Stuartnoel

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1142 )

• Football is Nothing

  

  Being a football fan means having to take the rough with the smooth. You often hear manager’s bemoan their luck when decisions don’t go their way, or when a... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• We May Be in the Gutter but We Are Looking up at the Stars

  

  It’s not been the best starts to a season down here at The Dripping Pan. A cracking pre-season, with our young squad passing the ball on the ground and scoring... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Ten out of Ten

  

  Words have been hard to come by in recent weeks.  I’ve not let up in the number of games I have been watching, although for once my work trips haven’t... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Unknown Rule Makers

  Many watchers of the beautiful game may not realise the part that Great Britain still has in setting the rules of the game across the world. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Forgotten Little Brothers

  Ferdinand, Wilkins, Rooney, Terry.  Legends in their own way I am sure you will agree.  But what if I was to tell you I was talking about Anton, Graham, John an... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Busting the Pleat Myths One by One

  “It’s always difficult to play 11 against 10 away from home,” said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger last month after his team beat Newcastle United 1-0. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Can Charlton Start to Look up and Not Down?

  

  Charlton Athletic’s last two seasons have been characterised by a flirtation with relegation, a decisive change of manager and then pulling clear of trouble, bu... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Christian Way

  

  Living in a hot-bed of Premier League and Championship fans (oh, and Millwall), Non-League football sometimes doesn’t get a look in. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• If You Want the Rainbow…

  

  With the mighty Rooks making their longest league trip of the season to deepest Suffolk at Leiston, I volunteered to go and retrieve the youngest Fuller’s from... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• In God’s Country

  

  The new TV deal signed last season by the Premier League sides meant that this weekend’s football coverage started in unusual circumstances with a live Friday... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• 67 Seconds of Joy

  

  Football can be a cruel game sometimes.  Often you try to do the right thing, even though you know the end result may not work in your favour. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Greatest Sporting Rivalry?

  

  Sitting in a bar in lower Manhattan last year my good friend Luge Pravda and I discussed what the greatest sporting rivalry was in the world. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Getting Our Backsides Tanned on the Opening Day

  

  3pm on the opening day of the season and everything is good.  The sun is shining, the beer tastes good, even the dubious looking food tastes fantastic. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Just Who Made the Decision to Play That Side?

  I could be accused of being mellow-dramatic but I believe that last night could have been the last time for a generation that West Ham played in a major Europea... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Failing to Prepare is Preparing to Fail

  

  Two weeks ago I wrote about the lack of tactics and what appeared to be a naivety in the way West Ham approached their first leg Europa League tie against the... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home

  

  To be fair there was a dozen or so titles I could have used for this mini-blog about my visit to watch South Park.  Not since Rhubarb & Custard Rovers went... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Frank Who? Pirlo Consigns Lampard to the Bargain Bin on His Debut

  

  Our Englishman in New York, Luge Pravda, breaks his vow never to set foot in Yankee Stadium, to see the Pirlo show.Yesterday, Sunday, just as I was wondering ho... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Everybody Needs Good Neighbours

  

  Having a professional club just five miles down the road often appears to be a bad thing for a Non-League club. You have to make the best of the situation and... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Just Bloody Shoot!

  

  West Ham United 1 Birkirkara FC 0 – The Boleyn Ground – Thursday 16th July 2015 For the second consecutive Europa League home game, West Ham flattered to deceiv... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS

• So Where Could West Ham United Be off to Next?

  The draw for the 3rd Qualifying Round of the Europa League will see West Ham head to either Scotland or deepest, darkest Romania assuming they avoid defeat... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 SOCCER, SPORTS