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Royal Delight
Leicester City 2-2 Reading (Women’s FA Cup Round Four) *2-3 pens aet I stopped off at George’s on my way back from Boston to treat the...
Jan 30, 20238 min read


Guaranteed Goals
Boston United 2-2 Scarborough Athletic (National League North) I've had a hat-trick of postponements due to the recent wintery weather....
Jan 29, 20238 min read


First 3pts For Foxes
Leicester City 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion (Women's Super League) I was supposed to be at Matlock v Marine on Tuesday night, but the...
Jan 16, 20237 min read


Sheffield Steel The Show In Scunthorpe
Sheffield United 3-0 Nottingham Forest (Women’s FA Cup Round Three) I’ve seen some iconic matches between Nottingham Forest and Sheffield...
Jan 9, 20237 min read


Fairytale Ending?
Peterborough Sports 2-1 Southport (National League North) Formed in 1908 as Brotherhoods Engineering Works it wasn’t until 2001 (after a brief affair as Bearings Direct) did the name Peterborough Sports emerge from a puff of smoke fit for an Aladdin’s lamp of three very ambitious wishes… Wish one was to get out of the Peterborough & District league where their predecessors had stood as amateurs since 1925, which the newly named representatives did successfully after winning
Jan 8, 20238 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


Forest Fun At Rovers
Blackburn Rovers 1-4 Nottingham Forest (EFL Cup Round Four) It was supposed to be Notts County v Barnet on Tuesday night but for Saturday’s FA Trophy matches being annoyingly frozen off, instead replayed in slightly warmer conditions three days later at the expense of the originally scheduled National League fixture which I was set to attend. I didn’t get an invite to the Magpies re-arranged visit of Chorley which ended 2-1 to Notts, so work done for the year, books & stats
Dec 22, 20228 min read


Missing Messi
Boston United 0-1 Banbury United (National League North) I was at an Irish Wedding this weekend at the fabulous Cabra Castle with its...
Dec 14, 20229 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


Plastic Candy Sticks
Coventry United 0-5 Sunderland (Women’s Championship) It’s just gone 7am Sunday morning and the wife’s waking me up to go on a dog walk....
Dec 5, 20227 min read


Hatchbacks & Second Hand Cars
Leicester City 0-8 Chelsea (Women’s Super League) I’m at Derby Costco near Pride Park Stadium doing some bulk buy Christmas shopping on...
Dec 5, 20227 min read


The Mystery No9
Loughborough Lightning 1-3 Stoke City (Women's FA Cup Round Two) It was my birthday on Thursday. I went to Whitby with the wife and the...
Nov 28, 20227 min read


Roy of the Rovers
Banbury United 1-0 Bradford Park Avenue (National League North) So not without controversy the World Cup is underway in Qatar. I didn’t...
Nov 23, 20228 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


Lightning Strikes In FA Cup
Loughborough Lightning 3-0 Sheffield (Women's FA Cup Round One) I’m running late but England are just about to win the T20 World Cup and...
Nov 14, 20228 min read


Forest Boot Spurs Out Of Carabao Cup
Nottingham Forest 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur (EFL League Cup Round Three) It’s not business but pleasure tonight, a club I’ve supported man and boy, going back to the mid eighties when under the days of the great Brian Clough, the City Ground had me hooked watching the likes of Neil Webb, Des Walker, Brian Rice and Tommy Gaynor. Back then of course, Nottingham Forest were a top league club, and these days, this season, alas, they are also a top league club, but struggling at the
Nov 10, 20227 min read


Back In Boston
Boston United 2-1 Kidderminster Harriers (National League North) I’m back in Boston. Just seven days from my first ever visit to the...
Nov 9, 20228 min read


Eastern Pilgrimage
Boston United 1-0 Alfreton Town (National League North) I was at the NFL on Sunday. Watching the UK’s ‘recommended’ franchise at Wembley...
Nov 2, 20228 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


Modern Day Non-League
York City 1-1 Chesterfield (National League) My last visit to York was eleven months ago, back in November for my forty something...
Oct 26, 20227 min read
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