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…
Football Manager P10 – Will we Survive?
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…
Football Manager P9 – Inconsistency
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…
Snow Balls
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…
Freedom of Speech
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’….
The Meerkat Muse – 10/02/21
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…
Football Manager P8 – Uncharted Territory
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…
From a Seed…
… 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…
Football Manager P7 – Summits
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…