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The trials and tribulations of watching the beautiful game in 20 different languages
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My First Game – Ryan Hubbard
Leicester City 0 – 4 Manchester United The Premier League Filbert Street, Leicester April 15th 1995 Attendance: 21,281My father was a devout egg-chaser. Read more
Posted on 15 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
First Love Never Dies…or Does It?
We all remember our first love. That first flush of embarrassment when someone mentioned your name and their’s in the same sentence, that butterfly feeling in... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Tigers Tame High Flying Swans
Abi Davies brings us the pain of the nPower Championship promotion run in from The Liberty Stadium where Hull City were the visitors. Read more
Posted on 13 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
The Corinthian Spirit
Monday nights are my nights in the Fuller household. Tuesday is when CMF goes out and ends up coming home with (male) strippers thongs and empty bottles of... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Canaries Lose Their Voice in Abertawe
Abi Davies can at last bring us some good news from the Swansea camp. Norwich were in pole position to claim the highly sought after second automatic promotion... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Dicing with Football
I cannot recall the moment the idea came into our collective brains, but I am sure it was well past our bed time and would have almost certainly involved... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Are You Fit to Wear the Shirt – Part 1
We love looking at the shirt sponsorship world, and if you have missed our previous couple of articles then go and have a look at our thoughts and our quiz. Read more
Posted on 08 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
One Man and His Dog Henrik
Who wants to watch Champions League football anyway? Dull, negative football being played in sanitised corporate heavy stadiums. Wouldn’t you rather get back... Read more
Posted on 06 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
That Sounds Like Bull
Luge Pravda takes us on a journey west from New York to the barren wastelands that were once home to Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston and Tara “mmmmmmm” Reid... Read more
Posted on 06 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Stockholm Syndrome
I had of course made a simple assumption that the game would be played at Djurgården's 13,000 capacity stadium. And I would have happily headed off in that... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Saints Sitting Pretty in Latest Aesop Variation
The Greek fabulist Aesop was attributed to the famous old fable of the hare and the tortoise and a new re-enactment of the story has evolved from the current... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
My First Game – Andy Ollerenshaw
Edgar Street, Hereford UnitedSometime in the late 1960s or early 1970sHere’s the thing: I’m not really sure. Whilst my father – through his love of Manchester... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
All is Fair in Love and Football
You do feel for clubs that are penalised with points penalties through no fault of the current players or management team. You feel even sorrier for the fans. Read more
Posted on 03 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Legg up
Abi Davies takes us across Swansea Bay for the local derby between Andy Legg’s Llanelli and Lee Trundle’s Neath.Friday nights Welsh premier league game saw... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Unsung Heroes of Football – The Non League Steward
Our good chum over at Redbridge FC, Adam Dennehey has nominated this months Unsung hero.“For those of you who keep up to date with Non League Football, you... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Marine Corp
Following on from our theme about change in Non League football, Andy Ollerenshaw, author of fabulous From Wick to Wembley and one of the best football... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
My First Game – Ross Neumann
Liverpool 2 v 1 Aston Villa League Division One Anfield 1 September 1990 3:00pm Attendance: 38,061As a youth I was thoroughly indoctrinated in the ways of... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
The TBIR Blueprint for the Future of Non League Football – Part 3
So six down, four to go in our agenda for change for the Non League game. Parts one and two have gone down like a bacon sandwich on a hungover Sunday morning. Read more
Posted on 29 March 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
You’re Just a Bunch of Antwerps
I could have written loads about Saturday but I let Danny Last have that pleasure here. The first thing I remember about Sunday morning was Deaks running... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS -
Worth the Admission Price Alone?
Mark Pitman, our Welsh wizard, brings us another Welsh football weekend double as Neath take on The New Saints in the Principality Welsh Premier League and Wale... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS