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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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