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Saturday 25th February 2023: EFL League One: Montgomery Waters Meadow: Shrewsbury Town vs Wycombe Wanderers In the wilds of Shropshire sits the quaint town of Shrewsbury. It was here that I was to witness a heavyweight bout, with the winners claiming the prize of a position on the edge of the playoff places at theContinue reading “Double Salop Please”

Last Thursday morning at 09:00 hours, the Premier League fixtures for the 2023/24 season were released. As I checked them in a service station on the A3 the first thing I realised was that my boss is giving me the first week of the season off. He is not getting any say in the matterContinue reading “New Arrivals for 23/24”

Even the torrential rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of the thousands of Manchester City fans lining the parade route to welcome their Treble winning heroes home. It was whilst I was witnessing this outpouring of joy, from the shelter underneath the Arndale centre on Market Street, that it dawned on me that 2 of theContinue reading “Europe Is English!!”

With the 2022/23 season now behind us the time is nigh to look forward to the new season in August. As a new season dawns the 92 teams in the league system gets shuffled around a bit. The most eye-catching of these shuffles being Luton Town being promoted to the Premier League. Burnley’s Turf MoorContinue reading “The 92 Shuffle”

Just wanted to take a minute to congratulate Manchester City on their victory at Wembley over the weekend and their upcoming treble that they will rubber stamp with victory over Internationale Milano in Istanbul this coming Saturday evening. After all this is Man City and Inter finished a distant 3rd in Serie A this season,Continue reading “Treble Incoming?”

Sunday 28th May 2023, Premier League, Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford vs Manchester City To know that my beloved Bees had nothing hanging on the final game of the season, for the second successive season, was a glorious feeling. This time round things could get even better for us though, as we still harboured an outsideContinue reading “So Close, Yet So Far”

That is not a clickbait title Ladies and Gentlemen. After beating Coventry City 6-5 on penalties at Wembley yesterday evening Luton Town will be playing Premier League football for the first time next season. Little Kenilworth Road, with only a 10,356 capacity, missed out on being an inaugural Premier League stadium by a single seasonContinue reading “LUTON ARE PREMIER LEAGUE!!”

Southampton have been down for a while, it just took till 13th May for it to be confirmed. The other places in next season’s championship have yet to be filled, with Leeds United, Leicester City and Everton fighting to avoid taking those remaining two spots. It is the Merseysiders who have their fate in theirContinue reading “Last Chance Saloon”

As the 2022/23 Premier League season draws to it’s close Man City are champions once more and their cross-city rivals returned to the top 4 after taking last season off. They have been joined at the European top table next season by Arsenal, who have been absent since 2016/17 under Arsene Wenger, and Newcastle United.Continue reading “The Final Place”

Wednesday 15th March 2023: Premier League: St. Mary’s: Southampton vs Brentford As I returned to the city of my university days, for the first time in years I was expecting to see my beloved bees swagger to a simple victory, against a Saints team rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table and seeminglyContinue reading “Divine Intervention”