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… 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…
Lewes FC… The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune…again 13 Feb 201614 Feb 2016 Enfield Town 2 Lewes 1 - The Queen Elizabeth II Stadium - Saturday 13th February 2016 OK - let's start with the positives. We all got a free pint to…
Lewes FC… LIfe in the gutter 7 Feb 2016 Hope is a viable strategy for many football clubs - in fact for many it is the only strategy. It's a motto, held together by duck tape, that underpins the…
Lewes FC… Conditional decisions 3 Jan 2016 Up and down the country teams who haven't had the best of starts to the season will be encouraged by the fact they come into the first game of the…
Lewes FC… Merstham Tanned in Battle of M25 Junction 8 and 9 27 Dec 201527 Dec 2015 Since 1965 Christmas football has been the preserve of Boxing Day. One of the most eagerly anticipated days of the season, where crowds are bumper, especially in Non-League football. This…
Lewes FC… Economic Theory explained by Football – The Concept of Marginal Gains 20 Dec 2015 Just down the road, 2 1/2 hours before Lewes kick off in their game against Farnborough, The Football League Championship's two clubs go head to head. Brighton & Hove Albion…
Lewes FC… Economic Theory explained by Football – The Doom Cycle 13 Dec 201519 Dec 2015 In the last year I have written a number of articles trying to explain some common Economic Theories using football as a reference point. Up until now they have all…
Kingstonian… Football is nothing 22 Nov 201522 Nov 2015 Being a football fan means having to take the rough with the smooth. You often hear manager's bemoan their luck when decisions don't go their way, or when a break…
Hampton and Richmond Borough FC… We may be in the gutter but we are looking up at the stars 31 Oct 2015 It's not been the best starts to a season down here at The Dripping Pan. A cracking pre-season, with our young squad passing the ball on the ground and scoring…
Lewes FC… Ten out of ten 24 Oct 201525 Oct 2015 Words have been hard to come by in recent weeks. I've not let up in the number of games I have been watching, although for once my work trips haven't…
Lewes FC… 67 seconds of joy 16 Aug 201515 Aug 2015 Football can be a cruel game sometimes. Often you try to do the right thing, even though you know the end result may not work in your favour. There are…
Lewes FC… Getting our backsides Tanned on the opening day 9 Aug 2015 3pm on the opening day of the season and everything is good. The sun is shining, the beer tastes good, even the dubious looking food tastes fantastic. You see the…
Non league football… Screw you guys, I’m going home 30 Jul 201531 Jul 2015 To be fair there was a dozen or so titles I could have used for this mini-blog about my visit to watch South Park. Not since Rhubarb & Custard Rovers…
Lewes FC… Everybody needs good neighbours 19 Jul 201520 Jul 2015 Having a professional club just five miles down the road often appears to be a bad thing for a Non-League club. You have to make the best of the situation…
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