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Last weekend’s defeat away at Basingstoke (a game we really should have won) meant that our impressive unbeaten run came to a disappointing end at the penultimate hurdle. It’s testament to the players – and of course management – that we have gone from battling relegation at Christmas to now being disappointed to lose…
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I wasn’t planning of coming back to the UK for Easter, but sometimes a few things align that takes all decision making out of your control. This is what vegans, yogi’s and our very own Tom Goddard would call “the universe sending you a message.” In this instance, it was much simpler. Dorch are…
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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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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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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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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…