Were you there?

They ran and shouted, ran and shot (At passing they were not so hot) Pulled a sock up, rolled a sleeve And scored more goals than you’d believe.   Slid and tackled, leapt and fell Dodged and dribbled, dived as well Headed, shouldered, elbowed, kneed And half-time in the bushes peed.   Yet there was […]

This Easter’s groundhop brings back memories of Easter 1969 when, good Catholic son that I was, I had the temerity in the teeth of my mother’s strong and heated opposition, to go and watch my  local team, Chorley, playing a Northern Premier League match at home to great rivals Morecambe. It was as much to […]