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Tag: Canvey Island

Canvey Island…

The beauty of Non League football

1 Mar 2015
Canvey Island 1 Lewes 1 - Saturday 28th February 2015 - Park Lane Freezing cold, standing on an open terrace with nothing between you and Kent bar a small sea…
Lewes FC…

Artificial Intelligence

9 Feb 201416 Feb 2014
It’s the second weekend of February. I’ve just returned from a business trip in Copenhagen where the snow lays fresh on the ground and the temperatures barely broke freezing point.…
Lewes FC…

I’m alright Jack(s)

17 Aug 201325 Aug 2013
"I just can't look, it's killing me." Picture the scene. The time? 10:30pm CET The place? A train trundling through the lowlands of Holland, somewhere between Best and Utrecht. The…
Lewes FC…

I get around…

22 Apr 201225 Apr 2012
....from town to town, I'm a real cool head, I'm makin' real good bread" A trip to Canvey Island on a wet, wild and windy April afternoon probably doesn't feature…
Dagenham & Redbridge…

Who wants to win the cup anyway?

23 Feb 201224 Feb 2012
Saturday’s horrific home defeat to Cheltenham was a mortal blow for Dagenham & Redbridge as well as their fans.  However, like falling off a bike it is best to get…
Canvey Island…

No Dr Feelgood factor for Lewes

28 Jan 201228 Jan 2012
""You have to have the rain before you can have the rainbow" In just 24 hours I would be walking along Santa Monica Pier in SoCal as us surfers know…
England…

A double dose of Wembley

14 Nov 201114 Nov 2011
We've all read about the John Terry incident at QPR, and the moment when he was alleged to have made a racist remark to Anton Ferdinand. It's kind of ironic…
Canvey Island…

Northern roadtrip – Day 5 – El Grande Islande Paradiso Classico

23 Feb 201124 Feb 2011
I am a very goal driven person.  I religiously write down what I want to achieve in my little black book that I carry around, making sure that my objectives…
Canvey Island…

On the fifth day of Christmas – the best new ground

29 Dec 201029 Dec 2010
On the Fifth Day of Christmas my true love gave to me....a trio of new grounds to see Hands up who isn't excited by visiting a new ground? Not a…
Canvey Island…

Down by the Jetty

25 Jul 201027 Jul 2010
Some 30 miles from the centre of London in an easterly direction you will find Vange Creek which separates mainland Essex to the alluvial island known as Canvey Island. Formed…
England…

One more step….

6 Apr 20106 Apr 2010
The next few weeks could be pivotal moments in the history of Kentish football.  For far too long Gillingham have held the monopoly as Kent's only league team but that…
Rymans League

Kevin Toms is my hero

2 Mar 20102 Mar 2010
Once upon a time a man called Kevin Toms.  Some of you (probably those over the age of 35) will have known his product very well indeed.  To others the…

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