Shalmaneser

trust me on this; he is not a decent writer. it'll have been heavily edited.

oh god... i know the guy who wrote this a little bit. i *really* wouldn't read too much into his opinion.

Fulham have historically been a tiny club in the lower leagues. Even now they advertise their home games on hoardings around London, and friends have been to matches there on Groupon. They'd be far lower down the list.

I have access to newspaper newswires. Betting has been suspended on the Sackrace because significant bets were places in Southampton this morning.

give it a rest

http://nutjob.eu/ is a good stream

So this is the same wire story that has been linked to here from various British sources. It's not a new story, and it's all come from the same Press Association source with minor rewrites. This is how newspapers work - they don't have enough staff to report individually on each story, so they all pay PA and Reuters etc to report on the less important stories.

To confirm: 'Sportsmail reporter' means it's slightly rewritten copy taken from the newswires. In this case, likely from PA.

I expect it was entirely planned, in fact, and the management has just done what they've always done: keep their cards close to their chests.

There's a pub in Clapham, near Junction, that tends to show Championship games, but it's not saints-centric. And last time I was there it was full of rugger buggers. Is the Stage Door nailed on for championship games? It's nearest to where I live...

There are still restricted view tickets left. I just bought 8 of them.

So when I try and register online, it asks for a customer number. Is that for your club membership number? I guess it must be, which is annoying, because my dad has the card, and he's on holiday...

Those bikes are the most exhausting form of transport known to man. It's like cycling a tractor.

I especially like that he's being sponsored by Bandai in the programme - most of the other players get local taxi firms and so on, this guy gets a major international media conglomerate. It kind of brings home how big of a deal he is out there.

Apols if this question has been asked (as I expect it has) hundreds of times before. Anyway, I can't get iplayer to play me my Radio Solent in London. How do I tune in? I don't own an actual radio, incidentally. Thanks!