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The two lucky Alty Mascots at Eastbourne that promised 3 points have been repremanded and sent to bed

Dear Ouboet (old friend)

Hou haan dit met yow ouboet? (how are you old friend)
I am delighted to hear that our self-acclaimed indigenous species are now annoying the whole of England as much as they annoy us.
I can confirm your order for 100 Red and White striped Vuvazelas.
Thank you for the photo of the Golf Road End and I confirm that the structure of this famous stand will allow the Vuvezela to be heard twice as loud as at the soon to be derelict stadiums of SA.
I have altered their nozzles so that  Englishmen can bow louder.
You are aware that these pieces of plastic are tuneless and will continue to whine and drone just like the one-eyed English commentators and has-been pundits?

Totsins (goodbye)

Johannes Van Der Merwe
Directeur
Noisy Boy Promotions
Pretoria
Republik van Suid Afrika
PS.While the whole world had their eyes on the soccer in SA, Die Bokke (Springboks) reminded everyone that they are the World's top Rugby nation by humiliating the current 6 Nations grand slam winners on Saturday at an authentic sports stadium in Cape Town (without Vuvezelas).

Just got back from the match. We played quite well and were probably the better team with the better chances.
A win would have been nice, but a draw is not a bad reesult.
Chris Senior caused them all sorts of problems and had a couple of efforts that narrowly went wide.
McAliskey did well and does the right things for a big target man and gets the basics right. Unfortunately he is slow and a couple of times later in the match we broke away with no support up front.
What I think we need is a younger Colin Little (a fit Dale Johnson would help) and a Matt Crowell - so I hope GH asks Santa for a magic wand for Christmas.

Anyone know if Daniel Drinkwater the Man U reserve who is on loan to Huddersfield, is a local Alty lad?

From the BBC.

Luton want TV contingency plans 
 
Luton managing director Gary Sweet wants to see contingency plans brought in to protect clubs in broadcast deals.

Blue Square Premier clubs are still waiting to hear the fate of Setanta, who cover the league's matches.

The Irish broadcaster has stopped taking on new customers as it "attempts to secure the future of the business".

Sweet told BBC Three Counties Radio: "I'm disappointed no contingencies have been made with so much money around in the game."

And he fears the club could lose up to £120,000 in lost television revenue.

"Clearly as a high profile club in the conference this season we were hoping to be shown quite a few times," he said. "Burton were shown six times this season, which probably took them up to about £110,000 to £120,000.

 I do think that further contingency should be made in case of this sort of event

Gary Sweet
"I think if you run your business properly, then that £70,000 to £80,000 [from television coverage] has probably already been spent because clearly if you want to buy a player you want to get in ahead of your competition and you need to make other plans.

"Contracts for the season need to be signed up during the summer, so pretty much every football club would have spent that £70,000 so now for us it is about how we create initiatives to recover that money if, of course, Setanta do go bust, or if they don't get bought out by somebody else.

The clubs are waiting to find out what will happen, with the Irish broadcaster's future very much in the balance.

Sweet explained: "We have got the Conference AGM this weekend, which we are attending, which could shed a little bit of light on the current situation.

"At the end of the day £70,000-£120,000 is a lot of money to Luton Town FC. It isn't so critical that it could put us on the brink, of course, it's not like ITV Digital a few years ago.

"But certainly for a number of clubs in the Conference it could be a problem. It could give Luton a little bit of a competitive advantage because we are more stable than most others.

"I do think that further contingency plans should be made in case of this sort of event, especially with the experience of ITV Digital, which literally did put a number of clubs into administration."

I am sure you will have all found this hilarious.
Who was it that turned down £37,500 last season because the game was on a Thursday night and now they reckon they could lose £70,000 of TV money when most of these game are played on a Thursday night!!!!
I hope they get a reality shock like Oxford and Wrexham did and that they struggle in the conference - IF they dont go bust first.

 

JAN TOMASZEWSKI

Luton once conceded 6 goals in an FA Cup match but still won the tie.
What was the score and who did they play ?