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…
Non league football Friendly Fire…or how to navigate through the pre-season dance 23 Jun 2017 No, no, no. One after the other the emails from professional clubs arrive as responses to our requests for pre-season friendlies. At least the clubs in question have had the…
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…
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… 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…
