - Best Chairman in Division One 3 Worst Chairman Anywhere 3 and this is starting to get beyond an increasingly unfunny joke. Yes, it may have been a good match. Yes, it may have been five star entertainment. But the fact is this - last night, we threw away a two goal lead TWICE. That's the third time this has happened in the last two matches, and need I mention Pompey again? And to be honest, serious questions must be asked now. Our defence is clearly not good enough - whilst TB said after the match last night that he's looking for a "decent quality defender who can also play a bit" he has to be careful that people don't start calling for his head. We definitely should have won last night, any team that can throw away a two goal lead twice is clearly not good enough.

The game? Well, actually, we did play better than Rotherham, not that that's saying much. Our goals were spectacular, especially Cooper's. If you can, try and sneak onto the OS and nab the downloads from there, they really are stunning. Even the steward at HT was impressed by them.

Meanwhile..

Plus points: We didn't lose I suppose. Connelly and Cooper look a class above everyone else. Darren Holloway on the bench - not being cruel for once, he probably needs that respite for a little bit.

Minus points: Throwing away a 2 goal lead twice is not how I would say a good team defends. KC was poor, and I would NEVER thought I would say that. Oh, and I note that my previously unpopular views on Kelvin Davis are now becoming more and more accepted...

The referee's a......... : Don't ask. Please. And I thought Winter was bad.

Quotes: (1) "Is this Taliban Central?" - somewhat politically insensitive comment made in a less crowded area after leaving the local eatery, which was next door to a mosque. Doubt it, the Yanks haven't decided to nuke Bradford. Yet. (2) "This could be Terry Burton's most important 45 minutes" - the horticultural buff at half time. Looks like TB has gotten away with it despite last night - I wonder how long he'll be treading on thin ice though?

Sad: The playing of "Song 2" every time Bradford scored. Don't know about anyone else, but I have really grown to hate that song. It's as cliched as the Sky Sports live football viginettes they show (you know, the ones at Ponti Stamfordi with the quite clearly carefully selected cross section of people, most of whom we all know never really go within 5 miles of a football stadium). And yes, you may have noticed that I have cut-and-pasted the thing from the Rotherham report. Just what is it with Yorks teams and that song?

Truth is stranger than fiction: (1) The weather coming back from Bradford. See left. (2) Seeing us throw away yet another fucking lead. (3) Having to go off the M1 and go down a slip road heading towards..... gulp....... Club Stealing City, Bucks. Thankfully we didn't lower ourselves to the lowest level by actually going in it but rest assured, I was ready to make the first ever known positive reason for the place's existance by having a piss there. And we weren't going to look for a WC either. (4) Did you know that it doesn't matter how much water you drink, that it's always better to see the accident you've been in and that when you are dead, you can't wake up again? Well, this is what you learn travelling with the good Doc. He could not find any medical justification, however, for WFC teaming up with Maximuscle.

Anything else? Oh, and this is the first time we've ever scored more than 3 goals in Bradford. Still never won there though. With our usual defensive discipline, don't expect that to change any time soon either

So, was it worth it? As a neutral, yes. As a pissed off Womble, not really. Even if it only was £5 to get in.

In a nutshell: Forget the playoffs.

 

28 October 2001 [AM EDITION]

And if you thought losing 4-0 to Palace wasn't bad enough, try Chuckle Brothers 3 Not Funny At All 2 after being 2-0 up inside 10 minutes to boot. I'm sure everyone else is holding their own post-mortems, so I'll hold mine : I cannot see where we can go from here without one or two significantly major changes. It was put to me last night that TB cannot seem to go much further with the current squad he's got - check out the last paragraph of this entry to see a possibly breaking development (you probably know what it is anyway). The game yesterday was depressingly groundhog dayish - we do extremely well for 10 minutes, we sit back thinking we've done enough, let in a goal and find it impossible to stem the tide of the opposition.

