“Our second home” Wembley Stadium will host a David vs Goliath clash in this years FA.Trophy Final. Cambridge United who are riding high in the Conference Premier (2nd in fact) will play against Gosport Borough who reside in twentieth place of the Conference South. Alex Pike, manager of The Borough is a lively character to […]
Just over the moors from here one of the “originals” (go on name all the others without resorting to Google) Sheffield United will celebrate their 125 year anniversary in a match against another owd club in Wolverhampton Wanderers. March 22 1889 was The Blades foundation date and besides the special commemorative shirts which they will […]
How did you feel when your team ‘upped-sticks’ and left your old ground? Were you upset, frustrated or annoyed at your Club relocating or was it the best thing that ever happened? I know how strongly I felt when my team Bolton Wanderers left Burnden Park and moved out of town to the Reebok. Having […]
Representatives from across football will travel to Northern France this weekend to visit First World War battlefields and cemeteries that hold a special significance to the game. The Great War Centenary Tour is the first piece of activity organised by football, in this case by The Football League, as part of the nation’s efforts to […]
The Battle of the Backsides will see the pair frantically race to be the first to sit on half the seats in the iconic Wembley Stadium – a brutal 45,000 seats each! They have just five days to do it and it’s the first time a challenge like this has ever been attempted in the UK. […]
The picturesque ground of Llanelian Road in Old Colwyn will allow anyone with the name David or variant of it into the match today against Barrow free of charge. In Welsh St David’s Day is known as Dydd Gwyl Dewi and therefore anyone by the name of Dewi will also be allowed free entry. One of seven […]
Legend of football, never saw him play but from what I’ve read and the footage viewed he was one of the all-time greats of world football. For all his cliche quotes Bill Shankly reckoned he was top class and “shanks” wasn’t a bad judge of a player. “Tom Finney would have been great in any […]
The digital age has struck again, ye olde club North of the border, Queens Park FC the bastion of the amateur game now only produce’s it’s matchday programme online with no printed versions available. The club cites falling sales and hence losing money with not many of the regular 500 […]
The 5.30pm kick-off was ideal as the grandkids were on the way home to their respective abodes with “Our Lass” and instead of doing the outstanding diy around Aspull Towers & due to having BT Sport on tap I settled down to watch the Football Conference Premier Division game at “The Hive” home of Barnet. […]
Owen Coyle Marcelo Bielsa Roberto Martinez Above: Owen Coyle, Marcelo Bielsa and Roberto Martinez. To beat England at Wembley is something to savour. The look of joy on the faces of the Chilean players after beating England 2-0 on Friday was memorable. Chile had beaten an experimental England team. […]