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I was born in Leicester but for about the last 30 years have lived in Hertford. Moved here for work in the 90s (Tesco Head Office etc). Riley was quite the star for Hertford Town FC:- https://youtube.com/shorts/IccZ7KSegOs?si=Fp9fZ1EVzgtSJE1E Born in Stevenage - so a local lad. Interestingly Oliver Skipp went to a private school just down the road from me in Bengeo (Hertford) - which my son also attended. Skipp also played for Bengeo Tigers as did my son.

Apparently Martin is a Buddhist... ...so maybe he can get the Thai monks back!

Well Conrad Logan does fill the goal mouth very well!

For a posh boy Skipp is not bad... ....he went to the private Duncombe Primary School in Bengeo at roughly the same time as my own son Alex. The fees nearly bankrupted me. Like Alex - Oliver then went to a comprehensive Secondary (his parents were probably suffering the same financial pain as me!) Skipp played for the same Bengeo Tigers teams as my son - he was clearly very good at even a young age. My son who is now a P.E teacher was OK but much better at golf. When he was 10 my son was dropped from Bengeo Tigers for thumping a lad who had won MOTM which Alex disagreed with! Oliver was much better behaved - I have often told Alex - look where you could be with a bit more restraint. At least in his role as a P.E teacher in North London Alex got to teach Steffi Mavadidi's nephew (it is a small world!)

I have never been a huge fan of Skipp (despite him coming from Bengeo where I currently live)... ...but I thought he had a decent game today and didn't deserve to be subbed off.

Daka actually had an assist for the second goal - am I dreaming?

We narrowly managed to beat one of the worst teams in the league - let's celebrate!

Jay: Championship manager? Completed it. Neil: But you cant complete it. Jay: err, I know, But I got so good at it they offered me a role in the England set-up. Neil: Did they? Jay: I took Woking from the conference to the champions league in 6 seasons, that kind of stuff doesnt go unnoticed.

Don't like to say it - but this is beginning to remind me of another no show Dutchman. Back in 1981 I was 14 and super excited that Leicester would sign the Dutch wizard Johan Cruyff. Indeed the following article was in the Sun newspaper on Wednesday 25 February 1981:- What could possibly go wrong? I remember the kids at my school were all buzzing. In recent weeks we had beaten Liverpool, Man U and Spurs and now were to get Cruyff. I started to dream about Johan doing a Cruff turn before crossing for Lineker to smash the ball home! Sadly as Jock Wallace prepared his Leicester players for the game against Forest, Cruyff was wheeling through arrivals at Valencia’s Manises airport. Yes Johan had done the dirty and joined a Spanish club (no doubt the weather was better than found in the East Midlands)/

It is clear that El Khannouss has a bromance with Buonanotte... ...only passing to Buonanotte etc. Once he it gets over that - could be decent.

I imagine that a lot of people (including me) don't really know how the Nations League works. To be honest I can't even be bothered to look it up. I don't mind the World Cup or European Championships because they are the traditional qualification for a tournament affairs. I am 57 and until this year have watched every England game for about the last 50 years. On Thursday I was so uninspired by the Nations League I watched a DVD with the wife instead. Tonight Countryfile and Antiques Roadshow are more appealing than England v. Finland!!

Thought Kristiansen had one of his best games in a City shirt today.

Despite living in Hertfordshire for the last 30 years and have been grown up in Leicester and as a student in Leeds... ...even in Hertfordshire I keep running into a bitter Leeds fan! This bloke wears a Leeds bobble hat even in hot weather... ...Leicester are apparently cheats of the highest order!!!

Fairly sure I went to school with his brother Neil Rudkin... ...first year 1974 Overdale School Knighton.

I thought someone wanted him on Skeggy beach counting grains of sand before kick off!