Author: thesameoldfew

Somewhere, there is a parallel universe that sees Dorch having another really good season. Following a convincing 3-0 home win over Walton that set the tone, we sit comfortably in the playoff picture with a rock solid defence, a potent attack, Tom Smith’s Dosed Coffee is available at the snack bar, and the Gorge…

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes and Dorch bottling derby day. It’s a safer guarantee than socks for Christmas, and spoiler alert… this year was to be no different.  Our record against “the rectum of Dorset” (Liddle, R. 2025) is truly, truly abysmal. We had only won 38…

The phrase that football is a ‘funny old game’ doesn’t really ring true at the moment as I’ve had next to fuck all to laugh at watching Dorch this season. From pre-season optimism to a poor start, false dawns involving a step forward to be immediately followed by two steps back, to the somewhat…

Grief and emotional comedowns can do strange things to people — and affect their future. I’m not referring to the loss of a family member, or a night out at Motion in Bristol circa 2012, but rather the play-off final against Totton in the summer, which, quite frankly, was a shitshow of a performance…

For the first time in 12 years, the August battle for my attention was won by playing cricket and not by the start of the football season. Keeping wicket in the Dorset League Division Two was how my Saturdays were spent, with my only Magpies games being a pair of somewhat underwhelming 3-1 defeats…

Having come home to Dorset for Easter (aka Frome away) I had given serious consideration to staying an extra week to take in Hungerford. After all, games of this magnitude have been few and far between for us Dorch supporters. Ultimately, a culmination of work, reoccurring PTSD from Bognor away in 2004 and the…