What probably made it worse of all was the lack of fight - the above picture to your left was taken after the game, and the abuse (justifiable IMO given the circumstances) given out was probably far more passionate than anything on that big green grass like thing in a blue shirt. Without any dissing whatsoever, we ARE expected to muller teams like Rotherham. We have, after all, a good squad on paper. We have tonked Man Shitty at Maine Road this year. And to go 2-0 up and still lose is just unforgivable. Some were saying "Burton Out" with a bit of seriousness coming back (and on the website guestbooks this morning), and for that to happen clearly states the shit we're currently in.

Right, let's get to it:

Plus points: The first 10 minutes.

Minus points: The last 80 minutes.

So what actually went wrong? I try and leave boring tactical shit out of this, but I think it's a question of being too fancy in this division.

The referee's a....... : typical 1st division ref. Not that he should really be blamed for yesterday.

Sad: The playing of "Song 2" every time Rotherham scored. Don't know about anyone else, but I have really grown to hate that song. It's as cliched as the Sky Sports live football viginettes they show (you know, the ones at Ponti Stamfordi with the quite clearly carefully selected cross section of people, most of whom we all know never really go within 5 miles of a football stadium).

Quotes: (1) "Selhurst Park is becoming more like Auswizch every day" - obligatory tasteful comment from another un-named Womble on the rather eventful train journey going up. AFAIK nobody's actually been gassed yet at SP, though give Koppout time..... (2) "Is Mrs Reg Charles?" - CUNW, after a discussion about Thorley getting married and whether Reg Davis is with wife. No idea whether Mrs Davis is either a Wolf or a dog. (3) "Holloway, you are the weakest link - FUCK OFF" - could have been anyone, but I'll give it to CUNW again. Wonder how his hangover is? (4) "Same shit, different bucket" - Drunken One at Rotherham Central. (5) "You're not fit to wear the tit" - some pissed Wombles after the local coppers refused to let them leave the station for a drink.

We are the goon squad and we're coming to town, beep beep: Amazingly for South Yorkshire coppers, they showed common sense, politeness and even a degree of being nice people. Firstly, they escorted us to a decent pub from t'station, one said to me "one in two people up here are thick". They then gave us an escort to the ground from t'pub - all nine of us. Why? Because they had spotted Rotherham's main firm walking about. Who all looked 12. And they were still being nice, polite and civil. Even more amazing, they wished us good luck as they let us go into the ground, where we were not ambushed, attacked with knives or forced to drink the local bitter. Had it not been for the utterly wank game, I would have said how nice Rotherham was...

Dirty thoughts*: (1) A rather attractive female Midland Mainline employee was pushing a trolley back into the guard's van. She closed the door. It all went silent and then a female sounding yelp was heard. Rather orgasmic as well, it has to be said. Ten seconds later, out comes a male MM employee, with grin on face. Ten seconds later after that, aforementioned attractive female MM employee comes out with another male MM employee, also with grin-like expression on face. Same attractive female MM employee later gave an announcement with a touch of the giggles....... (2) Manc bird coming back, with lip/tongue piercings. Sadly loved up. You know what they say about birds with pierced tongues.... (3) The jailbait on the Rotherham-Sheff train. Now I know why a mate of mine reckons I've been too hard on Rix, quoting "come on, you know the score..."

* - the editor would like to point out that he is not a lecherous pervert and has much respect for the female population, especially if they are prepared to swallow. Additionally, the editor would like to confirm the theory that the older you get the younger the birds you start lusting after.

News Of The World exclusive: MIDLAND MAINLINE TRAINS SECURITY LAPSE. The Midland Mainline train from Derby to London was revealed last night to be open to terrorist attacks. It was noted by the NOTW/SW19 reporter that the Guard's Van was left unlocked, with full access to the trains PA system by all and sundry. This breach of security was highlighted by a Wimbledon fan, who shall be known as "Will you give me a blow job love? It's for a bet", or "BJ" for short. BJ walked into the Guards van unchallenged, and using a simple mobile phone ring tone easily connected up to the train's PA system to play "We Are Wombles" and "Show Me The Way To Plough Lane" to the entire train. This breach of security was further heightened when a plea to "all Wimbledon fans in carriage A to do a topless conga". When challenged over this obviously serious security lapse, a Midland Mainline spokesman said that the PA system was needed at all times and anyone else mucking about with it would be subjected to arrest at St Pancras. It is quite clear from MM's reply that they have no regard for passenger safety, and in light of the World Trade Center attacks such obscene threats from Midland Mainline must surely prove they are unfit to run a rail service. In a further development, BJ asked a female in the carriage whether she wanted to earn £5, but she made her excuses and left.

