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The Ball is Round
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The trials and tribulations of watching the beautiful game in 20 different languages
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Seagulls Soaring Towards the Premier League
After last week’s ultimate day drama, the Daggers diary team crave some more desperation and so head down to the Amex to watch Wolves’ last stand against... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Diwrnod Mawr y Tu Allan (A Grand Day Out)
On Friday night I made my long-awaited return to a football pitch as I turned out for the Lewes FC Elite team in a post-season friendly. Read more
Posted on 05 May 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Yann-dabby-dozy
Three weeks ago Charlton Athletic’s season was still completely wide open. In one of the tightest divisions we have ever seen they could still be relegated, ye... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
The Fat Lady Loses Her Voice at the Right Moment
The final day of a league season brings a mix of emotions. There could be the heady excitement of promotion or even a league title, or a comfortable mid-table... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Bury the Bad News
I truly hate the last day of the season. For many it is a time to celebrate, but being a West Ham and now a Lewes fan, the end of season is normally a time to... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
St Nathan the Cray Slayer
At 5pm on St George’s Day there is only one place any rightful Englishman should be. In the pub. That’s the real castle for us dragon-slaying proud Englishmen. Read more
Posted on 24 April 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Call the Shots
Every season one team in each division falls like a stone towards relegation in the last third of the season. Dagger’s Diary’s Brian Parish knows that feeling... Read more
Posted on 21 April 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
A Harrowing Experience
This week has been painful for us Lewes fans. Our league position and survival hopes were in the hands of others as all of our relegation rivals played, some... Read more
Posted on 21 April 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Premier Ambitions
When cattle creep, When I’m asleep, To lands of hope I stray. Then at daybreak, When I awake, My bluebird flutters away. Happiness new seemed so near me,... Read more
Posted on 19 April 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
North London Allianz
What’s the newest professional sports stadium in England? It may have escaped your notice that it is in North London, and is now the home to Saracens RFU. We... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Daggers Start to Look Over Their Shoulder
All of the cheer seems to be fast disappearing down the A13 for Dagenham and Redbridge at the moment as the Daggers Diary team explain after Saturday’s result. Read more
Posted on 15 April 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Stat’s Proof Beckham Has More Than Just Golden Balls
As I am in Paris today, a topical article about the City’s most famous temporary resident at the moment. Roy Larking takes a look at the boys-own career of one... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Ut Victor Spolia Sunt Tam Dulcia Nectar
All you Premier League pansies out there don’t know what you are missing. Whilst you are being told to sit in your plastic seat, drinking your club-branded fizz... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Adding Insult to Injury Time
I don’t need no arms around me. And I don’t need no drugs to calm me. I have seen the writing on the wall. Don’t think I need anything at all. No! Don’t think... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Praise the Lordswood
It’s been an easy week at TBIR Towers. Easy because I haven’t been there. I’ve been a few thousand miles away beavering away in New York, suffering as usual fro... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Getting Past Third Base…
It’s a very chilly, but sunny afternoon in early April and the baseball season in the US is under way for another year. I’m sitting in the top tier of CitiField... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Bugger Bognor
I cannot read or say the words Bognor Regis with a small titter sneaking out of my mouth. You see I was a seventies child, raised on TV shows such as Dads... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Sibling Rivalries
…and relax….A week has elapsed since Lewes lost to a referee and his liberal interpretation of the rules regarding injured players. Read more
Posted on 30 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Welling Continue to Spread Their Wings
Good Friday. A day for some chores, DIY and then some football. That’s what we are supposed to do, right? And what better way to top off a morning of paintin... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Are We Taking the Olympic Spirit Too Far?
You may have missed the little nugget in the media over the past week that West Ham United are going to be moving to the Olympic Stadium in 2016. Read more
Posted on 28 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS