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“Why did he throw his jacket off and pace around? Does he think he’s Ric fucking Flair?”
Nearly all day Wednesday and for part of the time at the ground, most of us thought that our game at Totton would be called off. There was a couple of minutes when we were 3-0 down that we’d have all been glad or a torrential downpour or a floodlight failure. But come the…
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“He’s been training for Marcus Rashford all week. I’m not sure that my half volleys and Bracknell’s pitch are quite what he’s prepared for.”
A solo trip to Bracknell didn’t exactly have the hallmarks of a decent day out, logistical difficulties on the way there made it seem even more of a fool’s errand. But come five o’clock and having got three precious, and very deserved, points to move us out of the bottom three, I was very…
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“Feet sticking to the floor, table isn’t flat, bogs have half-eaten bananas in them.”
There have been times over the past few seasons when I’d have not watched Dorch if they were playing at the end of my garden – a very metaphorical garden, I live in a fourth floor flat in Peckham, so no gardens here – but an uptick in form and performances have seen me…
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“We should have bid for Haaland. Even it was a couple of hundred quid, just let them know that you’re interested.”
At various different points in the last ten years, I and many others have wondered when things will get better. Finishing bottom of the Conference South; survival battles as a regular occurrence; a last day escape; a reprieve from certain relegation due to a deadly global pandemic; and two half seasons which promised much…
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“A Wessex league manager, at a Southern League club, in a Conference South coat.”
With Christmas getting ever closer, I usually cause my family much irritation when informing them what I want as a present is three points on Boxing Day. I’m usually left very disappointed that my wish is not granted, but I was fortunate enough to be at Swindon on Saturday as we claimed an early…
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“If he’s Afghanistan’s head coach, does that mean his employer is the Taliban?”
The last blog I did documented the joyous experience of a last-minute equaliser at Gosport, and just how enjoyable the experience of a late goal going in our favour had been. Well, karma paid us a visit at Hendon and left a nasty bite wound as we were again on the wrong end of…
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“I may have shouted ‘get the fuck in’ during the entertainment, but it’s not often we come back from 2-0 down.”
At about half past nine on Wednesday night, there didn’t seem to be much requirement for a blog on our visit to Gosport. 2-0 down and heading into the last five minutes, it hadn’t been a bad performance at all but it was literally and figuratively nothing to write home about. Then Danny Hollands…
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“We were going to try and submit a team sheet with only ten fucking men on it.”
It has been almost exactly a month since my last blog, the Bank Holiday win over Poole Town, and much has changed in that time. The main changes are that three of Poole’s best players from the side they put out that day now play for us, and that their manager is now our…