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Yep, much the same rule as the EFL relied upon back in Bielsa's day...

As to the premier league doesn’t have the no spying 72 hours before rule , I read somewhere that they (premier league)have a kind of acting in good faith to other teams kind of thing which if needed could be used to cover the spying thing ??

Some contraction was inevitable from the boom in small start-ups after Brown’s Small Brewers Progressive Beer Duty reforms, plus 30% of Gen Z not drinking, but the support of tax relief has been far too slow. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9werp5keqlo Pub cos have a great deal to answer for too. They’re not all bad because one of my local pubs is 15th century and the maintenance is hefty. But it’s taken two closure periods and a more experienced landlord coming in to say to Stonegate ‘we need more variety and choice in what we’re selling’. Two different ales from before and always has a local one on = doing much better. Open up tied pubs to more guest products = rising tide lifts all boats. The big lager brands brewed under licence are declining albeit they’re still huge. Nothing against lager but make it good e.g. Utopian in Crediton or import it. Finally, offer Gen Z and those as designated driver to rural pubs 0 options for beer, wine, spirits that fit in better with their company for the evening. I don’t know why Guinness don’t offer their very popular (and very good) Guinness 0.0% on keg, it would make a fortune and really help pubs. Gloucester Brewery and Deya do some great 0% beers, Hobsons in Shropshire. I enjoyed Little Swine from Hogsback Brewery last night. Better that than brewed under licence Carlsberg or even worse, Carling on the taps. Finally, some pictures below from a Cotswolds brewery tour we did autumn 2024. Hook Norton Tower Brewery pictured as referred to in the article and their taproom and eaterie is superb. They have Christmas markets etc as well. Also, North Cotswold brewery are superb as well - last two pictures, one of them a pint of their Mild freshly brewed.

The unusual thing is that every Swede I’ve ever met, and I’ve met a few, are so far from this in terms of personality and born grit. He’s acting more like a Frenchman.

Yeah, the more provincial the airport the more basic the lounges tend to be. At Exeter, for example, you get biscuits, fruit, pastries and cereals, and that's about it... Still plenty of beer etc on tap though...

There was a consumer law suit about it. Unfortunately, they hired the Saints lawyers who tried to argue about the difference between 72 and 71 hours. 🙂

First comments from Peretz - I'll miss the guy, he was immense. Hope he gets a good top European move in the summer. 'I was there' when Southampton had a GK.

You're not allowed to compare with other leagues FFS! Keep up...

Because spying is not a severe crime.

I get lounge access free with my Amex but the one in Leeds is shite. Do that when going from other airports

49/51 in favour of him staying

These same rules also state that the playoff final is contested by the two winners of the semi-finals.

Good post.

I usually pay c.£30 -£40 a head to go into one of the airport lounges... Depending on the lounge, you can get some decent "all you can eat" food and unlimited drinks (incl beer and 'fizz'). Also get decent seats, usually a good view of the planes and gets you away from the riff-raff.... ( ) That said, I think more and more people are cottoning on to how relatively reasonably priced these 'pay per visit' lounges are, as the ones I use at Heathrow have been pretty rammed the last couple of trips (that said, you still get a nice comfy seat and table even when busy)

Who's laughing now? No one. 😪

Premier League teams might beg to differ

I quite like the way the tree supports the football, like Yggdrasill supporting a little footballing world. 🙂 The coffee is a lovely data trail touch, too.

I definitely think our attitude (be that of tonda and those above) contributed to the seriousness/harshness of the outcome.... If we had been more humble and transparent from the beginning instead of assuming a fine/points deduction would be the only outcome and the players were properly briefed not to antagonise the situation by jokes and stupidity ala THB it was obvious they weren't going to like being goaded

Not sure he would be a nobody, probably now in jail or bumped off by some guy/s he had frauded. Ironically he was led towards his way of life/doing business by Roy Cohn who was a homosexual who, apparently, had a 'thing' about Trump.

You’ve consistently demonstrated that you’re totally unable to accept the severity of the ‘crime’ and what we’ve done. You don’t spy on another team’s training sessions so you can steal 10 yards at a throw in. You do it to completely subvert their game plan, formation, set pieces and starting XI. You do it to win a game, not a penalty. If you win and get caught, you don’t get to then say, "ah well all the cheating we did didn’t really affect the outcome of the match." Formula 1 drivers get a five second penalty for speeding in the pit lane. In 2007 McLaren were disqualified from the entire championship for spying on Ferrari technical data. That’s how it is, you don’t get to keep your winnings and just pay a token fine.

If we had been given a large fine along with a suspended points deduction but had been allowed to play in the final, would we even be having this discussion?

Seems the sort of bloke that booked all this week off, as its a shorter work week.

What's your point?

Why do people react to 'putting things into context' with: "that's not the point"...? Somewhat ironically, they're missing the 'point' of the concept of putting things into context...

not just about breaking the rules, it is the systemic will to go about doing it, and the apparent 'pressure' applied to those who raised that flag and suggested this is wrong.