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I can also see the sense in this arrangement from a team point of view. Given that there is another game on Saturday, it seems better to me to get players and management home by 10pm on the Wednesday night rather than at 2 o'clock on the Thursday morning.

Jim Calder was more than just a cult hero. He was a terrific goalkeeper who would have held his own in the SPL. ICT fans didn't even get to see him in his prime. Let's not forget he was already 34 at the time of the merger but stayed with the club for 8 more years. When he won man of the match in our famous 1-3 Scottish Cup victory at Celtic Park he was 40 years old and earning £15 a week.

If you have not been watching this or are not absolutely enthralled by this then you must be Charles Bannerman. What an evening of darts at the Ally Pally with Barney ousting hot favourite MVG in a tremendous clash. Darts have never been better, not even Jocky Wilson could have prevented that. Looking forward to the next stages with Anderson, Barney, Lewis and probably Taylor all through. Mouth watering stuff.

Lee Power, our Chairman, spoke a little about Miles on local radio yesterday. It seems accepted that Miles wants to be with you and a loan extension until season end appears certain. He then comes out of contract at that time but, because of his age and time spent at club, Swindon can ask a fee albeit that this may be set by a tribunal. This could lead to a clamour for his signature (?). It seems to me though that if your Chairman made a non derisory offer then a permanent deal would be a formality. One another note during our dismantling by the mighty Gillingham F C yesterday a fox ran the length of the pitch and disappeared through the seats at the empty away end. Even men with steel hearts love to see a fox on the pitch.

Ok well after what I heard and saw yesterday maybe. After a stramash in the box William's clattered his head of the post & the loud metallic ringing sound clearly audible 100M plus away. No surprise he went down, quite surprised he stood up and amazed he played on!. Amazed also at the reaction of some Aberdire supporters who thought it was ok to boo him . Did they think he deliberately head-butted the metal post to disrupt play......Aye right! (Thing called Injury time you know). Williams definately harder than the all the Expendables!. Harder than John Yogi Hughes who apparently eats concrete for breakfast??. But Williams didn't take the option of the padded jacket & Bovril & getting out of the Baltic conditions, so fair play fella, hats off!!.

There's nothing like a good Christmas conspiracy theory...

It's the only 3:00pm kick off because the rest are on later. Here to help, I hope that clarifies the situation.

I actually think we will have more fans there than if it had been in evening. Bus selling well and much safer to travel for afternoon ko. Apparently Hamilton asked for afternoon ko which was agreed by both clubs

I should not think so Alex because it was Chairman Lee Power who commented on Miles. It is such a pity for Martin Ling: he suffered from anxiety and depression but felt he was over it. It is just a game but pressure on and criticism of managers is enormous. We are just a small, low budget but now self sufficient club but some supporters seem to think we are still Premier League. We are still recovering from our season there.

Definitely wrong choice of strip on Sat !!!

Jim Calder was a fans favourite, an eccentric and a bit of a 'character. However, he was also a fine goalkeeper, a natural shop stopper and the man you would want in goal facing a penalty. It's true that he didn't play for us in the top league but that was simply a matter of timing as we were not in the top league in his day. He contributed fully to the famous 3-1 at Parkhead with two wonderful saves and could easily have played and held his own in the Premiership. We have been fortunate enough to have had some very decent 'keepers over the years but, for me, Jim Calder is the stand out.

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I think that figure way off the mark regarding our club which has a healthy female support. No way club have staff to sell at Mums market on a Sat afternoon (whatever that is ...lol)

I know you mean well, but that is sexist stereotyping of the highest order! Football (for men) attended by the blokes, while mum is 'freed up' to doubtless spend the afternoon in the kitchen preparing the dinner or catching-up with the ironing! Granted, you didn't specifically say such, but it was kind of 'subconsciously' implied!