The 22/23 season was over, Aldershot had stayed in League One for another season, and the players were about to go on a break. They collectively disappointed me in their reaction to my notion that we’d survive again in 23/24, leading me to look all the harder at making changes. Whilst I began to hunt […]
Here we go. The final third of Aldershot’s first ever season in League One. Would the team have enough about them to stay up, or would we be sucked down back into League Two? What twists awaited? We’d been pretty inconsistent up until now. Well, firstly, we had visitors from Oxford. They were 9th and […]
With a third of the 22/23 season completed, Aldershot Town sat in 13th in League One, after 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats, landing us 20 points. A repeat of this pattern in the next two thirds of the league campaign would almost certainly give us enough points to secure a place in League […]
There seems to be an abundance of phallic snow constructions lately… these rather hard (ahem) appendages are rigid (give me strength) and popping up (sigh) everywhere. Some are bigger than others (oh Lord) and they present a unique problem to anyone wishing to get rid of these erections (argh). Does one wait for them to […]
Once again social media is blowing up with conservatives getting anxious that their freedom of speech is being curtailed. Once again the key word that often goes overlooked is ‘consequences’. There are many examples of comments and positions that can have consequences. The most recent relates to the comments of Gina Carano, who played former […]
February! We look to the horizon, in hope, though alas there is still a long way to go before normality returns. I wish Covid-19 was not the dominating factor behind so many Muses, but it’s impossible to avoid how the pandemic treads upon virtually all aspects of our lives. Take work for example. Over the […]
I’m not quite sure what to make of snow. It’s beautiful to gaze at through a window. Freshly-fallen snow creates a stunning, serene landscape. Walking in freshly-laid snow, experiencing that crunch under one’s foot, is a satisfying moment. That all said, snow is also cold, it turns to a mushy ice before long, and if […]
Having achieved an unlikely promotion to League One in the 21/22 season, I allowed my Aldershot squad a chance to bask in their glory and recuperate ahead of what would prove to be a most challenging season (well, I suspect it would be challenging), but a manager’s work is never done. I’d already (and perhaps […]
… Grows a forest. Recently my daughter has expressed a desire to peer into the family history, and in doing so fired up a renewed interest of my own. Others in my family have already been tracing the family tree, and uncovered more than I could have imagined. So far, the research relates to my […]
After 30 matches Aldershot had reached the unlikely position of 2nd in the League Two table, in the club’s first post-promotion season. We were five points clear of the playoff places and the team had just won nine of their last ten league fixtures. The results were beyond anything I’d expected, but if asked (not […]
Breached the 70K mark on my wip! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
This is just sheer absolute, exquisite beauty.
I have eaten too much pizza.
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Ever since I was a cub, I have generally speaking been fond of swimming. I don’t do it often, but when I do, I enjoy it. I consider myself a reasonably confident swimmer, and I have few qualms about going out into the sea when at the beach (well, when I’m somewhere warm, with clear […]
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