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• The Darts Hit the Bullseye of Promotion After 26 Years of Hurt

  

  I’ve never really hidden my admiration for the progress Dartford have made on and off the pitch in the past few seasons. Just a year or so ago I waxed lyrical... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Gone and Forgotten – Part 1 – Manchester Central FC

  

  “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them” so said William Shakespeare. The final line to bring that up to date is... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Future of Non League Football – Time to Rethink the FA Vase?

  

  Is there any real need to expect the fans to make the 600 mile round trip for this game? Couldn’t some sensibility be used here? Surely if the FA deemed the... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Slav to the Rhythm – A Balkan Adventure – Part 2

  

  After our sedate start to the weekend it was time for the main event – THE Eternal Derby (I know we say that whenever we see Roma v Lazio, AIK v Djurgarden and... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Slav to the Rhythm – A Balkan Adventure – Part 1

  

  It’s 1am and the train’s grinding on the rough rails is keeping me awake. We are chugging somewhere between Zagreb and Belgrade. We could be in Croatia, we coul... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Daggers Show Their Metal Against the Pirates

  

  Our Daggers Diary team headed down to Victoria Road for the final game of the season, knowing that next season they will be welcoming the likes of Fleetwood,... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Swans Avoid a Nightmare at the Theatre of Dreams

  

  As Swansea City sign off on their Premier League travels, Abi Davies reflects on what could have been nearly a decade earlier. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Blue Print for Non League Football – 1 Year on

  

  Last March, after really diving in head first into the non league game, I took stock of the game I had come to watch week in week out and put pen to paper (well... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• CBA Saturday

  

  So what can be done to stop such CBA-it is? Actually nothing. They clubs aren’t doing anything wrong. They had an obligation to field their strongest team for... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Well That Was One Hell of a Season

  

  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 an... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Taming the Shrew..well Sort of

  

  There can be few better moments than knowing that you are safe coming into the last game of the season as a football fan. An away trip to a team at the top of... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Swans Safe for Another Season Despite Meeting a Pack of Wolves

  

  Who would have expected Wolves to suddenly find their teeth on Saturday at The Liberty? Certainly not most of the sensible football betters that is for sure as... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• I Bet We Are All Excited Now!

  

  “Ladies and Gentlemen. Let me introduce to you our special guests who will be making the draw today….Ex-Welsh international and the most annoying man on the... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Euro 2012 Here We Come

  The Euro tournament is always a highlight in the footballing calendar. It is the World Cup without Argentina and Brazil, and in theory every game is a tough one... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Safety First

  

  All is fair in love, war and football. Well, that is what we are led to believe. If it wasn’t for the pantomine villians, football would be no fun. But when the... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• I Get Around…

  

  ….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... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Swansea Gain a Point and Their Premier League Survival

  

  Whilst their survival has never been in danger, those of us who study the league tables will know you are never safe until the maths prove you are. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Anglo-Italian Relations

  

  Back in 1992 West Ham looked on enviously as Sheffield United kicked off against Manchester United on a sunny day on the 15th August to start what is now the... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• A Right Royal Occasion

  

  Our man in Rome, Adam Lloyd, is a die-hard Reading fan but being located in Italy means that match-days are spent glued to the Italian equivalant of Ceefax... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• All’s Square in Love, War and Leverkusen

  

  Aldershot or Leverkusen? Hampshire or NordRhein Westfalon? The Recreation Ground or the BayerArena? Questions we all ask ourselves. But how many of us who choos... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS