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Lost at Oxford on penalties after a 1-1 draw. No doubt they'll be right up there this year - they dominated possession with very nice passing and movement in midfield but little end product. Whether that was them being rusty or because we worked so hard to shut them down I'm not sure but we...

No idea! No-one's seen him yet. Had an operation before he left Crawley and only just back in full training so likely going to need to run a bit of weight off.

No, it's Alex Woodyard. Pigott is 26. Ollie Palmer is the oldest probable starter at 28 but not fit yet. Staying up will do me, but without getting carried away and looking at the other squads around we may even reach the dizzy heights of lower mid table this year.

"Under 30" isn't inexperienced. Whereas any side with an average age getting on for 30 is way too old. Our starting side will average around 24 but no shortage of experience in it. The oldest is 27 - and he has 305 career appearances under his belt.

Ours will be close to this, with possibly O'Neill instead of Kalambayi and Longman instead of Palmer if he's not yet fit. Expect a couple of the squad players to go out on loan with maybe one more loanee coming in. GK: Connal Trueman (24, loan) LCB: Terrell Thomas (24) CB: Will Nightingale...

Don't know if the Tinpot Trophy counts as pre-season (not real games to me, anyway) but beat Charlton 2-1 in it last night. They seemed to have a young side out and three of our nailed-on starters were on the bench or missing but was our first team apart from that. On that showing we've a much...

Was our youth team keeper and had been with us since he was 9 but Stoke hoovered him up when they were in the premier league. Good move for his development if he starts.

Four utterly meaningless friendlies against level 7 sides so far 5-0 v Corinthian-Casuals 2-1 v Leatherhead 3-0 v Tonbridge Angels 3-0 v Met Police QPR on Saturday might be a bit more meaningful but it's their first runout so probably not

That's about a mile away and is on the District Line. Haydons Road is on the Thameslink which is under half a mile and there's also Earlsfield on the main Waterloo Line, Tooting Broadway on the Northern Line and of course Wimbledon on both the District tube and Waterloo main lines (plus the tram...

This is probably the best artist's impression. If it's ever completed as originally designed then all 4 stands will wrap round to the same height as the main stand. With the flats surrounding it, hopefully the sound will be contained and make it quite noisy. Going to be a nice change from...

What's happening with that? Same builders as ours so not sure why they've had to stop work. Maybe just a question of scale.

I'd also be consumed by bitterness and anger corroding my very soul if I were you. But £3K a week for Woodyard? I don't usually LOL, but megaLOL.

Signed Ethan Chislett from Aldershot, continuing our general policy of taking a punt on the best young non-League players around London. Their POTY last season and a good strike rate from midfield will give us more attacking options there. Allegedly much higher clubs including Chelsea were...

I agree! They do it for free and a bit of publicity, though how many people will think "must use those guys" after seeing it is debatable. I love it, personally. In fact I love the Mem full stop. Dying breed of ground unfortunately. I agree, but it's to do with practicalities of segregation...

No, they moved out 3 years ago when Chelsea bought it on the basis that it was too big for them. We've technically been tenants there ourselves for the last couple of years. Kingstonian got about £1 million from us as a donation when we sold it, which was meant to help them find a new ground...

Chelsea bought it for their women's team. Nobody seems to know where we'll start home matches but there is an unconfirmed rumour that we might get a couple of months there.

That's one of the blocks of flats. Wouldn't fancy living in one of those with no windows to the back but, being South London, people will pay stupid money for them. If we redevelop that end then most of that wall will be hidden. The semi-permanent stand does look tiny next to it but actually has...

Hammered Corinthian-Casuals of the Isthmian League 5-0 in a friendly with all goals in the first half. Be very afraid. No idea who else we have lined up.

Thought those of you who have had to suffer in the worst away section in the division might like to see how things are shaping up at the new ground. The permanent West stand holds 4,500 with "semi-permanent" smaller stands on the other 3 sides. These aren't like the gazebo behind the goal at...