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 […]
This time of the year is spent in good cheer, And neighbors together do meet To sit by the fire, with friendly desire, Each other in love to greet; Old grudges forgot are put in the pot, All sorrows aside they lay; The old and the young doth carol this song To drive the cold […]
Autumn Leaves rainy weather today still raining you are looking at the rain longing for the sun A Haiku by Dagmara Anna AuraDagimar Tuesday 27th November 2012 Hinchingbrooke Cup 1st Round k.o.:- 7.45pm Deeping Rangers 2 […]
Ladies & Gentlemen (Early Days in November 2012) Thursday 1st November 2012 EUFA Women’s Europa League k.o.:- 2.00pm Arsenal Ladies 2 FFC Turbine Potsdam 1 […]
Old Grounds and New at the end of October 2012 On Monday 22nd October, I took in an FA Cup Replay with Chris at Ilkeston Town. Monday 22nd October 2012 FA Cup with Budweiser k.o.:- 7.45pm 4th Qualifying Round Ilkeston Town 0 […]
Autumn Avalanche After the North Berks hop, you might have thought that the mad football hopping world might wind down from the crazy merry-go-round, into calmer waters. Not a bit of it; it seemed that games far and near continued to fly past with machine gun rapidity. Even so, I fell one short of fifty […]
Between The Hops It is tiring stuff watching eleven matches in four days! Enjoyable but tiring! The appetite is whetted, however, rather than sated and after a late night back on Bank Holiday Monday, I was off yet again on my travels on Tuesday evening to ……. Roker Park! No, not that Roker Park, […]
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 […]
I’ve not been 100% fit this year. I’ve had a nagging cold that flares up just when you think you have got on top of it. Back comes the catarrh, sore throat, headache and cough and then just as suddenly it all dies away….well, nearly away, it is aways lurking in the background! Such was […]
