Well that was one hell of a season

Apr. 29 | So it all comes down to just 90 minutes of football.  The whole season will be decided not only by events at The Dripping Pan, but also at Grosvenor Vale, HA7 and Ram Meadow, Bury St Edmunds.  Despite the excellent form of the Rooks over the past two...

I get around…

Apr. 21 | ….from town to town, I’m a real cool head, I’m makin’ real good bread” A trip to Canvey Island on a wet, wild and windy April afternoon probably doesn’t feature in any Top 100 Days Out in England programmes, but for...

Draycott, Lord of the Manor

Apr. 14 | “Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity” Every football team in every season has one defining event, the moment that decides the fate of the team, the players, the manager and the club. That moment may be a refereeing decision, a...

Prudence, transparency, trust and 3 points

Apr. 9 | “There are rich teams and then there are poor teams. And then there is us” That isn’t a quote from one of the current board of Lewes FC, although it could quite easily be one. It is from the excellent film, Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt...

It’s not a results business is it?

Apr. 7 | “Well I want you to understand somethin’. To me, being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. It’s not about winning. It’s about you and your relationship to yourself and your family and your friends” So much pressure...

One beer, two pies, three goals, four minutes

Apr. 1 | In the past two weeks Lewes have dropped 3 points in injury time against teams in the top 3. After the heartbreak of a home draw against Lowestoft Town came the sickening blow of a 93rd minute winner for league leaders Billericay Town last Saturday. However,...

Beware the Ides of March

Mar. 17 | According to history, the Ides of March (15th March) is considered to be an unlucky date. Many people think that Friday the 13th is the unlucky date but that came into play after the culling of the Templar Knights in the middle ages on the orders of the...

In praise of Harry Beck

Mar. 14 | Every day millions of Londoners see the imagination, creativity and genius of Harry Beck, yet few know who he is. Harry Beck created one of the most iconic images of London back in 1931 when, as an engineering draftsman in the signalling office at London...

We ate all the pies

Mar. 10 | Peters and Lee, Strawberries and Cream, Katie Price and anyone….Classic partnerships that all the family know and love.  For us blokes we could throw in the likes of Pamela and Anderson or Natalia and Velez (what do you mean who???  HER!)…but...

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...