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£4,500 fine for Gunn but no ban - confirmed on official site.

Could be famous last words but the most recent instance I can find from a quick search of the FA imposing an extra game ban for a ‘frivolous’ red card appeal was Rio Ferdinand in 2012.

https://www.efl.com/news/2024/june/26/watch-every-game-on-the-opening-day-of-the-2024-25-season/ “Within seven days of today’s EFL Fixture Release, all matches selected for broadcast for the period to the end of September will be announced, and before a ball is kicked of the 2024/25 season, all TV selections will be confirmed for the period up to the FA Cup third round in early January.”

I can see the Leeds fans’ regular chant about Sky TV (the one which gets Sky hastily turning down the crowd volume on their sound mix) getting an airing or two.

Yes, it’s a tight turnaround. By ‘a few days’ I mean possibly only a couple of days. But there will definitely be a reasonable opportunity (as far as timeframes permit) for season ticket holders to buy their usual seat.

I’ve not seen any replays except the one you mention, but watching it live from block O of the South stand yesterday it looked a nailed on penalty. No complaints from Gunn either. Where Swansea did get annoyingly lucky was the deflection taking it right into the path of their guy 10 yards out in the first place.

Not included, it’s treated like a cup game. You’ll have a window of a few days to purchase your usual season ticket seat before it gets offered out to others. At least that’s how I remember it working in 2015.

Sara absolutely on fire in that half. One of the best individual performances of the season.

Thanks for pointing this out - I had (selfishly) been hoping we finish 6th rather than 5th purely to have that home leg on the Sunday afternoon rather than Monday night. Now it makes no odds so let’s reel those Baggies in!

Early on during our current winning streak at home I made the mental association that I’d always entered the ground through turnstile 46 during this run. So for the last half dozen or so home games I’ve made sure to enter through that turnstile, even if it has the longest queue of the batch. The bad news is - I’m sitting in a different part of the ground today, so we’re doomed!

Birmingham City. For a club bearing the name of the country’s second city to be perennial bottom half finishers in the championship for over a decade feels like underachievement.

Jessy Reindorf for Bury in a cup game 10 or so years ago. We’d scored 6 ourselves by that point so could afford to applaud.

Major flashbacks to QPR away for me the moment Sargent went off, with the same end result. Except this time it was a two goal lead blown.

Interesting appointment, many would’ve expected a ‘Select Group 1’ (aka Premier League) ref for this game but Donohue has never refereed a game above Championship level. Hopefully he can handle the occasion. At least it’s not Hooper. Strangely we’ve got Chris Kavanagh (established PL ref) for our game at Hillsborough next Tuesday.