My plucky Wealdstone side sat 10th in League Two, halfway through the 22/23 season. It seemed likely that the club would spend at least one more season in league football, but nothing was assured. How would things fare in the second half of the campaign? Well, proceedings would begin with the visit of Yeovil Town. […]
Wealdstone had not only survived their first season in the Football League, but, to a point, they had thrived. 11th place was a pretty respectable finish, given the expectation of going straight back down, but as the 22/23 season loomed, it was painfully clear the club needed a lot of investment. A few coaches – […]
Hmm. I could easily answer meerkat to the animal idea, but I don’t know if meerkats actually lead easy lives! The obvious animal answers are ‘cat’ and ‘dog’, because the ones I know usually have relaxed, stress-free lives! As for ‘thing’, I don’t think I’d want to come back as an object, so we’ll nix […]
Wealdstone had found themselves in the unusual territory of 8th place in League Two, at the halfway point of the 21/22 season, despite being a newly promoted club. With very limited resources, we had pulled off some great results, and moved well clear of the expected relegation dogfight. Instead, we were loitering near the playoff […]
The 20/21 season could not have gone better for Wealdstone. We had won the Vanarama National League at a canter, and booked our place in the Football League for the first time in the club’s long history. For 21/22, League Two football awaited, with numerous challenges. The players seemed to believe staying up was a […]
Wealdstone had a 13-point lead at the top of the Vanarama National League, after 30 games. There was still more or less a third of the season to go, and it could yet all end in tears, but so far, the club had defied expectations. The original objective? Avoid relegation. It was fair to say […]
For part one, see here. After 15 games Wealdstone sat top of the Vanarama National League, which, given the pre-season objective of ‘avoid relegation’, was considerably better progress than I could have asked for. The team had played extremely well, though I still expected the wheels to come off at some point. As we moved […]
There are many words that can used to describe Diego Maradona. Mercurial, genius, ethereal, mesmerising, tortured, astonishing, and above all, brilliant. Maradona set an incredibly challenging standard for later Argentine stars like Lionel Messi, and also for himself. In fact, it might be said that Maradona was his own worst enemy. Maradona was born on […]
It’s a New Year (and a new laptop!), so what better time to start a new career on Football Manager?! This is on the 2021 edition of the game, so we’re rewinding the clock a little. The 2020 European Championships and the 2022 World Cup have not yet taken place, and it remains to be […]
In the wake of my F1 driver profiles, I figured I’d do the same thing with footballers, and what better place to start than arguably the greatest of all time, Pelé. When I started to write this, the great man was still with us. A few days later, he was gone, at the age of […]
Breached the 70K mark on my wip! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
This is just sheer absolute, exquisite beauty.
I have eaten too much pizza.
I don't think it's up to you to decide what's best for women, nor whether or not men can find them attractive...
You may be wondering where this post will go. Well, let’s place the scene in the restaurant above. What might I deem inappropriate behaviour in this setting? A restaurant has waiting staff, who (depending on the quality of the establishment) may or may not be paid a particularly decent wage, yet will work very hard. […]
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