gingerjon

Bet365 seem to only be giving London a 30 point head start which seems ... low.

The narrative that being elevated to Super League thirty years ago mean you now sit at the top of the tree regardless doesn't just fit. The first season included Workington, Oldham, Sheffield, Halifax and Bradford, alongside the now vanished PSG. That's half the division swapped. There was P&R as well. Keighley finished just outside the promotion spot in each of the two seasons following the introduction of Super League. But it's a harder pill to swallow to own that chances to go up were missed than that they suffered a great betrayal and could never recover.

Gotta love those Premier League rights.

So how does that differ in any meaningful sense from the current state of the Challenge Cup?

They're moving to a league format at the start rather than groups but it's essentially still a filtering stage.

This applies in spades to the final itself where the ticket price is likely to be the cheapest thing on the day for anyone actually travelling into London.

We have a slogan

He's been fined $9,000 for breaching his gag order. The trial is still ongoing.

There were majorities in favour at all levels.

Actually, I should say, I am really enjoying this season. The games I've seen have been mostly could. There's a bit of unpredictability in the results. Championship looks interesting. And I'm enjoying seeing London's games - despite them being woeful, probably because the drop is inevitable so it doesn't really matter.

Kent isn’t even the best place for non league football on the A21.

There are plenty now on the groups still waiting for orders to arrive. And it’s out of stock again.

It's as basic as, "I genuinely can't remember a season when the club had next season's shirt available in time for Christmas."

The set up put in place by David Hughes is so bad, and has been for so long, that I think it's been looked at, and short of offering outlandish bribes, there is no possibly way.

Author C J Sansom, aged 72.