[Devongone]

Is anyone out there still breathing?

We scored another five as World War Three continued its inevitably horrific approach.

Levi Amantchi banged in two more for Maidstone in the Cup at Torquay. We should swallow our pride and get him back ASAP. Some nasty EFL team whose forwards keep getting injured will otherwise come in for him. Maybe Mansfield, or even Gillingham, they need goals. But who doesn't want a big strong young striker who can't stop scoring?

Even Huddersfield ..........?

Wakey WakEYE! Yes it's the Billy Cotton Band Show! Followed by Cliff Michelmore and Jean Metcalfe with some appalling easy listening Sunday Lunchtime music from Forces' Favourites, an' it's 1 2 3 what're we fighting for? Oh no I don't give a damn. Next stop Vietnam. Billy Joe and the Fish? Next stop Beirut or Tehran?

Was Cliff Michelmore the most boring broadcaster of all time? Am I the only person old enough to remember him? He'd have made Keir Starmer seem interesting.

And so it's back to John Craven on Newsround, imitating the teacher you never listened to, but who it turns out has discovered the secret of immortality.

Don't Sunday jus' drive you mad?

[Lord Snooty]

What did Horace say, Winnie? 

[Dancingwilldoit]

Billy Clitheroe goes back even further as does Muffin the Mule but the less said about that the better.

Pompey at home in the cup is a pretty good draw for a change. Maybe able to see it out here if it's televised.
Haven't found a decent club here yet. There are only 2 national leagues. Girona are the closest team in the top division. UE Figueres are about the same size stadium as Chesterfield and play in Blue and White. But they only play in a Catalan league.
Women's football seems to be very popular here and the local team L'estartit don't seem to have a men's team.
I've yet to figure out the structure of the leagues but so far haven't had the time.
By the way I'll take your Cliff Michelmore and raise you Reginald Bosaquet.

[Devongone]

Jimmy Clitheroe not Billy. "Weyre's me shirt mam?" Muffin the Mule's strings were ridiculously obvious. You should support Girona, Dancing.

England got hammered by Afghanistan at cricket and just scraped past Fiji at rugby ........

The world is coming to an end and we get to play Pompey in the Cup, but Steph our local boiler man is a big Pompey fan, so that should have some mileage.

Reginald Bosanquet was an alcoholic - which is in itself interesting and was it his dad who was a top cricketer who invented a mystery ball known as a Bosie? Far more interesting than Cliff Michelmore. I think Jean Metcalfe married him. How sad.

Do you know which team is top of Kettering's division of the Southern League. Mickleover! They've played 11 and won 11. Kettering on the other hand are in the relegation zone only have won 1 league match. I never read what was on our website before Saturday's game, did they mention this? Mickleover are only the 7th best team in Derbyshire, behind Derby, us, Alfreton, Buxton, Ilkeston and Matlock.