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Category Archives: Football
Where to now? Woking negotiating Conference Runaround
Remember children’s TV quiz Runaround, with gravel-voiced late great Mike Reid asking his young contestants to ‘runaround now!’ and decide which answer’s right, then form an orderly queue? Fast forward 35 years or so and I can see Woking FC … Continue reading
Your town is not dragging Mark Steel down
Ever listened to Radio 4’s Mark Steel’s in Town? It comes highly recommended, following the stand-up comic, author, columnist and esteemed travel broadcaster around the UK, talking about often less celebrated areas. He’s far from patronising too, funny but never … Continue reading
After the storm and under the floodlights with Woking: from the Shay to the International, via the Humber and the Hoe
As renowned meteorologist Robert Plant once put it, “If it keeps on raining, the levee’s going to break”. And a couple of months ago that might well have been the case in my old neck of the woods in the … Continue reading
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Tagged aldershot Town, Garry Hill, Gateshead, Halifax Town, Hyde, Ipswich Town, Jack Marriott, Josh Payne, Kieran Murtagh, North Ferriby United, Scott Rendell, Woking
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What to expect in the Premier League in early 2014
On the verge of the New Year, writewyattuk gets the crystal matchball out and takes a punt on what we might be reading about this time next month concerning the English top flight, club by club. Arsenal Arsene Wenger pledges to ensure … Continue reading
Posted in Football, sport
Tagged Arsenal, Aston Villa, Cardiff, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle, Premier League, Tottenham
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Taking the crunchy with the smooth, Cardinals style
After six goals in two Conference Premier matches and two wins on the trot for the first time since April, there’s – whisper it – an element of optimism at Kingfield again, as this Cardinal blogger duly acknowledges. But when … Continue reading
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Tagged Chester, Conference Premier, Dartford, FA Cup, Garry Hill, Grimsby Town, Hyde, Kevin Betsy, Luton Town, Macclesfield Town, Southport, Steve Thompson, Woking, Wrexham
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Cardinal deliberations and Garry’s magic 50
ANYONE who’s listened to outwardly gruff, sometimes grouchy, occasionally gregarious Garry Hill’s post-match interviews this season will know he’s had a bit of a thing for that ‘magical 50-point mark’. With all due respect to the Woking FC boss, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Knott, Brett Johnson, Cambridge United, Cardinals, Garry Hill, Joe McNerney, John Nutter, Macclesfield Town, Steve King, Telford United, Woking
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All that way for nothing? Not necessarily
SPARE a thought for Ashington AFC, dumped out of the FA Vase last Saturday after an ultimately unsuccessful 702 mile round-trip to the Cornish moors. On a weekend when so many gargantuan efforts by fans and club officials came to … Continue reading
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