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It wasn't that we got a point but the way we got it. To be honest after 15 minutes I'd have taken a 1.0 defeat and maintained our goal difference. Dagenham were making chances, we weren't challenging hard enough to win the 50:50 balls and didn't look like we'd score if the game went on for a week. B...

Just back after a freezing but most enjoyable evening.
Superb support from the 114.
Great second half performance and unlucky not to win. Players showed fight & spirit - just what's needed to stay up.
This could really be the turning point.
Looking forward to Southend now.

I live 5 miles away and no snow fell overnight.
It's cold but forecast to be 2/3C in daytime and about zero this evening.
I think it should go ahead OK.

Very cold in East London / Essex tonight. Snow on & off all day but not really settled. More forecast tonight and down to -4 but then warmer tomorrow, 4-5 degrees. So I think the match should be on OK but wrap up warm!

I'd be very surprised if we have less than 100 on Tuesday. London games usually get reasonable support from those of us living in the South East.

I haven't been to a game since Barnet away, but will be at Dagenham, Southend & Gillingham, plus Bristol Rovers, so am commenting just based on others reports. It seems clear to me that something has to change or the decline won't be stopped. New players, new system or new manager. If not, just ...

I've only seen two games this season (Plymouth & Barnet) so am yet to see a goal scored - but that seems to be the biggest problem. Inability to finish. One very good forward (for this level) but not much else up front. Shouldn't have lost last night - looked like scoring every time we went forw...

My first away match since Hereford tonight.
I like Barnet. Good noise on the terrace and we usually win.
Frost in Essex this morning. Will be cold tonight.

An Early Day Motion has been raised in Parliament with the aim to build support amongst MPs for a relaxation in the government’s stance to allow safe standing trials in the Premier League or Championship (it is hoped that such trials will soon go ahead in Scotland, where the SPL have backed standi...

It is not law that fans should sit in the seats provided. If a club recklessly ignored safety regulations and there was an incident, yes they would be liable. Clubs are choosing not to stop standing, but if it were a real risk of course they wouldn’t. I haven’t been in the Bench but it from the ...

It would not be proportional to abandon a match due to standing, so it is never considered. It is not even proportional to close an area of a ground where persistent standing occurs hence despite threats to do so the safety authorities have never done this. Yes clubs are told to have the ground regu...

To answer your points: There is no way that the game would have been abandoned due to fans standing. Thousands stand in seats at many Premier League grounds and there has never even been a suggestion of abandoning a match. I have stood at the back of the stand in many Torquay away games. Provided be...

How many more times guys? The FA insist that clubs take measures to ensure that seats are used for sitting. If clubs are found to allow standing in seating areas, the club concerned will face sanctions. By way of proof, under a slightly different section of the same codes of practice, Manchester Un...

Written by a supporter who follow Torquay as his second team, and with many references to watching Gulls’ matches, including of course Bryn the police dog (the author was at Plainmoor that famous afternoon) - A new book Stand Up Sit Down - A Choice to Watch Football, covers the campaigns and issue...