Author: thesameoldfew

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…

With games over the Bank Holiday weekend against two of the best sides I saw us play last season, namely Chesham at home on Saturday and Poole away on Bank Holiday Monday, I’d have snapped your hand off for two points ahead of those. After a pretty demoralising 2-0 defeat against ten-man Chesham on…

If the opening day of the season was a night out, it would be New Year’s Eve. We’ve all had one great NYE that set the bar unobtainably high for future years, and it is now just a once a year special that never lives up to expectations, but one you feel dutybound to…

There are few better footballing feelings than seeing your side win away from home, particularly on cold midweek nights such as Tuesday. Conversely, there are few worse footballing feelings than seeing your side lose away from home, particularly on cold midweek nights such as Tuesday. My visit to North Leigh comfortably falls into the…

Last time I visited Tatnam Farm, Poole were a Wessex League team and the General and I, as we did every year in those annual pre-season games, jumped over the fence at the back of the ground rather than stumping up a couple of quid. Poole have progressed a long way since those days, but…

Usually, when Christmas comes early, it means something good has happened ahead of time. Well, due to a combination of working shifts and logistics, my Christmas once again literally came early as Sunday December 4th was my designated Christmas Day in Dorchester with my Mum and The Girlfriend. This did mean one anomaly on…