Truth is stranger than fiction: (1) The obscene amount of alcohol consumed on the way back. The picture to your left shows a mere sample of the WFC fans attempt to keep the UK brewing industry alive. (2) The spotting of a Palace fan wandering around aimlessly around Sheffield station. Was he lost? Trainspotting? (3) Rotherham fan walking round with bloodied face. Hit by fellow Rotherham fan, who wanted to shut him up. Even more weird, this happened at Nottm Forest as well, apparently. Hate to see them when they lose. (4) A Rotherham driver getting arrested after an altercation with a police horse. You read that right. (5) A prominent WISA member allegedly getting bitten by same horse. What do they put in the hay up there?

Anything else?: Yeah, some were angry that Rotherham's ground is smaller than PL, probably not such good nick as PL and yet they seem to play there OK. And if anyone at WFC can't understand why people are angry, they should FOAD.

So, was it worth it? I've now added Rotherham to my list of grounds I've been to. Other than that, I doubt it.

In a nutshell: "Throwing it all away" - Phil Collins.

Meanwhile, rumours are circulating about TB's future - apparently, him and Club Killer were due to meet today about something. Could be a player signing but it could also be TB quitting. I won't get into the ins and outs of it until something definitive happens but consider the following : apparently, TB didn't even move when the Rotherham third goal went in. Last person to do that after letting in the third goal at a Yorkshire side was Drillo, and he got the boot the next day. Trying to find TB quotes last night was a bastard, and apparently the TB To Quit rumour was on teletext for a little while. Obviously, let's wait and see on this, it could be anything. But all is definitely not well at WFC these days...

 

24 October 2001

Very quick report as I'm not actually supposed to be up at this time - it was Black and Blue 0 Sky Blue 1 and fuck me it was one of those games that should really have been a draw but wasn't. They scored in about the last 10 minutes and yet again we were struggling. Nothing really of consequence happened in the game, we huffed and puffed and that was about it. We now haven't won a designated home evening league game in 4 years now. Which led to the "4 years and we're sick of it" chant. The referee was a total cunt, and probably shags his mum up the arse in the shower. And I've no idea where we are in the league, but I bet it ain't 11th.

One more thing, tomorrow (25th) is my birthday, so no wonder we lost :(

Nite

 

20 October 2001

Hoorah, a win at a designated home game since August - Lip 3 Gyp 1 became a bit one sided after a while but at least we were spared the defensive fuckups that blighted last season's game. And last week's game, come to think of it. It was pretty more or less even for the first half, nobody really looked likely to score and run away with it. Pretty solid anyway. Suddenly, with a through ball down the center, a flick on by Connelly (?) to Super Kevin Cooper™ and a cool slot past the goalie (just like Terry Gibson was unable to do) to make it 1-0. Second half we just seemed to go up a gear, and it probably was deserved when SKC™ netted, albeit via a mega deflection. And so it went on, they had a man sent off after Jobi was the victim of attempted murder, rape and medium scale fraud all in one. Soon after that we scored, and basically cruised it from then on. Though of course being 3-0 up and a man up is a cue for everyone at WFC to panic (and when they scored fuck me did people start biting their nails). But we, er, held on, and 3 points in the bag. Nice.

Anyway....

Plus points: We won. Scoring well. MOTM was Jobi McAnuff, though Wayne "How much do Ipswich want for him?" Brown was solid - he and KC make an excellent couple. Nobody really played that badly. Some of the passing at times was sublime. If last weeks game vs Palace was the equivalent of constipation, this game was the half hour on the bog reading the Telegraph and letting it all hang out, so to speak.

