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Dwyer Night In The Cold
Barwell 5-2 Stratford Town (Southern League Central Division) Formed in 1992 as a merger between Barwell Athletic and Hinckley, Barwell FC became Founder members of the Midland Alliance in 1994 where they joined Stratford Town in the division, and the two teams would play each other, at least twice, every season, until 2009/10 when the Leicestershire side would become champions, thus moving to the Northern Premier League Division One South. That same year, Stratford finished
Nov 196 min read


Growing Dynasty
Harborough Town 1-1 Spalding United  (Southern League Central Division) I’ve spent the day ranting on X to Miguel Delaney of the...
Aug 136 min read


Cheap Brut
Redditch United 1-0 Stratford Town  (Southern League Central Division) Yesterday I was at Lords watching Middlesex v Sussex from one of...
Aug 125 min read


Bees Buzz On Top Field
Hitchin Town 0-3 Barnet (Friendly) Back in the day, July 1st meant back to pre-season, after putting the pounds on from your lad weekends...
Jul 36 min read


New Year Goals
Biggleswade Town 0-3 Oxford City (FA Trophy Round Four) Happy New Year. Finally, I'm back in the soccer saddle after a couple of weeks...
Jan 86 min read


Poundstretcher
Barwell 0-1 Banbury United  (Southern League Central Division) Newtown Unthank is the home of Poundstretcher. It's the sort of useless...
Aug 13, 20245 min read


Wooden Spoon
Long Eaton United 2-1 Leiston (Southern League Central Division) I’ve had to google where Leiston is. Apparently in East Suffolk, a town...
Apr 30, 20246 min read


Daniel's Day
Stamford 4-0 Mickleover (Southern League Central Division) Steve Cooper has been sacked by Nottingham Forest. It’s hard to put into words...
Dec 20, 20235 min read


Long Eaton's Day
Long Eaton United 1-0 Berkhamsted (Southern League Central Division) Joey Barton's been causing a stir on X (Twitter) about women pundits...
Dec 9, 20236 min read


MNF: Late Night Drama
St Ives Town 3-2 Royston Town (Southern League Central Division) It’s the start of a mad week of live football for me. A game tonight,...
Oct 24, 20237 min read


The Difference Is Tee
Long Eaton United 0-1 Bromsgrove Sporting (Southern League Central Division) Interesting fact… For the last seven years my name has been...
Sep 13, 20237 min read


Room At The Inn
Tiverton Town 2-4 Yeovil Town (Friendly) I’m in the West Country for a cricket game on Saturday so thought I would tie my trip in with a visit to Tiverton Town on Friday night, staying over at a B&B nearby it means I’ll be fresh for my journey to Somerset in the morning and I won’t be getting up at 5am. It’s pissing down in Nottingham, I’ve checked Twitter to see if the pitch is ok ahead of travel and no signs of postponement, so off I set at 1pm thinking I should be at the
Jul 15, 20238 min read


Lonely in Nuneaton
Nuneaton Borough 1-0 Basford United (Southern League Central Division) I'm off to Dubai tomorrow. Monday night I was packing bags before...
Mar 8, 20237 min read


Diamonds Shine At Last
AFC Rushden & Diamonds 2-1 St Ives Town (Southern League Central Division) A short history lesson for you… Rushden & Diamonds were formed...
Jan 3, 20239 min read


Qatar or Coalville?
Coalville Town 0-2 Nuneaton Borough (Southern League Central Division) I nervously raced home from the game on Sunday to watch England...
Dec 7, 20227 min read


A Pair Of Rockets
Ilkeston Town 2-0 Barwell (Southern League Central Division) I got to play on the hallowed turf of Wembley on Tuesday. A 4-3 loss means...
Nov 19, 20226 min read


A Lovely Club
Barwell 2-1 Stratford Town (Southern League Central Division) It was a week before Christmas 2013, we’d just got beat 5-0 at home to...
Oct 29, 20228 min read


The Pride Of Staffordshire
Hednesford Town 0-1 Tamworth (Southern League Central Division) For the second successive Tuesday night, I’m casting eye over Hednesford...
Oct 19, 20227 min read


Cold Tuesday Night In Basford
Basford United 1-0 Hednesford Town (Southern League Central Division) On Monday night, Basford United’s under 18’s team reached the FA...
Oct 12, 20229 min read


The Cambridgeshire Barcelona
Ilkeston Town 2-3 St Ives Town (Southern League Central Division) It's our lad’s 18th birthday and we're up in the dark, watching him...
Oct 5, 20227 min read
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