Hell’s bells! The last home league game of the season already? So, I guess it’s time for a bit of reflection. Despite what our league position might suggest, in many ways it’s been a brilliant season and one of…
Evening all! Hard to believe this is our penultimate home league game of the season, although we’ve known since August that matches at Westwood were going to be pretty sparse come the end of the season, so let’s make…
It’s good to be back, although unusually, having spent the best part of the last fortnight in Denmark I’ve probably seen more football than you have. In my first week out there me and a pal managed to wangle…
What a difference a week makes! Ten days back even the ever-zestful Dave Draper could find no better summary of our trip to Petersfield than “the definite low-point of the season”, but on Saturday the good times were back…
Well here’s a bit of a novelty then – Saturday afternoon football at Westwood! It seems like forever since our last outing here, the thoroughly entertaining (and probably fair outcome) 2-2 draw with Fareham back on 6th January.
What’s been…
Happy New Year everyone! It was a bit gutting to wake up on Boxing Day, open the curtains to a gloriously sunny, crisp winter morning – perfect football weather – then see on Facebook that the Newport match had…
The View from the Bar
Right-ho, here we go, last home game before Christmas. Fareham have been a bit of a bogey team for us over the years, a state of play that goes back to the 1960’s, when during…
What a cracker it was last week eh? Brilliant game, some lovely goals and a crackling atmosphere – great stuff. Even the bloke on the tannoy wasn’t too bad...
Oh yes! Last week I hinted at another coming scheme that’s…
All things considered we’ve had a pretty lousy record against Hamworthy over the past decade or so, so it’s with no little trepidation that I look forward to this match, although I have to say I do have something…
Sad news this week with the passing of Dave Brunt, a proper legend of the local football scene. It might not be often you see that written about a match official (despite the fact we’d have no game without…