Tag Archives: Kevin Betsy

Liberty Way, above and beyond – my continuing travels with Woking FC

Posted on August 24, 2015 by

I wasn’t ready for the new season. It arrived far too early. I didn’t doubt that Garry Hill and Steve Thompson had put our new-look squad through its paces, but I hadn’t even had my summer holiday. Could it really … Continue reading →

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Where to now? Woking negotiating Conference Runaround

Posted on June 12, 2014 by

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 →

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Taking the crunchy with the smooth, Cardinals style

Posted on November 18, 2013 by

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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Out of town and out of sorts with the Cardinals

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

IT’S supposed to be a good sign. As we drove down to Kingfield from Lancashire last Saturday morning, Tony Blackburn was playing The Jam as we hit Victoria Way traffic. Some kind of time warp? Almost. It was Pick of … Continue reading →

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A poor return and the not so magnificent seven

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

Did that really happen? It wasn’t supposed to. I was only at Ewen Fields, Hyde, to stretch my impressive unbeaten run watching Woking FC to 16 matches. Despite still perceiving myself as some sort of Jonah, I’d not actually seen … Continue reading →

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Sat Nav be buggered – the pitiful search for Rodney Parade

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

We were doing so well, with the motorway traffic between Lancashire and the South Wales border flowing as smoothly as could be expected on a busy Saturday morning at the beginning of half term and everything going to plan. The … Continue reading →

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