Minus points: Conceding that goal. Oh, and am I the only person who thinks that Wu Tang is shit and Darlington ain't all that?

The referee's a........ : Member of the RNIB. Missed half the challenges on us, though if he'd missed the attack on Jobi that even Bin Laden would find nasty I'm sure his labrador would have sent him off. Mind you, he wasn't all bad - he managed to piss off the pikeys by calling back their advantages as well. Anyway, we won so fuck him (not literally).

Fight fight fight fight fight: (1) Wayne Brown and the Gill player having what Nigel Starmer-Smith would describe as "engaging in some shenanigans". Sadly, WB resisted the temptation to cause GBH on the opposite player. (2) The Gill player who got sent off looked none too pleased at the taunting being given. Bit of verbal given? Naughty.

Quotes: (1) "Back to your fairground, you're going back to your fairground" - us to the Romany contingent of the Gillingham support. Just don't expect to get any favours from the Hoop The Duck (or whatever - I haven't been to a fairground in years) guy next time you go to a funfair. (2) "Am I the only one who thinks Darlington gets worse and worse?" - a Womble at half time. I don't know, they're doing quite well in the third. (3) "Whenever we get a parcel full of white powder, we're told not to call the police" - Dons fan who works in the music biz about the anthrax scare. Not actually related to WFC but funny none the less. Although if we were to bring Wankelmann into this.....

Jerry Garcia "Every silver lining has a touch of grey" memorial award: Finding out that Palace are top. Still, I wonder how much Karen Brady will need to offer Steve Bruce to get him to go to St Andrews? Remember this if Bruce leaves and says "I'm not doing this for the money".

Truth is stranger than fiction: (1) A crowd of 8k there, apparently. More than the Millwall game and less in terms of away support. Obviously WFC have forgotten to do their usual and round the attendances down to make them look worse. Allegedly. (2) Did anyone see Wayne Brown drop his shorts after getting booked? Perhaps he was thinking of the ultimate way to sharpen the ref's concentration IYSWIM. (3) Not hearing any wanky chants from away support about the Bucks Nuclear Dumping Ground. Amazing.

So, was it worth it? Yeah, I guess so.

In a nutshell: More of the same please.

 

Now, it turns out that today before the game, we had the first Official Fans Forum meet. Oh come on, it's Koppout's talking shop we're talking about. Well, anyway, the first meeting of it was today - no, I didn't apply for it, because if I had gone I would be in jail on a murder charge by now. Still waters run deep. From asking around various attendees today (mentioning no names, I am convinced WFC do read this site), here's what I can gather:

About 100 people applied for it, which depending on your point of view is either a wanky return or an excellent return. There was a total of about 76 people there, although it may be apparent that some people were, ahem, "dropped" IYSWIM. I am aware that two people who were "dropped" got in anyway. One attendee was LBM's Gene Saunders, who basically slipped the net. Koppout's face was priceless, apparently. Koppout was there, so too was Hauger, a guy presumably from Brunswick taking notes and one or two other reps from the club (sorry, I didn't make notes on who). Koppout himself was reportedly very nervous, unsurprisingly really as the guy's general conduct and approach to this whole shebang has made him a target. And he's only himself to blame for that.

As for what went on, well, er, not a lot really. It seemed to be an ice-breaking exercise (although as put to me, "it was either an icebreaking or Koppel having an ice pick through him") and it was basically trying to sort out how to actually get this thing to work. It appears though that Koppel wants two from WISA, two from the VPs, two from the Stephenson, two from the Holmesdale and one from the Family Enclosure (and if I've missed anything out, I apologise). In other words, the most represented area of the ground gets about 20% of the forum places. Whether you think this is fair (as in all sections of the ground are represented) or unfair (the "majority" of fans are grossly under-represented) is a matter for debate. IMO, I think that Koppout wanted it to be full of nodding dogs and didn't get it from the offset (again, it has been quoted to me that "most in there are known anti-MK"). I honestly think that Koppout will find this OFF far more difficult to handle than he thought - for him, it's his last opportunity really to persuade the fans that MK really is a good idea and already I sense a force de resistance building against anything untowards he tries. Don't ask me why I think that, I just do. Will it work? People are keeping an open mind over it, and for now at least, it's probably for the best.

