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COVID

When is it enough?

31 Dec 2020
The news that Manchester City had gained permission from the Premier League to cancel their trip to Goodison Park to face Everton on Monday 28th December just four hours before…
Barclaycard Premier League…

Many happy returns?

29 Dec 2020
The news in early December that football fans would finally be allowed back into all stadiums up and down the country was long overdue and most welcome on the face…
Premier League…

Return on Investment part 2

27 Dec 2020
One major benefactor from the restrictions placed on the Premier League clubs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the clubs major sponsors. With virtually every game, both…
Finance…

Return on Investment

23 Dec 2020
"Sack the board, sack the board!" We've all heard it in football stadiums, radio shows and social media forums up and down the country.  Yet it is one of the…
Rugby Union…

The epicentre of English sport

22 Dec 202022 Dec 2020
On the 26th October 1863 in the Freemasons Tavern on Great Queen Street in Holborn, London, the first meeting of the Football Association took place.  The main item for discussion…
FA Vase…

Hadley 0 Colney Heath 0

20 Dec 2020
Saturday 19th December 2020 - 3pm KO at Brickfields, Hadley in the FA Vase I've always been fascinated by economic theories and models. So much so that I have published…
FA Trophy…

Welwyn Garden City 2 Burgess Hill Town 1

17 Dec 2020
Tuesday 15th December 2020 - 7:45pm KO at Herns Way, Welwyn Garden City in the FA Trophy The most pressing issue before I left for the FA Trophy tie at…
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…
National League…

Kettering Town 0 AFC Telford United 0

13 Dec 202023 Jan 2021
Saturday 12th December 2020 - 3pm KO at Latimer Park in the National League North Definition of "Proper football" - A competitive game played out by two evenly matched teams…
National League…

Solihull Moors 0 Bromley 1

13 Dec 2020
Saturday 12th December 2020 - KO 5:20pm at the SportNation.bet Stadium in National League Premier Whilst the feel-good stories were being heralded by the major radio broadcasters on my Saturday…
Books

Recommended Christmas Reading

12 Dec 202015 Dec 2020
It's still not too late to get your Christmas orders in and have them under the tree before you have to resort to going down to the BP garage on…
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…
Non league football

Marlow 1 Nuneaton Borough 4

9 Dec 2020
Tuesday 8th December 2020 - 7:45pm KO - FA Trophy 2nd Qualifying Round Almost a year ago to the day I treated The Current Mrs Fuller to a day at…
England…

The Road to Doha Opens For England

8 Dec 2020
With little pomp or circumstance, the draw for the qualifying round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place on Monday night. It was a relatively low-key affair when compared…
COVID…

Hungerford Town 0 Dulwich Hamlet 3

6 Dec 2020
Saturday 5th December 2020 - 3pm KO in the National League South at Bulpit Lane, Hungerford Whilst Steps 3 and 4 were denied a return to football with fans after…

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