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Woking – the most dangerous place in England?

Trawling through website as I do I came across a very unusual statement.  In their official directions to their Kingfield Stadium, Woking FC have added the following “safety warning” in bold letters:-
Please note: We recommend that, for personal safety reasons, women and young children do not walk unaccompanied to Kingfield Stadium. It would be advisable [...]

No stepping back

Question: Which Blue Square team is the only one to have a twice winner of the European Cup amongst their midst?
Question: For which club did Mitchell Bryant score six goals for in February 2010?
Question: Where did the first goal scored by a goalkeeper in the FA Cup happen?
If you answered Leeds United, Nottingham Forest or [...]

Works on the toughest Staines

One of my goals for the season was to visit all of the Blue Square South teams, and with two months to go I only had 3 to watch a game at and with some careful planning, I was due to see them all within a week starting with Staines Town.  Unfortunately, my original [...]

To have or Havant

We love nostalgia at TBIR towers, and so when we found out it was almost (well one day out) the anniversary of Havant & Waterlooville’s biggest ever game AND they were playing at home AND we didn’t have to be in Denners for a change on a Monday, we had to go.  What made [...]

Crabble Rock

We are going on a journey today, a journey back into the Fuller family tree.  A long time ago the current line of Fuller’s were Wells’s.  And a fine stock we were, which included such notable characters as Charles Wells, the man who reportedly “Broke the bank at Monte Carlo” and more impressively Herbert George [...]