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This match fell into my lap, to start February, whilst I was down in London to pick up tickets for my FA Cup team at the weekend. I had an evening to fill whilst in the Big Smoke and I have always had a soft spot for AFC Wimbledon so I took the chance toContinue reading “Back at Plough Lane, Merton”

With the Premier League on their winter break over the last weekend of January, I took the chance to go to a Manchester derby. Not the big Manchester derby between City and United, but a derby down in the lower reaches of League 2 between Oldham Athletic and their local rivals Rochdale. They are separatedContinue reading “The Quintessential 0-0”

So after the warm-up in Leigh it was off to Manchester proper for Man City against Arsenal at the Etihad Academy Stadium that is just across the road from the Etihad Stadium proper. This match was between two of the biggest hitters in domestic Women’s football in England. They are both perennial challengers for theContinue reading “The Mancunian Women’s Main Event”

This Sunday I took the whole day out of my life and go on a trip through the Women’s football on offer in Manchester at the WSL level. This of course meant heading first to Wigan and then on to the little village of Leigh a 25 minute bus ride away. My destination was LeighContinue reading “The Mancunian Women’s Warm Up”

This week I went back to London for a game at the Brentford Community stadium that had originally fallen to the Apocalypse and was now going ahead just over a month later than scheduled. The Brentford game in question was the visit of Manchester United to the newly promoted Londoners. This was the first meetingContinue reading “Man U Rescheduled it”

This weekend was the big night in the FA Cup, the third round. This is the round where the big boys join the competition and those teams who have come through at least 2 rounds already have the chance to gain the scalp of a team that no-one would ever expect them to beat. TheContinue reading “Round 3 in the Midlands”

As we enter the new year I am jumping straight into the action at the first chance I have. The second day of the year and I’m already back at the football and this time it was a game that I knew I had a good chance of enjoying. The results from the first dayContinue reading “Welcome to 2022”

Manchester City are a team known for 2 things.1. Winning every domestic title going2. Playing in front of half empty for huge European games The reasons they are known for these things were both on full display in my last match of 2021. The match in question was their visit to Brentford and as aContinue reading “They Bore you to Defeat”

I have loyalty to two English teams, Liverpool and Brentford. Liverpool were my boyhood team, the team I have supported since I was 5 and one of the reasons I chose the city as the place to rebuild my life when such a place became necessary earlier this year. Brentford on the other hand areContinue reading “5 Miserable Minutes”

With all the cancellations of matches that we have been seeing this last week (see last blog for details) I was unsure if I would be able to find a game to go to this weekend. I thought I had found one in Brighton’s WSL visit to non-league Borehamwood FC to play Arsenal, till thatContinue reading “Survivor of the Apocalypse”