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The joys of Radio Football
Back in the dark ages, before the advent of snowflake, black and white TV, a group of us kids sat in class around a scratchy radio that one of the teachers had brought in, and listened in awe as England played United States in our first World Cup from far...
A Lions' den, but no Daniel
Looking downwards from a lofty eighteenth spot, we can just glimpse Millwall way below in twenty-second place. Well, actually just three points below us and we have another "can’t afford to lose" mission on our hands. David N’Gog has had a hamstring tweak (to accompany his bad back) and Alonso...
Tigers Burning Bright
Memories of Hull: Many years ago, going there on business, I was told: " Get on the M62 east and just keep going. When you can’t go any further, that’s Hull (almost). That, a couple of visits and some boyhood pictures of Raich Carter – full title, Horatio Stratton Carter,...
Tieing the Notts..?
Hard to hear Nottingham Forest mentioned without memories of the immortal Brain Clough springing straight to mind. A great player, football manager and a no-nonsense, blunt, straight spoken man, Clough was nothing if not controversial. Many witticisms , funny and penetratingly direct are attributed to him, such as, " I...
And Moses parted the Claret Sea...
My oldest memories of Burnley football club date back to the era of Jimmy Mc Ilroy and co, and a particular one of Ray Pointer being introduced to the banking at the Lever End of Burnden Park in a very harsh manner indeed. More recent memories are all around our...
The Final Countdown?
"Nowhere to run to, Nowhere to hide". A song lyric that might have been written for the Whites game on Sunday. It really is time to face harsh fact: By four-o’clock tomorrow we’ll know if the pendulum will finally stop, or creak agonisingly along for another week. Two matches being played...
A view from across the pond.
With half-full/half-empty glasses scattered all over the tables, rose-tinted specs lying alongside black armbands and the supporters divided in opinions between hope and deep despair, the Sparking Clog vault has an uneasy atmosphere of tension and uncertainty this week. The swans are feeding on leeks and daffodils near the opposite...
Voodoo Hoodoo
The general consensus is that we are sure to lose this one. Everything points to it.: The crystal ball gazers, Lawro’s prediction that we will win and the Jonah of all awards; Manager of the Month, being won by Owen Coyle are seen as sure inications of a "domingus supremus...
Just a wee push needed.
"Great Expectaions" wasnt’ the book choice of most Bolton fans mid-week, when the lads returned to finish off the business still very much highlighted by the harrowing previous encounter, that left Fabrice Muamba critically ill from his collapse. With the lad hopefully on the way to a miracle recovery, few...
I hear you're a good footballer.... I try!
Boltonions, and indeed most of those who follow football, don’t really care that idiotic, sensation-seeking journalists from comic-book dailies write tripe about mawkish sentiment and scoffing insensitivity. They’d all rather someone died to make caring worthwhile. It’s more news-worthy . Well, sorry chaps, our boy’s alive and well and he...
