Derby County U21 1-4 Brentford U21 (Premier League Cup Group Stages) A fourth game in as many nights has the Mrs so annoyed she's banned me from going to work tomorrow, I should be at Ilkeston v Worksop on Saturday afternoon but she's made alternative plans for me this weekend so I'm going to enjoy tonight as a last hoorah, a trip to Matlock to watch Derby and Brentford in the Premier League Cup. Young Derby have done ok since I last watched them lose against Bournemouth in t

Matlock Town 1-1 Warrington Rylands (Northern Premier League) Remember football before VAR? No Premier League or Champions League? No...

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 don’t need the services, I find myself pulling in and taking a random photo of a newly visited MOTO or Welcome Break, just so I can send it to the lads who then throw a number of wrong guesses at me before getting bored and conversation moves on to something else, like trying to arrange a night out with a dozen 40 somethings who really can’t

Matlock Town 1-1 Ashton United (Northern Premier League) I was at a party Friday night. A few lads from back in the day, getting together at a mates pad, he cooked hot beef and pork cobs (a locally used variation of butty, roll, barn, or whatever you call a chunky piece of open faced bread in your part of the country), we had plenty of booze, cards, table skittles, a pool comp and even a pub quiz, needless to say, Saturday morning I’ve not had much sleep, am not feeling the b