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Back To Basics
Anstey Nomads 1-0 Kettering Town (Southern League Central Division) I keep saying I’m not coming back but here I am, just a couple of weeks since my last visit, returning to a place where for the life of my I can never find a decent pew. Word is that a few days after my last attendance for the cup match verses Macclesfield last month, Anstey announced that they would be moving home. Not down to me and my moans, I don’t think? But more the neighbours getting irate? The club ag
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Mac Attack
Anstey Nomads 0-3 Macclesfield (FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round Replay) I keep saying I’m not coming back, but here I am. Returning sooner than expected due to these two teams drawing at the weekend. I was supposed to be at Quorn v Bury and was looking very much forward to it, but Bury drew their FA Cup game on Saturday with Harrogate and they are also replaying tonight, the closest alternative after re-arrangements to fixtures is little more than 6 miles south of my original
Oct 217 min read


Better Pew
Anstey Nomads 3-2 Rushall Olympic (Southern League Central Division) Whisper it quietly, but I’m back at Anstey. After saying I might not be that keen to come back here (in my last blog visit) anytime soon, I return less than 3 weeks from making my Cropston Road debut, this time in search of a better pew. It’s not that it’s a bad ground, it has lots of character and is very likeable on the eye, a bigger plus is that it’s easy for me to get to, but venues lacking side on seats
Oct 148 min read


Full Throttle
Anstey Nomads 2-2 Alvechurch (Southern League Central Division) As it goes, I know little about either team… Even though I probably should know more, neither is that far from my home in distance, Alvechurch is 64 miles from Nottingham over in the West Midlands, Anstey just a 30-minute drive south of my house, both have played in the local leagues, but both largely at steps 4 & 5 which is why I haven’t perhaps crossed paths until now. I might have even played against Anstey No
Sep 238 min read
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