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Archive for August, 2010
Still not yet in the grave
Aug. 25 | As an author myself I know the pain that you go through when starting on a new project, trying to wrestle with that internal voice that questions whether it is good enough, and will people buy the end product (FYI – Passport to Football is still...
Ibbo on players, parasites and partridge
Aug. 22 | Lewes manager Steve Ibbotson is asked about the return of star player (and The Ball is Round sponsored) David Wheeler after his good will trip to Ghana in the summer after the nil nil draw with Basingstoke Town. The man behind the camera is none other...
Unsung Heroes 2: Mr Moon has left the stadium
Aug. 22 | After last weeks shocking revelations in our Unsung Heroes of football series involving the screen operator, this week we turn to the man who is responsible for literally setting the tone before, during and after the game. The stadium announcer is the...
Dentures, Dogging and a dancing Nun
Aug. 17 | How many people can honestly say they have seen football history being made in the flesh? It is amazing to think just how many people today in their 60′s were at Wembley on the 30th July 1966 when England won the Jules Rimet trophy considering...
Only 13 games from Wembley
Aug. 15 | It is a tired old cliche but the Road to Wembley starts in mid-August every year. It may be tired but actually to us and our friends over at The Real FA Cup have been very excited by the prospect of the Extra-Preliminary since the draw was made last...
The March to the Arch
Aug. 15 | The first home game of the season normally generates quite a bit of excitement, and for those of us at the daggers, this was to be extra special this year, with our promotion to League 1. However, two days before we were due to play, it was postponed...
Unsung Football Heroes Part 1 -Time to hang up the mouse
Aug. 13 | We take certain things for granted these days when we go to a match. Pitch up at any Premier League stadium these days and you will not only get a large chunk of apathy, an overpriced burger and a programme that resembles a corporate sales brochure...
Musen der brølede (The mouse that roared)
Aug. 12 | For hundreds of small football clubs across Europe this week sees the start of their cup adventures. A win at this stage in some of the smaller countries and they may get lucky and draw one of the big boys, whilst in England it will be a few more rounds...
Sea Urchins
Aug. 11 | “And so the end is near“…with just a few days left until the start of the Premier League and Non-league seasons there was still time to fit in one more friendly. And could we have found a better one that just across the water in the...