More later.

 

13 October 2001 [FINAL EDITION]

Marvellous. Lovely. Fab. Wonderful. Really great. Excellent. A+. 10 out of 10. Go to the top of the class. Anyone got any superlatives for Squatters 4 Tennants 0? Good, because I can't think of any more. Thank you WFC. No, really, I mean it. Thank you for playing the worst I've seen this season. Thank you for making me query (the first time for a long while) exactly why I spent £19 on such horse wank. Thank you for making my current Thornton Heath exile (employment) tolerable. No, I appreciate it, honest.

Fuck me, where the hell can I start? Practically, we didn't look up for it at all and Palace were. Nuff said. I don't want to start getting into why the fuck our midfield decided to pass EVERY ball to an opposition player, or why Agyemann looks like becoming the most over-hyped flop since Andy Clarke or why Kelvin decided to dive just about a second too late for their first goal. But fuck it, I will. And as for the rest of youse.......

Plus points: We took quite a fair few (2-3k) and made quite a bit of noise.

Minus points: As I get in enough trouble with Brinkster over the bandwidth I cost them, I will spare you a complete rundown of all the minus points. If I was to say "everything" then I think that will suffice.

The referee's a...... : damn, I can't even blame it on him.

Create your own excuse: WFC lost 4-0 to Palace because a) the team was inept. b) the team were distracted by the events in Afghanistan. c) the grass was too long. d) they don't like playing at SP. e) the fans were chanting for the head of the chairman during the game. Please send your answers on a postcard to Fucking Inept Cunts, Selhurst Park, London SE25 for a special prize. Remember that at WFC, any answer given as a) will be disqualified.

The SW19 attempt at rational thought: OK then. We had lost to a team who had won 4 games on the trot and are doing well. We lost our main striker and have a Man City approach to consistancy. We were due a stuffing and it was a shame that it had to happen today. Right, enough rationality...

Palace fans: Needless to say, I understand why terrorists think the way they do now. Is there anyone who DIDN'T wish that they wanted to carry out an act of genocide on the monkeys elsewhere in the ground? And I don't only mean our players. Anyone with access to a jumbo jet or anthrax would have done very well to keep their temptation from going beyond their head. They are well known for not being particularly loud - I have heard two independent witnesses from Pompey and Millwall saying that we're generally louder - and the reparte wasn't particularly awe inspiring. Oh yeah, they tried "Milton Keynes" to us, but quite frankly that fell flat as that chant always does. The ultimate in sadness? Every time they scored, instead of cheering normally, they get force fed some seriously wanky contrived stuff. Not a crime in itself, but the saps actually swallow it and perform like those drugged up bears you hear about in Spain who perform for fuckwit tourists. I don't know what it is about Palace fans that makes me wish mass death on them*, but losing 4-0 to them doesn't usually help.

*- note to FBI agents. I am of course joking. I think.

Quotes: (1) "We're all spread out, it's like an American bombing raid" - somewhat cryptic comment (or is that me misquoting it?) from the other un-named Womble. (2) "There's too many young players who bottle it" - bloke to me after the game. Suddenly, I agree - they absolutely bricked it. And I don't care how unpopular this makes me - Agyemann will not be a star for WFC on this showing. Just because he's got a cool nickname..... (3) "I only want to check your keys" - SP steward getting arsey with me because I didn't actually hear what he said. And contary to popular belief, I don't actually enjoy being manhandled by a big butch Afro-Carribean male. Especially in front of 200 or so Wombles.

Truth is stranger than fiction: (1) How the fuck did we play so shit? (2) How the fuck did we managed to repeat last year's debacle? In fact, how the hell did we make it worse?

Points to ponder : This may be unpalatable, but is TB doing his job as well as he can? OK, the powers-that-be at WFC are constantly pulling the rug from underneath him, but even so, it's performances like this that do make me wonder just if we really got the right people in charge. Am I being harsh? Am I clearly showing signs of post-stuffing depression and homicidal tendencies? Why is life shit? Why do I feel like running somebody over ATM? Why haven't I eaten anything yet? Why am I here? Jeez...

Was it worth it? Fuck off and die

In a nutshell: Wank.

 

13 October 2001 [AM EDITION]

Been a bit quiet on the WFC front and I've been busy this week, so a quick update or three on the morn of the Squatters vs Tenants derby.

As most of you probably know, there was a big meet between LBM, WFC, WISA and the FL over sites in Merton before travelling around the SW19/20/SM4 areas on the council's own Funbus. Doubtless you've read the WISA press releases on it. You may have also read Merton's press release on it, if not, it basically goes like this : there are no publically owned sites in Merton, LBM are committed to WFC returning. Two suitable sites in PL. Usual stuff. But here's a new one - LBM suggested that the dog track/speedway relocate to "our" PL and WFC gets the current WGS site. Hmm - you can get a dog track on our PL turf definitely, so this may be a followup. Also, land ownership does change all the time, apparently, so again, it's worth keeping an eye out.

My thoughts? My immediate thoughts were that LBM is calling WFC's bluff right in front of David Burns (who was there on the Funbus), that's what the intention was certainly. Why the Railtrack depot got leaked to the press I don't know, but it wasn't taken in on the tour. Go figure. However, when WISA whipped out their 18k-25k stadium plan on "our" PL, it appears that not only were WFC surprised at it (hey, it's called research) but also LBM. So if anything, this tour worked out better than we first hoped. What will happen now is up to the will of the individual parties. But it's a start - it's out in the open, all this, which is something we haven't had for 10 years at least....

Coincidentally, has anyone noted Koppout's language recently? All right, the guy is still hellbent on MK but he's stopped trying to deliberately antagonise people. Sadly for him, he's burnt far too many bridges for too many people as it stands, and unless he delivers properly over this, he'll still be marked. Believe it

Couple of other rumours this week, make of them what you will : Peter Andre (the pop star who did that bloody awful "Mysterious Girl" song) is being linked with some sort of financial involvement with the club. He lives - or his bird does, anyway - in Wimbledon Village. Could be easy to dismiss it as a wind-up, though as about 3 separate bodies have been mentioning this, who knows? ... Koppout was reportedly seen at Kingsmeadow this week. Why? Who knows. What we do know is that Kingstonian are in mega financial shit, so maybe a more permanent link up is on the cards. Of course, being Koppout, what's the betting that he'll try and move the K's so they can be renamed the MK's?

Ian Feuer is on loan to Derby for one month. Like you're upset?

One final bit for this morning - today, DC is missing and Neilsen may be doubtful. Oh well. And it's going to be fucking hot.

More later.

7 October 2001

Rather predictably, it's been a little bit quiet recently, so here's a brief rundown on what's occuring - DC netted for Eire, though he and KC will now miss our game vs Sheff Utd for the WC Playoff. Wonder if we can get that called off?

The Walsall game has been re-arranged, 20 November is your new date. Which is a Tuesday. Needless to say, you can guarantee the following : the game will be shit, the crowd will be shit and it will suck. And we won't win

Remember what I said last month about a Supporters Trust for WFC being thrust to the forefront after KIR's probs with Kvaerner? Well, guess what - there's going to be a public meeting on it. Not a club thang, not a WISA thang, in other words, if you want to turn up, you can. It's on Thursday 25 October at the Community Centre in Wimbledon (next to Elys). Please turn up, it's a pretty vital time. And if you see me, say "happy birthday" to me, I don't normally expect to be spending it discussing funding.... :)

One final thing that was bought to my attention today - interview with John Fashanu in today's Telegraph, in their money section. Usual gubbins about how he's doing etc. One thing that did catch my eye - he may be looking into buying a football club. Hmm............