Author: thesameoldfew

In years gone by, when we were expecting a large following on the road, the team would normally bottle it, and we’d end up getting tanked 4-0 and just drowning our sorrows. However, this is 2025 and Dorch are on the up! Anyway, here goes the ramblings from Frome away. The hype for this…

The effect that football has on my mood is at best unhealthy. Leaving the ground at Gloucester after conceding an injury time equaliser is the worst I’ve felt at football in a long time. I’ve felt better after the death of relatives, although I did only go to my Nan’s funeral in the hope…

“To lose patience is to lose the battle,” once said the great Gandhi. If his team were in the play-offs but hadn’t won in 406 days, I reckon even he would have knocked the protests on the head. Alas, a dogged 1-0 win at Chertsey two weekends ago and we were back in business.…

There is a meme going around social media at present “I met my younger self for a coffee today” where people egregiously list all of their achievements under the guise that they are handing out mental health advice. It’s as stomach churning as it sounds.  Nevertheless, it made me realise that had my younger…

I would usually start one of these with an attempt at humour, but I’ll start on a more solemn note this week after hearing the sad news of the passing of Laurence Good. Laurence wasn’t someone I knew personally, but he was a regular face at Dorch games both home and away over the…

After watching last week’s dire draw with Wimborne, I had nightmares for the next few nights that our season would now fall apart and we would return to the dross of the last decade. However, this team is different, and I convinced myself I was dreaming total bollocks. Come Thursday the excitement for Taunton…