Our ground IS too big for us

1	Norwich City (22)				24543	26034		94.2%
2	Derby County (18)				29440	33597		87.6%
3	Cardiff City (7)				17474	20376		85.7%
4	Wolverhampton Wndrs (1)				24153	28525		84.6%
5	Blackpool (16)				7843	9491		82.6%
6	Reading (4)				19936	24200		82.3%
7	Sheffield United (3)				26023	32609		79.8%
8	Doncaster Rovers (14)				11963	15231		78.5%
9	Bristol City (10)				16774	21479		78.0%
10	Watford (13)				14858	19920		74.5%
11	Charlton Athletic (24)				20111	27113		74.1%
12	Swansea City (8)				15187	20500		74.0%
13	Queens Park Rangers (11)				14090	19148		73.5%
14	Nottingham Forest (19)				22299	30602		72.8%
15	Ipswich Town (9)				20961	30300		69.1%
16	Preston North End (6)				13426	19525		68.7%
17	Birmingham City (2)				19081	30009		63.5%
18	Plymouth Argyle (21)				11427	19500		58.6%
19	Burnley (5)				13082	22546		58.0%
20	Crystal Palace (15)				15220	26309		57.8%
21	Barnsley (20)				13189	23186		56.8%
22	Southampton (23)				17849	32689		54.6%
23	Sheffield Wednesday (12)				21542	39814		54.1%
24	Coventry City (17)				17408	32500		53.5%

Jaywatch

Are they feeding him proper in Berkshire? His muscly frame seems to have receded somewhat - maybe he's not getting enough protein.



OK, it's a dark golf glove, but at first glance one could think he was having to adjust what we know he has to carry around in his not-so-smalls.

New squad, old jokes

Arson promised us exciting signings...

so...

Oggy
Hall - Busst - (old) Homer - Ward
Superhobbit - Strachan - Gunnar - Pead - (new) Homer
Shef - Christie

'Hall drives straight through a practical joke ball which explodes on impact with streamers. "I was annoyed because I thought I hit it pretty sweet", Hall said afterwards.'

So, from this we can summarise (amongst other things) that:

Cardinal Newman never taught the adverb proper,

The old ones are maybe not the best, after all.

And with a nod to SBJ's Plymouth post, Marcus may well always be on the lookout for paparazzi, but he can't be expected to fend them off whilst on his backswing. Let's just hope he didn't drive into a wall.

End of season dinner - the final curtain

And now, the end is near; And so I face the final curtain.

Old (Sky) Blue Eyes put it well didn't he in My Way, and May the Fourth be with you brought on the 2009 End of Season Awards Dinner.

Thanks to our very own corporate sponsors, we attended the first ever end of season do in 2006, where we stayed in the Ricoh Hotel itself, the second, where James Bond blew the budget out of the water, and we would even have had a table last year if Arson hadn't decided there was absolutely nothing to celebrate.

To summarise the evening in a paragraph (as other posts will review the season overall), yours truly, G2, Ells Bells, YDO, Matt, Paul and three non UCC members (fathers of two of us plus Dale, who has at least attended the Ricoh this season) - had table 43. No free drink on arrival was followed by some good food, some awards, Graham Poll on good form , a very bad Manchester Working Mens Club comedian ("I wasn't born in Coventry but I'm certainly dying here tonight") and a descent to the casino when the evening finished. SBJ was in Boston, not the one in Lincolnshire, so missed the evening. Overall, obviously on a tighter budget, far fewer people, and not as good as previous years.

Gunner however, our Player of the Year, was on fine social networking form, and thanked each and every one of his fans and friends personally.

Ipswich away - the final chapter

None of us went, too far on a bank holiday, too many other commitments, some of us out of the country.

We lost 2-1, with More Reasons getting a consolation.

No more to be said, apart from no trips to Charlton, Norwich or Southampton, which is a shame for those of us in London