Football can make you cry It can also bring you joy I’ve played and watched it As a man and a small boy. (from:- “A poem for Football Lovers” by Kevin Halls) Monday 28th January 2013 Evo-Stik Southern League k.o.:- 7.45pm Premier Division Hitchin Town […]
A biting cold gnawing at the bones Freezing the marrow at the source I dare to be so bold to wear a T-shirt Body fluttering like a sparrow in the devil’s hour There is nothing like brisk air to shake […]
Ahhhh! Slowly, slowly, the drug begins to take effect! Meaningless little friendly matches at first, but very early on a new ground to add to the list speedily followed by four more. It is only the silly season really, still warm, sunny and light in the evenings. Wait till it’s Winter and the gales howl […]
First and foremost, if you were reading my last post “April Showers’, you will know that I was less than pleased with Chorley’s defeat in the Northern Premier League Premier Division Play-Off Semi-final to FC United of Manchester! It almost made up for the disaster of not achieving Blue Square Bet North status to […]
I was pretty glad I didn’t go to a Monday evening fixture, because I didn’t really feel up to it and by Tuesday I felt much better and definitely looking forward to the fixture at Thrapston! It is a funny old ground, Chancery Lane, it shares the site with the cricket club and so only […]
It had been the mildest winter for many a long year and there was just the suspicion that we might be going to get away with it this year ………………but NO! The month started off cold and on Wednesday 1st February, I went with my son, Liam and nephew Conor and it was the coldest […]
