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I was thinking more of a wicker man type sacrifice after the final home game. I'm sure the plane guy can fix something up. Bit of crowdfunding maybe?

even Presbyterians celebrate Saints' days more than we do

I can only really have one in the morning, if I have one in the afternoon I'm in danger of a bit of reflux (though after a big lunch I often give in). So I know I have to really savour the morning one. Sister got me some Ethiopia coffee from F&M for my birthday and it's so good, and finishing the cup in the morning is so hard. It's definitely the one thing I would find almost impossible to give up, even if I were strongly advised to.

I always thought it was the period of Henry V and Agincourt when St George was truly promoted as patron saint but it may have been Edward III, lots of chivalric stuff goes back to him. I know that Richard II, who succeeded Ed III, really venerated Edmund.

Our true patron saint.

When a really good morning coffee finishes. I wouldn't say it 'grinds my gears' but it's always quite a sad moment.

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I think it's difficult to explain tradition and belief to someone from England, but perhaps imagine church and nation as a big NHS, and the saints as like Captain Tom.

Happy St George's Day foxestalkers! May you slay all of life's dragons!

I hope Villa finish 7 and then slide into obscurity just for the mental health of some foxestalk posters

I think because aspects of the topic are so absurd and at times surreal it acts as a kind of totem for wider societal changes that people are uneasy about, even though it has no real impact on 99% of the population.

If Wycombe also win at Orient, which is obviously far from certain, it would still come down to the final day

Presbyterians...

22/23 was probably the worse relegation because it was so so avoidable and because it set us back potentially for years. But the performances this season are beyond anything I thought I would ever witness. Jaw droppingly bad at times, like somebody letting his nephew beat him at FIFA by deliberately being bad.

Relegation is one thing. Especially with the way the financial rules are now set up. 9 home defeats without scoring is quite another. That's not a post 1992 PL record. It's something no English club has ever done. Humiliating, disgraceful, contemptible. They should be barred from playing and coaching in the top flight again. The only sliver of comfort I take from it is that many of them won't after this season.