gingerjon

Superb FA Trophy final sees Solihull Moors lose a second Wembley shootout in a week and Gateshead take the title. Romford beat Great Wakering in the Vase. I was half-wanting a Romford win since discovering that one of the Hastings United Women players is the daughter of a former Romford manager. EDIT Discovered here means "she told me".

They won't because they are not at that stage in their development. It's all learning right now. Plus, Ecclestone can beguile the best in the world so ...

Interesting game. Pakistan are massively under-resourced and get very few opportunities so, whilst they will be gutted, really did give a superb account of themselves.

Fantastic! Enjoy it all, soak it in.

This is a statement from the Dutch broadcaster. As it's on their official feed, I'll assume it's genuine:

Heather Knight coming out to steady the ship and join a counter offensive is an England tradition.

It's okay. Your Piers Morgan secret is safe with me.

I have read that 'assault' in this context could been anything from full on sexual violence to shouting.

Notably doesn't block Piers Morgan. Understood.

I’ve only seen the BBC news flash which didn’t say anything.

He has now been disqualified.

Kept secret probably made it sound worse than it was. We don't officially release a lot of stuff that other sports do. I can easily find out how much teams get for league positions and cup performances in soccer, for example, and RL used to be as clear, but now is not.

I will be wounded forever on behalf of Finland* (* = I had to go back and check what it was that I pretended to be worked up about last year.)

Yes, I jumped the gun based on a normally reliable account who has since amended their posts. He is not allowed to perform pending an ongoing investigation. There is no guarantee, or, indeed, indication, that this investigation will be concluded by this evening. I have seen about three different versions of what the investigation relates to and am therefore not drawing any conclusions on whether it relates in any way to Israel or not. I may have to watch though - I wasn't going to - just to see the torrent of abuse that the organisers appear to be setting up to be hit with. Far worse than the crowd banter during their ROBBING BLIND OF FINLAND last year.

I believe a key reason the Championship distribution is kept secret is because, unlike Super League and League 1, it is not an even distribution.