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Brian Stock has departed as manager of Weymouth. Louis Langdown and Sean O'Driscoll have also departed. Paul Maitland with the coaching staff and the assistance of captain Josh McQuoid are currently in charge of first team affairs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59966525 Bit of a saga here. Under which nation's rules are Chester governed by? Wales have capped the number of supporters and Chester is an English club. However, their ground is in Wales. The story as it has developed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59906505 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59920281 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59930918 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59956048

Barry Hawkins vs Neil Robertson for the final today. I am not a gambler thankfully, thought Trump would have got through. Other news is that unfortunately Mark Selby is suffering with mental health issues. Hopefully he gets the support he needs and gets back to his fluent best. His match with Hawkins wasn't what I expected.

Breaking news over here. Not surprised at this outcome.

The Women's Ashes have been brought forward by a week. This is to comply with New Zealand's quarantine rules for the upcoming World Cup. The revised schedule is included in the article. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59883619

I am somewhat at a loss as to what these new emoticons even mean. First time I have looked at all emoticons for a while. :???: Hope those that use them, enjoy them...

Further news on Gillingham, they have appointed former manager Steve Lovell as caretaker after the departure of Steve Evans and Paul Raynor: - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59942895

Much louder when O'Sullivan came out. I remember him playing back in the 1990s. Amazing longevity. Not too sure about Robertson, he looked a bit off his game despite the win.

^ And what a match with Wycombe yesterday as well. In other news, Gillingham have parted company with Steve Evans by mutual consent. Assistant manager Paul Raynor has also departed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59929047

Very good match between Williams and Yan. Some amazing shots by Williams.

There are also some rearranged fixtures that have been slotted in after this batch of fixtures. Fixtures (All kick off at 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated): Tuesday 11th January Southampton 1-0 Brentford (19:45) Everton 1-3 Leicester City (20:00) Wednesday 12th January West Ham United 3-0 Norwich City (19:45) Friday 14th January Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Crystal Palace (20:00) Saturday 15th January Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea (12:30) Burnley 1-3 Leicester City Newcastle United 2-1 Watford Norwich City 1-2 Everton Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Southampton Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester United (17:30) Sunday 16th January Liverpool 3-1 Brentford (14:00) West Ham United 2-0 Leeds United (14:00) Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Arsenal (16:30)

Masters snooker on this month.

Got an exercise bike in the garage. Slowly building up my strength on that with so many reps a session per day.

That first half was excellent. One of the guests on Early Kick Off got rather carried away and implied that it should have continued with no half time break.... :heehee:

Quite a change. Congratulations to all the new mods and thanks to the predecessors for their hard work.

I have had an idea that some managers change jobs during the off season and I am never sure whether to put it in the current thread (2021/2022) or to create a new thread for any changes during the summer break. Any ideas on that? Also, when a new thread for each season is started perhaps a list of managers attached to each club as well as the odds and so forth?

Fixtures (All kick off at 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated): Saturday 1st January Arsenal 1-3 Manchester City (12:30) Leicester City 2-0 Norwich City Watford 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur Crystal Palace 2-2 West Ham United (17:30) Sunday 2nd January Brentford 1-3 Aston Villa (14:00) Everton 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion (14:00) Leeds United 0-0 Burnley (14:00) Southampton 1-0 Newcastle United (14:00) Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool (16:30) Monday 3rd January Manchester United 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (17:30)

Gary McSheffrey has been confirmed as Doncaster's new manager. First game in permanent charge on the 2nd January. Backroom staff to be confirmed later. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59820035

Fixtures (All kick off at 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated): Tuesday 28th December Arsenal 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (12:30) Crystal Palace 2-1 Norwich City Southampton 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur Watford 1-1 West Ham United Leeds United 1-3 Aston Villa (17:30) Leicester City 1-3 Liverpool (20:00) Wednesday 29th December Chelsea 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion (19:30) Brentford 1-3 Manchester City (20:15) Thursday 30th December Everton 2-2 Newcastle United (19:30) Manchester United 2-0 Burnley (20:15)

Stephen Crainey has been given the job as head coach at Fleetwood until the end of the season. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59743920

Fixtures (All kick off at 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated): Sunday 26th December Liverpool 3-0 Leeds United (12:30) Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Watford (12:30) Burnley 1-2 Everton Manchester City 2-2 Leicester City Norwich City 1-3 Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Crystal Palace West Ham United 2-1 Southampton Aston Villa 1-1 Chelsea (17:30) Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Brentford (20:00) Monday 27th December Newcastle United 1-3 Manchester United (20:00)

Johnnie Jackson has been named as permanent manager at Charlton Athletic: - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59698359

The squad for the Women's Ashes have been announced: - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59657071

Kieran McKenna has been appointed as the new manager at Ipswich. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59686994

Double post, sorry. Please delete.

Fixtures (All kick off at 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated): Saturday 18th December Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley Leeds United 1-3 Arsenal (17:30) Sunday 19th December Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Chelsea (14:00) Newcastle United 1-2 Manchester City (14:15) Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Liverpool (16:30)