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“A thirty minute walk? You can literally see it from here and read the fucking signs we’re that close.”
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There have been times recently when us going behind was the death knell for that particular game. The amount of games where we’ve been 0-0 at halftime to inevitably go behind and succumb to a 2-0 or a 3-0 loss in this godforsaken league is no doubt a big number. As recently as earlier…
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“Why did he throw his jacket off and pace around? Does he think he’s Ric fucking Flair?”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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…