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Wealdstone FC are calling on supporters to contribute £60 "in the name of their favourite Stones player" to fund player recruitment for the 2017/18 season. The innovative new fundraising scheme will enable fans and businesses to donate a seat in the new stand for a minimum contribution of £60 in the name of their favourite player past or present as part of the celebration of the construction of the new facility at The Vale. Fans can donate as many seats as...

Go to CrossFit? Bored everyone you know because you talk about CrossFit all the time? Q: How do you know that someone does CrossFit?  A: They’ll tell you all about it. I would like to apologise to my friends and family (especially my wife), the supermarket Deli attendant, and that bloke at the train station, who I’ve bored to death talking about CrossFit. The thing is, I’m not really sorry. It's just that I have exhausted all other audiences. But...

Grays is the largest town in the borough and unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex.The town is approximately 22 miles to the east of London on the north bank of the Thames.The area is a mix of rural and industrial with the Port of Tilbury being probably the best known employer together with a number of logistical companies and the huge Lakeside retail outlet at West Thurrock. The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890 before merging with Southern...

As if the Premier League's coffers hadn't been bolstered enough by Sky and BT bidding wars, a new player could be in the market come 2018 when the rights to air games are next up. The previous deal secured in 2015 led to a £5 billion cash injection into the EPL which inflated player's pay packets and led to TV subscribers having to pay two subscriptions to keep up with matches. But rather than alienating other bidders and triggering a...

Barking FC play their home games at their stadium at Mayesbrook Park, Lodge Ave, Barking, Dagenham RM8 2JR. The club are also known as “The Blues” and have a colourful history which contains many different versions of the club – including Barking Woodville and Barking Institute. Barking played at Vicarage Field until 1973 when they moved to Mayesbrook Park as Vicarage Field was earmarked to become a shopping centre. The current incarnation of the Blues began in 2007. Peter Webster...

Geoffrey Boycott admitted he had been "done like a kipper" after falling for a hilarious prank live on air. The BBC cricket pundit was commentating on the England v South Africa test match when his co-commentator Jonathan Agnew managed to convince him that his 100th hundred wasn't scored at his home county ground of Headingley but in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The prank was based on a phoney press release which claimed to downgrade the statistics of all runs and wickets for the...

With a ball yet to be kicked in the 2017/18 season football's elite players are already generously offering their two penneth on how to "make refereeing better". Barcelona star Gerard Piqué, who is known for regularly hitting out at refereeing decisions, told Japanese magazine Soccer Kings that he wants to "change the refereeing system" in order to "eliminate injustices and to ensure there would be less controversy". Hefty promises for such a complex discussion, but the worrying thing is that he's missing the...

Private jet firms are cashing in on lucrative international pre-season tours and overseas transfers. With two weeks to go until the start of the season Premier League clubs have already shelled out lucrative amounts to bring players in, with Man City splashing over £200 million and both Chelsea and Manchester United parting with over a hundred mill. The clubs are also finding themselves arranging fixtures in far-flung destinations, which has proved to be a boon for private jet firms. Matthew...

Sky Sports pundits Martin Tyler and Gary Neville will pit their non league outfits against each other this Saturday at The Beveree in south west London. Hampton and Richmond Borough entertain Salford City in the Jacob Sylvester Trophy, with some of the proceeds from the game going to Bliss, the charity for premature and sick babies. It is the second time the Beavers are hosting at The Beveree, with Tyler (who is also a first team coach at HRBFC) and Neville (one...