Excellent pit stop therefore sorted on the way up to the North-East for the FACup Round 1 game between @SouthShieldsFC and @shrewsburytown on Sunday 2 Nov. Magnificent weekend of football on the cards. Breathe on 'em Salop.....and Up the Blades!

There's a lot that's crap about modern football. So really nice to see that clubs, @SheffieldUnited in this case, can still buck the trend. Exceptionally good in helping me buy tickets for the Hough clan so we can see the Blades game against Derby County on 1 November. 1/2

My colleague @CSC_barrington via @politicshome on the government's bumbling attempts to get to grips with ethics and integrity issues. Worth a read.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐔𝟏𝟖𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐲! 🎙️ Will Chaisty joins Leon and Dan to talk about all things coaching. Will coaches the youngest and indeed

Three promotions for Twickenham sides on exciting final day of the season https://t.co/9BvKvMnSd3

Once more unto the breach. MCCL Preview, Week 18 https://t.co/ym94xagNw1

Decent analysis of Salop's transfer window here from @RuytonShrew. Worth a read if you're of an STFC persuasion. https://t.co/XwtwGEQJsU

Enjoyed speaking to Mary-Kate and Jamie about Salop's transfer window (from 36m in). Do we have enough to stay up? Time will tell, but it does feel we're at least a bit better set up than we were before.

The @AscotUnitedFC Supervets were back in action on Friday evening. The @waltonstrollers were the visitors. Excellent doo all round. Match report here for those who need to know more. https://t.co/iuZ3unreEr

Business end of the season incoming for the Twickenham senior sides https://t.co/DM5SgbwIxl

Getting rid of Appleton won’t help. We don’t need more chaos. But if we carry on down this route, we’ll be down by March. There is time to change things. Options are limited, but the most egregious mistakes need rectifying. Now. Otherwise we’re going south, and quickly. 8/End

Play round pegs in round holes. Play four at the back, with full backs who have half an idea of what to do with the ball. You play England in midfield; try to keep the ball, he’ll help. You ditch Marquis. You try and inject some shape into our play. 7.

What are the next steps? A wholesale re-boot is not happening. Sure, we need loanees in (and we may well get them). We need investment but that will take time. So, what to do? 6.

You have someone at number ten who looks five years past his best (and his best was never in that role anyway). I know Marquis scored, but if he is your answer then you are almost certainly asking the wrong question. 5.

Appleton’s decisions this evening bamboozled me. You have big head-it-kick-it centre halves as full backs. You have a full back (Sang) trying hard but going nowhere in midfield. It makes no sense. 4.

The departed DoF has a lot to answer for. And thankfully he’s gone now. However, recognising the problem doesn’t automatically solve the problem. His legacy will take time to clear up. 3.

I have no real beef with the manager, the players we’ve recruited clearly aren’t good enough; no pace, no bite in the tackle (indeed, no tackles at all half the time) and no creativity. This happens. Clubs have good and bad spells. But this is now ongoing over about 18 months 2

Shrewsbury Town FC. A thread. Spoiler; whatever the plan is, it is seriously not working 1.

Wagons have rolled from Hough Towers in the direction of Nottingham. @shrewsburytown, today's the day, three points incoming. And, no, we have not been on any hallucinogenic drugs (although maybe there's a case to be made that we'd be better served if we were!).

Six sides in the top flight of the @MiddlesexCCL are in what's becoming the most exciting Prem relegation battle in years. @sal_gym and I explain all. @HornseyClub @EalingCricket @HampsteadCC @TeddingtonCC @StanmoreCricket @Richmondcricket https://t.co/fRcqkZMrec