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Yes, we know that it falls just the wrong side on the imaginary boundary line, the point is that it is feels part of Coventry because it is part of the conurbation. Everyone I know puts Ash Green, Coventry on their address as that's how the PO list it (it is officially in the Coventry postal...

BTW, I don't think anyone is having a go about you not going to SA, you're not alone. I think it was just the one yard over the boundary thing that had people scratching their heads a bit.

By any measure it's Coventry. Local authority boundaries are artificial and change over time anyway, but we'll agree to disagree on that. As for the last statement, that's insane. Not one yard over the imaginary line? Wow.

Strange way of looking at it CJ. I live in Ash Green and very much see myself as living in Coventry in the sense it is part of the Coventry conurbation. Imaginery lines on a map are pretty meaningless in this context. If you were a Brighton fan would you refuse to go to the Amex?

I had a message from two people saying the same thing (neither of whom know each other), so just assumed it was one of those silly season rumours (which I'm sure it is), so expected to see it mentioned on social media etc., but I haven't seen it repeated anywhere else. Forget I said anything...

Going off topic slightly, has anyone else heard this crackpot rumour today that there is a Qatari billionaire at the Ricoh today in talks to buy the whole lot (CCFC included)?

With corporate I guess we are already there. You would hope sales started to ramp up a bit now as we get closer to the game as they have been slow to this point. There are still things like official travel arrangements to be confirmed, so perhaps people are waiting for that. Edit: I should...

Being sent out next week apparently.

I'm not sure any of this matters. We sang it long before West Ham, but so what. Motherwell sing it, apparently inspired by that video of ours that went viral a few years back. Songs are copied, it matters not.

Not that it matters, but did they sing it first? I first heard it at a city game in about 1985.

Did you do it online or over the phone? Trying to get one for a family member online and they're not listed.

No, match packages still not on sale for some reason.

I don't think anyone is saying it is OK, they're simply saying how and why it is. A footballer earning 200K per week is also paying around 75K per week in tax. So the Government subsidy (I suspect you mean tax credits) is ultimately paid for by the wealthiest, given that 90% of tax revenue...

Standard right wing theory of pay? Behave, there's no such thing. Trickle down economics, who advocates that anymore anyway? It died in the 80s and is now just a left wing fantasy (but yes, I guess there are a few that do). Any ideology can be dumbed down in a couple of paragraphs like this...

I'm sure you're joking, but some people really do believe transfer receipts make their way back to SISU. What are operating costs, £6.5 million a year? So we have to find more than 500K a month to pay salaries and cover costs. We've probably made 500K from season ticket sales so far, so that's...

Interesting. The thing is though, nobody can agree on whether we ought to be higher or lower on that list. Should tax revenue as a share of national income be higher and more in line with France, Germany and Italy; or, should it be lower in line with the US, Australia, Canada, Japan...

Seems crazy that a club like Bolton could go to wall over the purchase of a hotel. Surely, if the takeover for the club is agreed you would finalise the deal. If the hotel is subject to a separate administration process that is 6-8 weeks away from completion well so be it. The administrator...

You're right, they don't. The point stands though, that tax revenues are at record highs, the tax burden is as high as it has been for a long time at 34% of GDP and the contribution of the wealthiest (as a proportion of the total tax take) is also at a record high. What's the answer? I simply...

I picked on the tax thing because I didn't really disagree with anything else in your post and I wasn't suggesting that you had argued the tax system was regressive. It is something that frustrates me, because the debate is skewed by people who come at it from an ideological standpoint rather...

I think there is an element of truth in that. I'm often shocked by how some people operate in business. Only last week I had an old lady in tears because another company charged her 15K for something she didn't really need, should have cost 2K and which didn't work. We ended up fixing it for...