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No Dr Feelgood factor for Lewes

No Dr Feelgood factor for Lewes

Jan. 28 | “”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 it, the sunshine on my face and the sand between my toes.  You can’t beat a bit...

Last minute .com again

Last minute .com again

Jan. 26 | After the cup exploits last week against AFC Sudbury, it was back to earth with a very big bang, complete with a “Kiss Me Quick Hat” on Saturday as five second half goals sunk the Rooks at Margate.  The journey back from a day out at the...

The magic of the Alan Boon Cup

The magic of the Alan Boon Cup

Jan. 19 | Deep down any football fan of a lower level team (and by lower level I mean anyone apart from Man City, Man Utd or Chelsea) wants to see their team play in a cup final – yes Arsenal and Liverpool fans I am also talking about you.  We all say “who...

Duffed up

Duffed up

Jan. 15 | It is rare that I go to a game and do not whip out my camera or my phone to record the action but yesterday as the referee blew the final whistle at The Dripping Pan I realised that I hadn’t taken one picture.  Not that there wasn’t any action...

A Hornets sting in the tail

A Hornets sting in the tail

Jan. 2 | The world changed for Lewes FC in July 2011 when Brighton & Hove Albion moved into the American Express Community Stadium, located just one train stop or 4.7 miles from The Dripping Pan.  We always knew that there would be an exodus of fans to the...

Terrors on the Northern Line

Terrors on the Northern Line

Jan. 2 | Don’t panic.  The headline is not meant to scare anyone.  It just sums up an evening of football in SM4.  The Terrors in this instance refer to Tooting and Mitcham United, the Northern Line, well, that black tube line that runs down from Borough...

Rooks avoid crash landing at Pilot Field

Rooks avoid crash landing at Pilot Field

Jan. 2 | You would have thought reading all the fuss around the tube strike and the Chelsea/Arsenal games that this was something new.  For those of us who like our football a bit more “rural”, the issue of lack of public transport on Boxing Day has...

Derby Day part 4 – While Shepherd Neame watched their flock by night

Derby Day part 4 – While Shepherd Neame watched their flock by night

Dec. 28 | Kent is one of the poorest counties in England when it comes to derbies at the moment.  Last season the high point was the first Ebbsfleet United v Dartford derby for over a decade, whilst Ashford Town’s demise meant that the game versus Maidstone...

A Double dose of Essex United

A Double dose of Essex United

Dec. 28 | What a day this promised to be.  Three (well two and a half) fiercely contested local derbies, either side of the River Thames, which thanks to some fortuitous scheduling, that I could go to, as well as still putting in some “Fuller Festive Family...

A Christian Cracker

A Christian Cracker

Dec. 18 | ‘Tis the season to be jolly.  That is unless you are an out of work football manager.  Just two weeks ago Tooting & Mitcham United parted company with ex-Sheffield United player Mark Beard as their manager.  The life of a non league manager...