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Norrie plays the Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry in R4.
Both turn 30 this year but have only clashed on one previous occasion, which was way back in 2018.
Jarry won that match in Miami: 7-6, 6-2
Norrie will play either Alcaraz or Rublev in the QF if he secures the win.

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8 riders per fantasy team.
Each stage you can nominate one of your riders to win the stage and secure a bonus.
A good day for me today.

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Fri, Jul 4th – Bottesford 4-0
Sat, Jul 12th – Cleethorpes (A) – 2pm
Tue, Jul 15th – Crowle (A) – 7pm
Sat, Jul 19th – Gainsborough (A)
Tue, July 22nd – Skegness
Sat, July 26th – Spennymoor
Sat, Aug 2nd – Worksop Town (A) – 3pm

Reasonable start, 4 scored, none conceded.
No injuries picked up?

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Saturday 5th July 2025:

Carlisle 11/4
York City 3/1

Forest Green 13/2

Rochdale 9/1
Southend 12/1

Morecambe 25/1
Scunthorpe 25/1
Halifax 28/1
Altrincham 33/1
Hartlepool 33/1

Sutton United 40/1
Gateshead 50/1
Tamworth 50/1
Solihull Moors 66/1
Yeovil 66/1

Woking 80/1
Boston Utd 80/1
Eastleigh 80/1
Aldershot 100/1
Braintree Town 100/1

Wealdstone 200/1
Brackley Town 200/1
Boreham Wood 200/1
Truro City 200/1

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Not long now.
Sunday, probably going to be a night match.

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What did he do ‘wrong’?

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I wish Marc Beck good health and a successful season in the year ahead.
Lineker had a period where he didn’t know where the back of the net was.
Let’s back Beck and hopefully he’ll come good!

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Friday night.
Spanish fixtures are out.
I feel like an Indian tonight!

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Bishops Finger wrote:

If Dec scores more than five I’ll eat my hat

… and your favourite condiment is?

I wonder what price he’d be to finish on >5 for the season?

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“It’s football Jim, but not as we know it.” – Star Trekkin, The Firm.

Will we need “new balls” inflated to the correct pressure & weight at half time?

Will the “ball receivers” be allocated a tin of WD40 to negate the oppositions long throw?

When do you think the game will go completely ‘non contact’ thus allowing for mixed teams and ‘equality’ to grace the fields of dreams?

Will we see teams then having to field a quota of female players – 3 would be a good starter to fulfil the development of the people’s game?

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It’ll be reet… stop worrying.
We’ll just have to score more than we concede.
Dan & Dec’ll sort it!

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Congratulations to the SA born Cameron Norrie on his victory over the 12th seed.
Moved to England from NZ aged 16, then went to Uni in USA aged 18 – now resides in Monaco.
We’ll take what we can – Scottish & Welsh parentage.

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I don’t believe so and can’t see that they will.

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Happy days?

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Who won it?

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So, still 4 on the board?
Chelle still there?
No 5th member?
Or, have I slept in?

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We ought to be looking at getting first year Pros from the likes of Hull, Sheff W & U in on season long loans.
2 from each club and we’d be laughing… ‘recruitment’ done.

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The point is, that 19 of 24 L2 teams have played in the NL / Conference in the last 30 odd years.
2 up, 2 down – protectionism.
Let’s shake it up – freedom of movement. Let a few more pigs stick their snouts in the trough!
I’d go 4 up & 4 down to/from the Prem too … though it won’t happen.
Let’s slosh some of that luvly green stuff amongst more teams.
Though to be honest, I ain’t that bothered what they do – no real interest in what the FA & EFL do.
Jobs for the boys, protectionism.
Time the big boys flew the coop and went and played in the much talked about and false started Euro Super League.
It’d be ‘funny’ seeing a ‘Brentford’ or a ‘Sunderland’ winning the Prem League.

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4 down from L2 and 4 up from the NL. Make the NL in to L3.
Same promo/relo format for the new L3.
Reform a new NL from the NLN & NLS.
Be good for football if it was to happen for season 2026-27.

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How are ST tickets going?
Up/down on last season?

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I see they have an U19 team.
Are we the only club in the NL not to have one?

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Today saw the announcement of the composition of the 2 third tier groups (equivalent to L1) for season 2025/25.

Fixtures will be announced on the 1st July.

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Da Da Da – “Ich lieb dich nicht du liebst mich nicht”

Oh, the excitement!

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Deereyme66 wrote:

‘Let’s scrutinise the CEOs rather than always getting on players & managers backs!’

Would tend to agree. Does that include Mark Beck?

Absolutely. No point in getting on his back. He is what he is. Scrimmage & go!

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cassidystash wrote:

Based on those figures you’d hope we would have a competitive budget.

Exactly Cass. That’s exactly what we need in order to achieve escape velocity.

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How do we increase the support?

There are plenty of TV glory hunters who follow the likes of the Manc duo, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal.

Then there’s the ones who make the trip along the M180 / M62 to Leeds and those that cross the Humber to watch the mudrats.

More supporters through the gates should generate extra revenue, which we need to have a hope of ever returning to the EFL.

Do you have a cunning plan, Mr Matthew ‘Baldrick’ Roberts?

Promotion to L2 may be beyond the Clubs impendency for the next five years?

Short term, we can measure Roberts success as a CEO by improving the average attendance over the first year by 15% to just over 5,000.

Success would be to improve the attendance a further 20% to an average of 6,000 for season 2026-27.

If he can achieve that, then he’s succeeded over the next 2 years.

If he’s still here in 3 seasons time then success would be measured by securing a play off place.

If we’re not in L2 by 2029-30, then he’s failed.

How long on average do CEOs remain in post at football clubs?

Five years seems an ample timeframe to deliver EFL football.

Let’s scrutinise the CEOs rather than always getting on players & managers backs!

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Carlisle averaged 7,425 last season.
We’ll most probably need north of 6,000 for bronze.
We did 4,399 last season.
A 40% increase required to hit 6,158.
York did 6,138 last season.
40% – a huge increase.
Is it doable?

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When are they released?

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Keeper, RB, LB CH x2, CM x2, LM, LW

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All the best to him.
Knows his limitations – knows his level.

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