For once I wasn't the most incompetent Michael Johnson in the ground!
Anyone that has seen us recently will know that we play decent football for a spell, concede, then capitulate. So when Carlton debutant Gareth Thomas set up the…
First half we were a complete shambles.
We've seen some horror shows at The Lane in the past, especially in the (many) relegation-threatened seasons & this was up there with the best, or worst, of them. A masterclass in how…
The last time we lost a competitive game was 22nd February, exactly 7 months to last nights game - it still doesn't get any easier to take!
The Gaffer called it on Saturday - we'd had 2 scrappy, scruffy wins…
It's 4:45pm on the 14th March 2020 & we've just watched a largely forgettable game against Kidsgrove - little did we know that it would be 26 weeks (6 months in old money) before we saw a ball kicked…
Frickley 1 Barton Town 0
Frickley were excellent in parts & sloppy in parts as they overcame spirited opposition in Barton Town (who had ex Blues Noel 'Bird Man' Burdett & Charlie Fisher in their line up). Although we comfortably…
Frickley 0 Kidsgrove Athletic 0
We live in unprecedented times with the coronavirus outbreak causing all Premier League and Football League games to be postponed, along with the other two step 3 and 4 leagues. So as the NPL is…
18 years ago today, I married the current Mrs Webmaster. It was blowing a gale, the registrar wore black & she did a brilliant job. Yesterdays 'match' had one significant difference to my nuptuals & it wasn't the weather…
The Beautiful Game wasn't so easy on the eye last night - it was more attrition than beautician - with both sides taking it in turns to have the upper hand.
New signing Zeph Thomas made his 3rd debut for…
Those of you who believe in the Bible will be acquainted with the story of Jesus feeding the 5000 with 2 loaves & 5 fish (fish sarnies I'm guessing??). Yesterday we witnessed the new Messiah - who made an…
You can keep the Premier League & Virgil Van Dijk (any relation to Dick?) & Vincent Kompany (any relation to Bad?) & The Etihad & The Emirates & Sky & BT Sports & all that goes with it -…