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Did the delay harm us yesterday?
at 13:37 20 Oct 2024

All ifs/buts/maybes but did the delayed kick off harm our start to the game yesterday? Noticed that Everton came out for another small warm up after it was announced, but we didn’t - which I thought was unusual. They were more up for it from the off yesterday.

Maybe not, but was something I was wondering about! Or VAR was the most harmful factor…

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Lost property
at 17:53 21 Sep 2024

Lost my driving licence in amongst the carnage of the equaliser today, if anyone’s been a hero and found it, drop me a message please!

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Spare ticket for today if anyone wants it.
at 12:35 17 Dec 2022

I've got one ticket for the game today - willing to sell for half the price if anyone wants it. Can't attend due to the trains and other bits going on. Message me if interested - it's an e-ticket so can send across easily.

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A12 PhD Research
at 14:32 18 Jul 2020

Hi all,

Not football related but hoping to hear some stories!

I’m a PhD student in Creative Writing at Brunel University London - and Town fan of course! I’m currently in the process of walking the complete length of the A12 — from Blackwall to Lowestoft — as part of my research and studies. This might sound unusual and you’re probably thinking “why?”. Well it follows in the footsteps of earlier studies of routes, such as author Iain Sinclair’s M25 book — “London Orbital” and is entangled with the idea of psychogeography.

Psychogeography was defined in 1955 by French Situationist Guy Debord as "the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals." For me, it is about accessing what turns a space into a place. And for the A12 it is about understanding its history and importance throughout a non-fictional piece. My work also has a focus on people who have moved out of London into East Anglia and why they have chosen to do this. It has also newly, somewhat “forced-hand” focus on how walking has been changed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The result of the walk will be a 100-thousand-word creative non-fiction thesis on the road and my discoveries along it — with a view to this hopefully being published as a book afterwards. I’m looking for people’s opinions and anecdotes on the road — whether you’ve lived near to it, commuted along it for years or have a business situated on it. Negative or positive I would love to hear any stories — they may influence where I walk, what I write or what I research.

My email for any correspondence is benjaminjames.thomas@brunel.ac.uk. Feel free to send over any questions if you wish to know more about my research and walk.

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