17th December 2010

Flipping freezing this morning.
Hopefully, tonight's game against Notts County will be on.
Tarmac has been laid behind the West Stand.
Looks like the trenches for the under soil heating are being dug, with virtually all of the pitch cleared down to virgin chalk.
The white bull-nose edging has been completed on the North Stand, whilst the concourse and bridge works continues apace.
The SEEDA works are now completed with traffic lights outside Stanmer Park, but the opening which should have happened today after a week's delay due to snow, has been delayed until Monday as it is considered wise not to open a new stretch of road in frosty conditions.
Please everyone, consider a purchase, and thanks to those who already have. Jack Straw's American Express Community Stadium Countdown Calendar 2011

10th December 2010

The potential FA Cup banana skin of FCUM was avoided with quite a nice performance this week at Bury. Can't moan at 4-0.
Next up, Pompey at home. Should be fun.
Virgin chalk has been reached under the pitch, and with this area by and largely cleared, is starting to look like a proper stadium with the tarmac track around the perimeter.
I'm told that this will be finished in red.
Interesting little ticket booth, swipe-card thingy being built at the station.
One of the workers told me it was to stop people like me getting through without paying. The very cheek of it!
Calendar sales going well. Still loads left.
They will be on sale on the Costa Express tomorrow.
Thanks for the nice feedback from those that have received theirs.

3rd December 2010

Today is the 100th JS’s Amex Comm. Stad. Watch set of photos.
I’ve tried to mark this occasion with a “Special”.

First, an advert on behalf of the Dog, I mean JS’s Calendar Trust!
“Will you want a JS’s Amex Calendar?
For less than £ 0.03 a day you can actually buy one.
Please visit the calendar web site at Jack Straw's American Express Community Stadium Countdown Calendar 2011
Your calendar will love its owner, and won’t be thrown out.
We think that ordinary calendars will be kicked out because they’re old.
You should never put a JS calendar down.
JS calendars dream of having an owner.
When you buy one, you have it for life (sorry, no certificate).
They love it in the box in my bed room, but there are so many more that need your help.
With your help, please visit Jack Straw's American Express Community Stadium Countdown Calendar 2011 now.
For only £ 0.17 a week, they’re so full of love, they just need someone to give it to.
Thank you”.

If the Collectors & Historians Society Fair is postponed on Sunday, our most important sales opportunity is gone. It will be hard to sell calendars after Christmas, which is why we need your help here.
Money we raised last year went towards securing Peter Ward’s shirt.
We would like to raise a similar sum this year, for the money to be put to a similar use in our new museum at the Amex.

OK, begging bowl handed round. Please buy a calendar if you can.

With inside visits curtailed at the moment, there was only one man to call.
Our hero from the Valleys came up trumps.
He ran riot with my camera earlier this week.
After the disappointment of Russia and Qatar getting the next two World Cups, and England coming last with only two votes, and one of them our own, hopefully this mega wide-screen inside special will cheer people up.