Ex Royals

[Brogue]

Ron Gourlay new Valencia CEO

Please keep up

[Armadillo Roadkill]

Gotta feel for Valencia. Years of catastrophic mis-management, they're finally turning the corner, then they appoint the walking disaster that is Ron Gourlay. Maybe they should get Kia Joorabchian in as a football consultant and Paul Ince as manager and full out for oblivion.

[From Despair To Where?]

Not an ex player, but after presiding over tumultuous eras for Reading and West Brom and overseeing spending that was seen as irresponsible even by Saudi league standards, Gourlay has been appointed CEO of Valencia. He must have an exceptionally agent given his failures can all be seen in the public domain.

Will he be as successful as the last ex Man Utd person they employed?

I'll give them some credit though, for a club that have recently experienced serious financial issues, it's a bold appointment.

[Forbury Lion]

Taylor Swift was born in West Reading, PA.

Are we sensing a Sheeran / Elton / Robbie Wiiliams opportunity here? Does West Reading PA have a Battle Hospital?

Not anymore, they knocked it down and turned it into a Target because nobody knew what a Tesco was.

[morganb]

England attacking midfielder Fran Kirby has announced her retirement from international football with immediate effect before the European Championships.

Kirby, who started her career at Reading, scored seven goals in 17 WSL appearances this season as Brighton finished fifth.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... 3y71e4832o