Stuartnoel

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1142 )

• Wish You Were Here?

  

  And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange a walk on... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Gone and Forgotten – Glossop FC

  

  The smallest town in England to have a Football League side is the legacy Glossop FC have given football in this country.  Sitting on the A57 running between... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• AVB Highlights Defoe Importance

  

  Jermain Defoe has often struggled to cement his place in the Tottenham starting line-up during his two spells with the club, but the striker has highlighted... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Magic of the Football League War Cup

  

  First published for Ockley Books earlier this year, the article below traces the brief history of the Football League Cup.On the 1st September 1939, Adolf Hilte... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Champions League Road Ends for Ajax

  

  Being a man of many talents, our regular reporter for The Ball is Oval, Michael Miles headed over the North Sea to Holland for the Champions League game... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Unsporting Life

  

  I’ve grown bored of hearing the footballing press belittling FC Nordsjælland this season before each Champions League Group Stage game. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Gone for a Burton

  

  Last weekend saw the return to Dagenham of probably the most hated man in the history of the club, Steve Evans. With a welcoming committee ready and waiting to... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Old Deres

  

  The FA Vase game between Erith Belvedere and Frimley Green was never on my agenda for this afternoon. After all, I had had my fill for the weekend with Lewes ... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• A Harrowing Experience

  

  Just under twenty fours prior to the Saturday’s home game with Harrow Borough I got a text. Nothing unusual about that – I tend to get a couple of dozen a day.... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• A Poor Man’s Andy Carroll? I Don’t Think So

  

  Just two weeks ago the lights dimmed and a lone voice welcomed over 45,000 people to the opening of Europe’s 2nd largest indoor arena (Schalke’s Veltins Arena i... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Fear and Loathing of Steve Evans

  The defeat at York on October 20th was our first in the league in a month. Despite a below par performance, we had got to within one goal of somehow getting... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Go East, My Son

  

  What to do, where to go. That is the first point on the agenda at the weekly TBIR board meeting on a Monday morning.“Do you fancy Bury St. Edmunds v Lewes on... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• It Was 140 Years Ago Today…almost

  

  Let me take you back in time. Hop into the TBIR DeLorean and set the date to 16 March 1872. As we hit 88 mph down Borough High Street the Flux Capacitor sparks... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Who’d Want to Be a Premier League Manager (me! Me! Me!)

  

  Every season in the Premier League sees a number of managers lose their jobs, because the need for clubs to stay in such a lucrative league is so great, which... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Remember Leiston

  

  Every football club has its “Leiston” moment. That game where everything goes wrong and you finish up on the end of a giant killing. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Gladbach It’s All Over

  

  Brian Parish, the man being the Daggers Diary swaps the FA Cup 1st Round potential pain with a trip to the home of proper football – Germany.I recently complete... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Bad, Thriller? Beat It MJ – This Was Off The Wall

  

  “The demons squeal in sheer delight It’s you they spy, so plump, so right For although the groove is hard to beat It’s still you stand with frozen feet You try... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SOCCER, SPORTS

• Four Seasons in One Day…

  

  For my regular readers from California, Brentwood is not just a posh suburb in West Los Angeles, once the home of the world’s most desirable women, Marilyn... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• In Praise of Nena and Her Big Balloons

  

  “Ninety nine decisions treat, Ninety nine ministers meet To worry, worry, super scurry, Call the troops out in a hurry This is what we’ve been waiting for…This... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Daggers Put Some Perspective Back into Football

  

  The Daggers Diary team head north to renew their encounters with York City on a day when the fortunes of smaller clubs are put in perspective. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS