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Leaving It Late
Newcastle United U19 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain U19 (UEFA Youth League Group Stages) I’ve got a job interview at Iceland at 10am as I’m...
Oct 5, 20237 min read


Defences On Top
Gainsborough Trinity 5-3 Matlock Town (Northern Premier League) Auntie Julie’s on her way around with cakes. It’s laddo’s nineteenth...
Oct 3, 20236 min read


Fergie Time
Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester United (Women’s Super League) It’s Bruce’s birthday today. Grandma’s coming around at 8:30am with cakes and...
Oct 1, 20235 min read


Ajax of Erewash
Ilkeston Town 1-0 Bamber Bridge (Northern Premier League) It’s the start of a busy week of football where I’ll be cramming in a game a...
Oct 1, 20237 min read


Tigers Roll Over Town
Worksop Town 2-0 Matlock Town (Northern Premier League) It’s pissing down with rain and not yet 8:30 in the morning, I’m in the car...
Sep 27, 20238 min read


Bedford Biggy & Barry Fry
Biggleswade 1-2 Cambridge City (FA Cup Second Qualifying Round) I’d never even heard of Biggleswade until a Spanish journalist I follow...
Sep 17, 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


Schoolnight Drinking
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Burnley (EFL Cup Round Two) I’m meeting the lads at 6pm, the Embankment pub on Awkwright Street just over the River Trent is destination to kick off proceedings, no business tonight, just pleasure, probably passing to pain in the morning from a heavy head filled of alcohol topped with a late night kebab. The young uber driver drops me outside the doors after I’ve given him a lecture on how to get on the property ladder, I’m ten minutes early and on form
Aug 31, 20237 min read


Three Goals Three Points
Peterborough Sports 0-3 Brackley Town (National League North) I had the day off on Saturday so went to watch Beeston v Keyworth United in...
Aug 28, 20236 min read


Those Champions League Nights
Rangers 2-2 PSV Eindhoven (UEFA Champions League Qualifiers) The Ted McMinn Loyal (Rangers Supporters Club Derby) have been in touch....
Aug 23, 20238 min read


Winning Away
Tamworth 0-1 Alfreton Town (National League North) I’ve been asked to cover a Champions League game on Tuesday night but not before I’m...
Aug 19, 20238 min read


Sunny Scunny
Scunthorpe United 4-0 Darlington (National League North) I’ve been away in Crete on an all-inclusive family holiday which has meant...
Aug 16, 20236 min read


Parking Ticket
Ipswich Town 1-1 Luton Town (Friendly) Saturday 24th April 2004 was the last time I was in Ipswich. A couple of goals from David Johnson...
Jul 26, 20238 min read


Tigers & Tykes
Hull City 1-0 Barnsley (Friendly) It’s been pissing down all day. I’m on dog duty waiting for the wife to get back from Leeds for 5pm so...
Jul 19, 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


Derbyshire Derby – The Markovitz Cup
Matlock Town 1-0 Buxton (Friendly) I’ve been playing the service station game with my friends on WhatsApp. It’s got that bad, even if I...
Jul 12, 20237 min read


Four Hours From Bognor
Bognor Regis Town 1-1 Portsmouth (Friendly) God help my motor who’s asked to clock up another 400 plus miles on a Tuesday night after HQ...
Jul 12, 20238 min read


High Lines
Notts County 1-5 Stoke City (Friendly) For the first time in my life, I’ve had the hayfever jab this year. £120 for a double dose back in...
Jul 8, 20237 min read


Europa Ready
Penybont 1-0 Haverfordwest County (Friendly) I’ve swapped Mitre Delta’s and Adidas Tango’s for Kookaburra’s and Dukes balls this summer, last week alone I was in Chelmsford, Canterbury and Bristol to watch and report on cricket in a bid to fill my football void. Back to what I know best tonight though, the start of a new soccer season, my first ‘PFS’ of 23/24… Although it’s not exactly worked out how I planned… I know little about Penybont, a club formed in 2013 who play in t
Jul 5, 20237 min read


Asian Euro Invasion
Northern Ireland 0-1 Kazakhstan (UEFA European Championships Qualifiers) So before we start... Kazakhstan of course is in Central Asia,...
Jun 20, 20236 min read
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