Occasional musings upon the noble game.

Played variably.

Written consistently poorly.


A right kick in the nuts

Posted by Nik Myles on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, In : General 

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You wait nine hours, and then two come at once!

Posted by Nik Myles on Sunday, November 15, 2009, In : Unibond 

Carlton Town 0 Willenhall Town 2

Unibond Division One South

Saturday 14th November Coming in to this game, Willenhall had gone almost 500 minutes without scoring. They were rooted to the bottom of the table after a traumatic summer that culminated in a 10 point deduction. They had recently been beaten by Spalding, who as connoisseurs of this division will testify, are routinely rubbish year on year. Carlton on the other hand sat mid-table, but with games in hand, and were showing signs of...
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Twenty Things You Always See or Hear at Non-league Football....

Posted by Nik Myles on Thursday, November 12, 2009, In : General 
No. Description
1 A man with a bright red face and enormous flared trousers.
2 The local town nutter who declares that he loves his local team so much and never, ever, misses a game, before mysteriously disappearing somewhere during the second half.
3 The failed tactician. Usually stands behind managers dugouts in a mid-nineties Adidas training coat, Fara...

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SCARBOROUGH LAUNCH SCHEME TO RETURN HOME

Posted by Nik Myles on Friday, November 6, 2009, In : NCEL 

KoolSport Northern Counties East League Premier Division club Scarborough Athletic wants to return home, and is proud to announce the launch of a scheme to help achieve just that.


The `Back2Boro` fund has two main objectives: continue to raise awareness of the club's lack of permanent home, and to raise funds to help finance the return home to the borough of Scarborough.

Athletic have been playing their football at Bridlington Town's Queensgate Stadium since formation in 2007, when Scar...
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Progressing the image of the Women's game

Posted by Nik Myles on Friday, November 6, 2009, In : General 
WTF?

I'm all for hilarious observations about the standard of goalkeeping in Women's football. But this? How is this in any way a good thing? (unless you like women in communal baths, obviously)


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In brief

Posted by Nik Myles on Friday, November 6, 2009, In : General 
Goodness from Studs Up

Wolves turning players into freezepops

The fairer sex (with ads to start you off)

Ouch. Just ouch.

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I keep it now

Posted by Nik Myles on Friday, November 6, 2009, In : General 

Whenever a ball goes into the stands during a match, I always wonder what would happen if the person who grabs it decides that he’s keeping that sucker and that there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

Well, that’s exactly what happened during the Switzerland v Germany match at the U17 World Cup. When the guy in the blue shirt got his hands on that ball, he wasn’t about to give it back — even when everyone around him turned against him and tried to pry it out of his hands.

Oh, and...


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Teach 'em young

Posted by Nik Myles on Friday, November 6, 2009, In : General 
Always said Dakota were a dirty bunch


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The week in (very brief) review

Posted by Nik Myles on Sunday, November 1, 2009, In : General 
Stolen from around the internet

  • Is this the latest tackle ever?

c/o Dirty Tackle

  • This is exactly what we want to see

c/o Football Bits and Pieces


  • Arsene Wenger wants to Slap Gary Neville


c/o 3nil

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