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Basel Forty

Basel Forty

Sep. 8 | “Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment” For a number of reasons I found myself standing in the bar at the War Memorial Sports Ground in SM5 at 7.35pm instead of in row 3 behind the goal at the St Jakobs Park in Basel last night....

Sea Urchins

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...

Some unfinished business

Some unfinished business

Aug. 7 | One year ago to the day EFW’s Danny Last rang me up. “Stu” he said “I’ve got a plan. Let’s sponsor a couple of players, make it into a competition and have some fun.” Never one to turn down a challenge nor...

The school of hard knocks

The school of hard knocks

Jul. 27 | First week of the summer holidays and the weather is crap. Of course it is. Just as we prepare to that the TBIR roadshow down to Wales we get dull grey skies and rain. So we delayed heading off until later in the day, and as we were heading west it...

Down by the Jetty

Down by the Jetty

Jul. 25 | Some 30 miles from the centre of London in an easterly direction you will find Vange Creek which separates mainland Essex to the alluvial island known as Canvey Island. Formed from silt in the Holocene period on a bed of old red sandstone the island actually...

A new beginning…

A new beginning…

Jul. 19 | It may have escaped your attention but a revolution has been going on down on the south coast. Last week, amongst all of the noise coming out of South Africa, a long drawn out story eventually had a happy ending. Lewes FC became a Community club. This...

The Real Football Factory

The Real Football Factory

Jul. 4 | The waiting was finally over – whilst the “official” season isn’t due to start until mid August, the pre-season friendly season started today. Yes I know we have the little matter of the World Cup going on in South Africa but...

Has anyone seen Grays?

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...

Welcome back to the dark days of football

Welcome back to the dark days of football

May. 2 | Saturday 1st May 2010 should go down as the most memorable date in the history for Boreham Wood FC for the reason they finally won promotion to step 2 of the non-league football pyramid.  Unfortunately it wont, or at least by the vast majority of the...

Abbey Well

Abbey Well

Mar. 10 | The great thing about the snow and ice we have been plagued with in England this winter is that when games are postponed, they tend to end up being shoe horned in during the midweek towards the end of the season.  And when they fall on a day when I am...