Recent content by The Clown of Pevensey Bay

Last summer I dropped £90 on some nice new size 12 black Barbour Chelsea boots at John Lewis. They’re by no means my only pair of semi-smart shoes but I wear them pretty regularly. I’m fairly tall and heavy but not unusually so. But only MONTHS LATER they’ve fallen apart. The stitching below...

Regardless of the arguments about private education I think the Tel sub-editors have stitched him up a bit here. The headline doesn’t match the quote. If you read the quote he’s asked about VAT on private schools and says “I’m feeling really, really angry about that, and extremely poor,”...

They could have let us all in FREE every GAME and STILL made a profit. Bloom OUT.

This from the Institute for Fiscal Studies is a good and realistic measurer -- it takes housing costs into account. https://ifs.org.uk/tools_and_resources/where_do_you_fit_in (I've done it for my family: we are in the first category in the poll above, but without housing factored in, in the...

The ECB has attached conditions to the handouts -- it has to be used to invest in grounds or other business projects. And Sussex have said it'll be spent on improving Hove. I would expect a new Shark stand with hospitality boxes at some point.

My guess is the new owners are banking on big name Indian players finally getting involved, and then selling the TV rights to the India market

Yes - but not a broadcast deal. Some of the sale of the ECB's shares in Hundred teams goes to the non-Hundred counties. For Sussex and ten others that means 27 big ones each.

Because a lot of Sussex stuff gets posted out to members on paper and never goes online: Operating losses have widened from £217k in 2023 to £388k last year. This seems to be down largely to a fall in rents and commercial income. The club extended its overdraft facility in October. However all...

You can get the same tickets on any of the rail operators’ apps and you don’t pay the fee that Trainline charge.

This. The Stuart Munday free kick.

Fabian in his post match int has said “trust the process” three times. He has also said that “the fans don’t overreact” to a big defeat or to a big win 😅😅😅😅

I sent a polite but angry Fab Out (or at least, please justify Fab In) email to PBOBE just as the seventh goal went in. To be fair to him he replied 45 minutes later "I think it’s better to look at the club’s progress in eight seasons in the Premier League rather than one very disappointing...

The club need to produce the explanation -- with data -- on Monday that shows why (they think) he has to stay. Otherwise he can't.

There are a few two-day pre-season friendlies on the Sussex fixture site now. Hants and Kent away, then Surrey and Hants at home. Mostly before the clocks go forward, so bring a warm coat and be prepared to park at the Cromwell Road end and turn on your headlights after tea.

I had never heard the Jonathan Pearce Capital Gold commentary on the incident until today. “I care not one jot about his supreme talent”. Amazing stuff.