snoopy87

Took me lad to see The Prodigy earlier in the year, he loved it. By the time this comes round his gig list will include these, The Prodigy and The Killers. He'll only be 10!

Went for Manchester. No Under 16's for Knebworth and I wanted to take my kids. Bit of cultural enrichment for them.

Has to be the least stressful ticket buying experience I've ever had!

Thought they were non transferrable? I've got one for the 1-4pm slot today. Still not hopeful

There's no room to grow there though is there. It's all very tight and compressed. If they want to start moving up leagues they need to meet minimum capacities and facilities. Correct me if I'm wrong, but they're only a promotion or 2 away from Cropston Road being unsuitable.

Been doing the rounds in grassroots since about Easter time. Fair to say there's no smoke without fire

Thing is, Bottom is obsessed with him, it was inevitable he was going to manage us. May as well just get it out the way and give him his compo in October. Admin will then hit and with any joy, the club finally gets sold as the price drops.

You just knew this is how it was going to go, and you knew it was going to start this early. That was an absolute disaster today and it was coming the moment he got announced

Definitely. My sons card would still be valid as he hasn't moved age groups. I have a digital ticket for him now. I remember being on the page to complete it but obviously, something distracted me and I never completed the form.

If you had a card last season, you had to apply to have a new one this year as I understood it. Cut off date was end of May I think. Not that they advertised it very well . I missed the deadline, so now I've got 3 kids to bloody scan in before I can enter, where as last season I could just send them in with their card and it was just me to fiddle with my phone. It really does take so much longer.

No, these have been around for a while. My lads played them 3 times and got battered in all 3 games. If you can't beat them, join them There's 2 new sides starting there at U10 this season I think.

This is me and my lad now. We clashed a lot, but again, there's other circumstances as to why we did. Whether I take the plunge again with the youngest is another story and two years away yet to be worth thinking about. He's joined Wigston Willow. They're moving into the local college and have full use of the 3G for the winter, so shouldn't lose any home games at least. It's also the most local club to us, so travel time for training and home matches is way down. Could walk to them if he could be bothered!

They really do kill all the joy in it. Maybe a case of them thinking they have more say as it's no longer new and fresh. From recent experience, I would stick your flag in the ground now and tell them this is how things are. Do not give them an inch. Tried this with my lot so many times. Some just do not want to learn and better themselves, again, it's the parent attitudes being represented through their kids.

Teams still going. Some of the parents have left, some still remain. My old assistant has took it on and roped some of the parents in to help else it would have simply folded. He found out quickly just how much I did to get games on etc. Wasn't just the parents, it reflected in their kids as well, as they had zero respect and were nobs an all! I stupidly didn't address the behaviour properly in an effort to try and keep the peace. Lad had his first match with his new side yesterday. Difference is night and day. He's playing higher level, with kids who all want the same thing, against kids who all want the same thing and the standard of football was brilliant from both sides. He was instrumental in creating the winning goal as well. The smile returned on his face as well, even my wife commented on how much he looked like he was enjoying himself again. I got to just watch him play football as well.

I didn't want thanks, just understanding. Hurts a bit because I considered a lot of these people as friends, turns out it was purely transactional on their part. Maybe that's where I went wrong, shouldn't have got pally with any of them. Lesson learned