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I have registered and bought a ticket. I have also managed to get hold of 3 x 1st Class return tickets from Crewe to London Euston for a total of £87.85 so I am going down on Friday evening and coming back on Sunday.  I am going to the game but 'er indoors' and my daughter are already in tourist mode and I suspect that this is going to cost me dearly. I have booked accommodation in Harrow-on-the-Hill,  just a few stops on the metropolitan line to Ruislip Station which it is only a 10 minute walk to the ground.

For anyone going by train to Euston on the day you can catch the Uxbridge branch of the metropolitan line from Euston Square (5 minutes walk from Euston Station). This should take you to Ruislip.

If anyone is interested I bought my rail tickets from

https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kups3K_iVVM

I worked alongside John at Terminal One, Manchester Airport for a number of years before we both retired.  He was absolutely obsessed with Alty and really loved the Club.  Come to think about it I don't think we ever spoke about anything else!

Farewell my old friend and RIP.

I am 59, however, I have been forced to retire early due to ill health.  I was diagnosed with Parkinson's about 10 years ago and carried on working for as long as I could.  Although I consider my pension to be generous, under the circumstances, it is still considerably less than I would have received had I been able to complete 40 years service.  Thus, I am relatively poorly off compared to many others who are catergorised as pensioners but I do not qualify for the concessionary rate due to my tender age.  Would it not be fair to consider extending the concessionary rate to include disabled supporters?

Whist I am sounding off, I also feel that something needs to be done (I have no idea what) about the lack of legroom in 99% of the seating in the main stand.  As well as being painfully stiff in my legs, I am 6' 2'' tall and find it almost impossible to obtain a position in which to be comfortable.  I did initially manage to find a spot with a bit more legroom when I attended the final game of the season against Torquay but was moved on by Bill who told me that the seats myself and my 12 year old daughter had sat in were reserved for someone else.  We moved and I spent the game in some discomfort and now that I am not really fit enough to stand on the terraces anymore I have to decide whether or not I can continue to attend games.

The Family Stand offers some hope.  I have found that there is ample legroom there but, alas, whenever we play teams like Stockport and Chester, for example, the stand is given over to their supporters.

I would be interested to hear other peoples opinions and ideas and I am sorry to be a miserable old git.

If anyone wants a new Alty shirt sans sponsors endorsements It looks like they are currently available on Puma's website for £18.  It looks like the same shirt to me, and if it is, then it would appear that the 'new' shirt is just an off the shelf product and nothing too special to write home about.

See LIGA Men's striped Football Jersey.

https://uk.puma.com/uk/en/men/sports/football?prefv1=Jerseys&prefn1=deptCode&pmpt=discounted&pmid=nosales-category-promotion-GB

However, I still like it and think that the decision to go with the Puma brand is essentially a good one.

Naturally I am disappointed that Jordan has left Alty for pastures new.  However, he has not jumped a sinking ship or anything like that, but has chosen now to move on whilst we are in a good place.  It has been a great adventure for the last three years and Jordan has undoubtedly been influential in bringing about our return to National League football.  He demonstrated his loyalty to the club when Chester FC came after him (on more than one occasion I think I might add) and he always gave 110% on the field of play showing the true grit and a determination needed to assist the team to win consistently, and in many games, impressively.  I certainly do not begrudge his decision to move on and I wish him all the very best.  I think his remark about Tom Peers is just a bit of banter and, anyway, I have been impressed with the way in which Tom gets himself into goal scoring positions and when he begins to find the net I think that he may become a prolific scorer. 

So, the Alty adventure continues.  The club is greater than any one player and I am sure that if it were not for a non-disclosure agreement preventing so, most supporters would be satisfied to learn the fee that we have received for Jordan.  The money could be a life saver given the current state of affairs surrounding football and although I think that perhaps we should not be in any great hurry to spend it yet, it would be a real coup if we could use some of the money to offer Duncan a short term deal. 

COYR.

How do you pronounce that?  Kos-see-lo?