No £80 replica shirts. No phones filming every second. No marketing telling you how special it all was. Nobody flying in from Singapore after paying £700 for a ticket. Just lads getting there hours early and queuing forever at the turnstiles. Cold hands, muddy terraces, and all that mattered was bagging your spot on the wall. Football when it was simple. 👏🏻👏🏻

We have signed vastly experienced defender Jack Robinson on an initial three-month contract. 📝🐏 The 33-year-old joins as a free agent, having amassed almost 400 career appearances since graduating from Liverpool’s academy. 📊 He will not be eligible for this afternoon’s fixture against Stoke City but will link up with the First Team imminently.

One of the most baffling refereeing decisions I have witnessed in years. The incident occurred outside the penalty area, and, more importantly, the defender clearly played the ball. Yet the referee appeared to be influenced by the QPR players’ protests and an obvious dive rather than the facts before him. I was at the match, and the standard of officiating was appalling. The assistant referee repeatedly struggled to keep pace with play, at times trailing the players by ten yards, yet continued making offside decisions from positions where he could not possibly have judged them accurately. The Championship has a duty to ensure that its officials meet the standards required at this level. Both officials should be suspended pending further assessment, the decision and resulting yellow cards should be reviewed, and the player responsible for diving should face retrospective disciplinary action where permitted. Supporters and clubs deserve competent officiating, not guesswork.