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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…
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“If he’s Afghanistan’s head coach, does that mean his employer is the Taliban?”
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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.”
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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…