Went to Lewes FC on the weekend of February 22nd to see Lewes FC who played Hendon, a lovely ground and team. I am writing something for a media outlet, but to say it was a very hospitable club. And also in the town, speaking with a couple in a coffee shop who bought my […]
Had a response to an article I wrote for ‘late tackle’, here it is, from Flint Mountain FC i Christopher I hope you had a good Christmas! Thanks for sending over your article. t was a great read! It was just a shame about the result for us on the night haha! […]
Dear All, Went to quite a few games of late, to Weston Supermare and Scarborough, conference south and north. Stayed in hotels and had a ‘feel’ for the places as I wrote articles for publication. Learnt so much about the places and people from taxi drivers, club officials, supporters and so many others when […]
My book’ Return to the Hinterlands’ is now available at the National Museum of Football, both in the store and from the on line shop. Non league has a special place in the game in England and so it seems fitting that the book is there. https://shop.nationalfootballmuseum.com/products/return-to-the-hinterlands
Newark Town FC nestles between a leisure centre and a swimming pool and an array of new build housing for the aspirational, with perfect lawns and houses too prim for some but luxury for others. The ground is compact, artificial pitch and two small stands. The game today was more interesting than the surroundings to […]
I headed off to Spalding for an FA Trophy game versus Alvechurch, arriving in a sun drenched town, in early Autumn, and enjoyed the many charity shops in what looks like quite a deprived town, but enjoyed the visit and the ground was full of warmth with a low key but proud club, who are […]
Games bring memories and associations and for me the game at Harrowby United, in the suburbs of Grantham brought the kindness of strangers, given a lift to the ground when a passer bye offered me a lift and, if perhaps often wary of such lifts I took the offer up and appreciated it. Getting […]
Return to the Hinterlands has now been published, and will be available in shops and outlets soon, this was a labour of love, 24 poems, and occasions, with matches as far and wide as Dover and Oswestry, Cheshunt and Enfield as well as Merseyside, its priced at £10 The first edition is still selling […]
I travelled to Bromsgrove Sporting at the weekend and have a column in the ‘non league paper’ this Sunday, 22nd September. The experience was a good one, an FA Cup qualifying match, 2nd round, with warmth and humour and great hospitality in the press box. This is a fine ground to visit
I have a regular column in ‘the non league paper’ and the latest one was in Sunday, August 25th. It featured a game at Cwmbran where I met some supporters who watched from a smal hillock by pitch side, overlooking a disused stadium. The club were the first winners of the league of Wales. […]