Has anyone seen Grays?

May. 18 | Last season saw three high profile clubs go to the wall mid-season in Chester City, Farsley Celtic and Kings Lynn. Add to this a number of clubs who had breached league rules and some relegation/promotion enforced geographical anomalies and you can see...

Jack of the Rovers

Mar. 7 | Forest Green Rovers rank up there with the likes of Port Vale, West Ham United, Arsenal and Rushden & Diamonds as a club who play in a place that has nothing to do with their name. Port Vale play in the conurbation around Stoke-on-Trent in a town...

Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

Jan. 24 | Did you know that the sunniest place in Britain is Eastbourne? Neither did I until I tried to look for an angle for my first visit to the town in nearly two decades? Well according to the expert that is Wikipedia this is true. It is more famous for...

It’s like a Friday Night in Kenny Chow’s

Jan. 17 | Let’s get one things straight….It’s not Ebbsfleet, it’s Gravesend & Northfleet. Money may be able to alter the future but the past is past and the club now owned by a million people around the globe who sold out so spectacularly...

Welcome to Marmite Town

Dec. 26 | There are a few things in life I think I would struggle to live without now. The love of a good woman is one, and for that I can thank CMF (and a few others if she is reading just to keep her on her toes!), a good book to stimulate my grey matter and...

A Christmas Card

Dec. 17 | The FA Trophy, for those not in the know is the Non League FA Cup Final. It has been for many years the highlight in the calendar for the smaller teams and now it is back at Wembley Stadium, as opposed to Villa Park or The Boleyn Ground it has rediscovered...

Through the looking Glassworld stadium

Dec. 10 | Approximately ten days ago very few people in the footballing world had heard of Histon FC. In fact very few people in the UK would be able to place this small village just north of Cambridge on a map at all. They like to keep their business private in...

A tale of two cities

Nov. 29 | For the first time ever I put the destination for this week’s match on the blog and opened it up to you dear readers to determine my destination. Over 50% of your voted for a trip south west to watch the Blue Square Premier league game at Salisbury,...

When Two Blogs Collide

Nov. 17 | Visits to the lower leagues are becoming more and more appealing as the greed of the Premier League and Championship clubs (and some 1st and even 2nd division clubs) flies in the face of the credit crunch. The realisation that us fans can no longer control...

The Magic of the FA Cup on the Essex riviera

Oct. 26 | Every year, like quite a few football fans I vow to start a “road to Wembley” and follow a team all the way from the opening qualifying rounds up until the final. And of course like most other people I find better things to do with my weekends....