FA Championship… Lewes 0 Sheffield United 2 24 Jan 2021 Sun 24th January 2021 - 1pm KO in the FA Women's Championship at The Dripping Pan In the past week the issue of the promised funds for Steps 1 and…
Lewes FC Lewes 0 Crystal Palace 2 14 Dec 2020 Sunday 13th December 2020 - 2pm KO at The Dripping Pan in the FA Women's Championship It is a frustrating situation that we find ourselves in down at The Dripping…
Isthmian League… All for one 11 Dec 2020 Late last week, Lewes FC along with 223 other clubs who make up Steps 3 and 4 of the Non-League game were asked to vote on a proposal. It is…
Lewes FC… Tough at the top, tougher down the bottom 24 Dec 201723 Dec 2017 During the Leicester City vs Manchester United game on Saturday night, commentator Alan Parry mentioned the "stresses and strains" on the Premier League players at having to play four games…
Lewes FC… Men of steel 26 Nov 2017 It has been awhile since I have filed a match report on these hallowed digital pages. A combination of not having much more to say about the mighty Rooks that…
Lewes FC… Walking football 26 Mar 2017 Growing up I pleaded with my Dad to buy every house we saw for sale on our walk from the car parked near Plaistow tube station to The Boleyn Ground.…
Lewes FC… Speaking out of turn 19 Feb 201719 Feb 2017 More through necessity than anything else, I still have the pleasure of holding the microphone at The Dripping Pan for every home game I attend. Whilst the job isn’t that…
Lewes FC… Dorking hell 29 Jan 201729 Jan 2017 There's defeats and then there are last-minute, defence lapse after you've been on top for 89 minutes 55 seconds sort of defeats. Yesterday's game at Dorking fell firmly into the…
Lewes FC… Notes from the Main Stand 15 Jan 201715 Jan 2017 We've got a relatively settled routine as to how we prepare for home games. At around 2.15pm (for a 3pm kick off) we will get the first sight of the…
England… Master of none 1 Jan 20171 Jan 2017 What happens when you get a bit lippy and suggest to one of your colleagues that their job on a match day was "easy"? It seemed I was just about…
Lewes FC… Decisions in nobody’s interest 23 Nov 2016 Last Saturday Lewes looked to record their sixth consecutive league win. These are heady times for us Rooks fans, with many of us never experiencing the crushing inevitability of snatching…
Kingstonian… Our Road to Wembley is closed for another season 1 Nov 2016 Last week I was criticised by a few people for not being happy enough after our fantastic win against Cray Wanderers, instead focusing on the erratic (and incorrect) decisions of…
Lewes FC… It’s all in the interpretation 23 Oct 2016 "It's all in the interpretation" That was the final word on the matter. The referee had spoken. Case closed. Back in the summer, along with representatives from 71 other Ryman…
European Football… The tide has turned 30 Jul 201631 Jul 2016 Michelle: What do you prefer? Astroturf or grass? Rodney: I don't know, I've never smoked AstroTurf It's been almost ten years since I started The Ball is Round. Back in…
Lewes FC… Sealed with a kiss 21 Mar 2016 When we met Brentwood Town for our first ever league meeting back in September, manager Dean Holdsworth led his side to a 5-1 win, probably the lowest point Lewes hit…
