Tag Archives: Woking

A lubbly Bubbly awayday at Haig Avenue

Posted on February 28, 2013 by writewyattuk

WHAT a week for the Cards, and a rare one for me as I’d seen them play three matches. A half-term trip South allowed me to take in a battling Kingfield defeat to play-off hopefuls Newport County, before a return … Continue reading →

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Out of town and out of sorts with the Cardinals

Posted on February 21, 2013 by writewyattuk

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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Rambling on … after all these years

Posted on January 16, 2013 by writewyattuk

My Dad was only on the railways for eight years, but that 1953/61 spell as loco cleaner then fireman meant so much to him, and despite his following three decades as a postman, he never lost his love for steam. … Continue reading →

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A poor return and the not so magnificent seven

Posted on December 6, 2012 by writewyattuk

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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Remembering England’s Evelyn

Posted on November 11, 2012 by writewyattuk

IT’S difficult to know where to start when it comes to a suitable Remembrance weekend tribute to all those who died in military service protecting our freedom. But I’ve chosen a distinguished England international footballer and schoolteacher who grew up … Continue reading →

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Sat Nav be buggered – the pitiful search for Rodney Parade

Posted on November 2, 2012 by writewyattuk

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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Non-league football still has White Tigers in its tail

Posted on October 26, 2012 by writewyattuk

As Mark Twain, once wrote, “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” And there were elements of that in the reporting of troubled Truro City’s final demise late last week. It’s all been happening at Treyew Road of late, … Continue reading →

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Weather or not you’re winning

Posted on October 24, 2012 by writewyattuk

Bring me sunshine, as a certain Lancashire comic said as he waved goodbye to the coastal resort which provided his stage name. And after a few years in Lancashire I think I realise what Eric was driving at. We may … Continue reading →

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Return to the big time (kind of)

Posted on September 20, 2012 by writewyattuk

Another ground ticked off, after all these years. A former Football League club as well –  Stockport County, the closest to the River Mersey apparently. Very nice too, flanked by period housing and on this occasion evidence of friendly locals, … Continue reading →

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