The great EU bailout

Feb. 27 | It warms our hearts when we hear about some of the trips people make to see football around Europe. This week our beloved Brian Parish and Dagenham Dan teamed up with long-suffering Wolves fan Neil Shenton and hopped across the Channel to fit in an astounding...

The Swans fail their first Potteries lesson

Feb. 27 | Abi Davies has been off our radar for a few weeks due to a free week for the Swans and then her falling ill through lack of football.  But back she came this weekend for the visit to the coldest ground in the Premier league, The Britannia Stadium. Despite...

Revenge is a dish I’d rather not have to eat

Feb. 25 | The term “after the Lord Mayor’s show” could not be more apt this weekend as Lewes play their first home game in a month. On Tuesday night I followed proceedings in the Ryman League Cup semi-final, using the Twitter equivalent of the...

A step too far?

Feb. 23 | Yesterday morning, like every morning, I start the day with a look at my email. Such is the modern world, and the joys of working within the Internet Services Market for a global company that the motto “if you snooze, you lose” has become...

Who wants to win the cup anyway?

Feb. 23 | 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 straight back on it, and so our very own Brian Parish focused on the distraction...

Dreaming of snow, plastic pitches and the England managers role

Feb. 19 | After a three week break, the daggers were back on home turf and of course Brian Parish was in his usual spot hoping for some crumbs of comfort. A couple of postponements in the league meant that Tuesday nights visit to Oxford was our first game in League...

Arsenal’s defeat no laughing matter

Feb. 19 | As Arsenal stumbled at stuttered to their worst ever Champions League defeat last night, the medium of choice for the clinically insane, Twitter, light up like a flare launched from the bowels of the San Siro.  Spurs fan Peter South analyses the effect. Zlatan...

Saturday Night, Sunday Mong Kok – A football adventure in Hong Kong

Feb. 19 | Doncaster Rovers fan Glen Wilson went to Hong Kong.  Silly question whether we wanted him to watch a game or three really isn’t it? Sunday 22 January 2012 Tweet from Steve: “Are you watching any football over there? Chance to see Kezman.” Thursday...

Twenty one days of pain and frustration

Feb. 19 | Twenty one days ago the sun was shining. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky as Lewes kicked off against Canvey Island. Twenty four hours later I landed in Los Angeles to temperatures that would have had The Sun trumpeting as “Phew, what a scorcher”...

Gamesmanship, tactical genius or just economics?

Feb. 14 | We often assume that football managers think strategically, know exactly what is going on and play to a set plan.  However, watching a number of teams both in the Premier League or nPower Championship where the only strategy is one of hit and hope I...