Grovesred

I hope the news from hamilton means the player will soon be on the mend.

Unfortunately, it's being reported on Hinckley's message board that Matt Gadsby has passed away.

Doesn't sound good, but let's hope the lad's OK, and send good wishes to him, his family and friends and all associated with Hamilton.

Harrogate v Hinckley was also abandoned this afternoon for similar reasons when a Hinckley player, Matt Gadsby, collapsed. Talk on the message boards suggests paramedics were giving him CPR for twenty or thirty minutes before taking him away.

It sounds like a bad day for everyone who loves football.

Panther wasn't good enough for the Scottish First Division in my opinion.

I couldn't say, as it's a long time since I've seen a game north of the border, but while Panther had a patchy season, I reckon he's improved over the last year.

He himself saw the move to York as a step forward in his career, though again it's not for me to judge whether he was right. He's been offered a contract for the new season, but hasn't signed yet.

what is worrying is the level of club they are going to in England, basically third and fourth divisions.

Is the average SPL club now at English third division level?

When David McNiven went to Scarborough from QOS he said on local radio that in his opinion Conference football was on a par with the Scottish First Division.

The way Manny Panther has established himself as an important part of the York City squad, but not (as far as I know) attracted any serious interest from higher-placed clubs perhaps supports that assertion.

If Steve Bowey has moved south for the money, QOS must have been paying peanuts - City have been offering ten-month contracts and have just lost longest-serving player Darren Dunning (possibly to Harrogate or Halifax) because we were trying to cut his pay for the second consecutive year.

You'll get them for a tenner now they are out

That's right... rub it in!

FFS!

Mind you, there's pillocks like that all over the place. There was a report in the local paper here of an Australian bloke being attacked in York for flying the Aussie flag from his house

...and mine's still not arrived.

If it's as well stitched up as I've been, it'll last for years

Couldn't get the shirt in time for tomorrow, so will have to wear the Soca Warriors/I'm Supporting Scotland T-shirt for my stint behind the bar at York City FC Social Club, as I did for England v Paraguay on Saturday, when, disappointingly, everyone steadfastly refused to allow themselves to be wound up by it

Gratifyingly, one or two were a bit put out by my negative answer to their question, "...but you'll be supporting England on Thursday, right?" 8)

You can't get the single down here for love nor money - I'd been hoping to slip that in among the selection of England CDs that are due to be played as a curtain-raiser to the game...