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Sunday 8th January 2023: FA Cup 3rd Round: Etihad Stadium: Manchester City vs Chelsea The FA Cup 3rd round is always a historic weekend of football and this season is just so happened to coincide with my first weekend in my new city of Manchester. The Etihad Stadium is just a short jaunt down theContinue reading “Back In The FA Cup 3rd Round”

Losing 5-2 at home is enough to knock any team’s confidence. So to be facing your fiercest domestic rivals, where the hatred is visceral, in the same stadium just 12 days later ought to end awfully. Just one problem with that though, no-one told Liverpool. They’re always at their best when no-one gives them aContinue reading “Just 12days Later”

The voice of our football childhood passed away peacefully in his sleep last night. Listening to him describing the action on Match of The Day every Saturday evening, resplendent in his trademark sheepskin coat, was a welcome escape from the world. You heard his voice and knew that your worries were about to melt awayContinue reading “R.I.P. John Motson”

So today I woke up ready to catch up on my blog where Potter gets Smashed To Pieces, but then I saw the Champions League scores from last night and Anfield…. This was supposed to be the showdown of the season between the two leviathans of European football. Heck, it was even a repeat ofContinue reading “Shock and Disbelief”

Monday 2nd January 2023: Premier League: Gtech Community Stadium: Brentford vs Liverpool As the calendar ticked over into 2023 I decided to begin my year in church, my football church. Sneaking this visit in at the end of a long festive season of travel, whilst also sorting out a house move, I was perhaps lessContinue reading “Bees Bonanza, with a VAR Cameo”

Saturday 11th February 2023: EFL League Two: Crown Oil Arena: Rochdale AFC vs Northampton Town So I spose I should start by saying that this was my 9th game in just over 5 weeks and I was sick to death of football, like you’d get if you tried to watch every game of the WorldContinue reading “A Half Is Not The Whole”

Saturday 21st January: Barrow AFC. So, with life now back under control after a hectic holiday season, I’m back on the blog. Starting my tsunami of January games slap bang in the middle of the 8, with the game that didn’t happen. On the direct, scenic train to Barrow you are treated to some ofContinue reading “Journey To Nothing”

I have taken an enforced break from my blog over the past few weeks as I move abodes for the third time in 18 months. My new flat is currently without functioning Wi-Fi and looks to be remaining so for the rest of the month. Once these issues have been fixed the match blogs willContinue reading “2023 Update”

It is with profound sadness that the world learnt this evening that one of the progenitors of the beautiful game and certainly one of it’s most exquisite exponents, Pele, has passed away. Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known to the world as Pele, is the giant on whose shoulders every player since he retired stands, andContinue reading “Mourning A Genius”