• Rave On Sven RIP
    “football is beautiful and cruel” rave on Sven
  • Back For The Start
    far from the finished article but back for the start still reeling from two relegation seasons we board the coach with renewed hope Ewan who I’ve never met before shows me images from away games and we talk music the feeling here is… just don’t lose sunny fields stream by and we’re there ‘The Rec’ […]
  • Walking Through Woods To A Game
    whose woods these are I do not know but to a hilltop ground they go and as we climb in Summer heat this well trod path beneath our feet will lead us high above the town and carry us both up and down through air so humid thick and still as we rise further up […]
  • Caught Up In A Dream (It’s Over)
    even though we swear we won’t something sucks us in armchair managers emerge when the games begin once again we do it all ev’ry time it seems caught up in the flow and vibe caught up in the dream drenched in optimism of all that lay in store hopes rained down like beer in cups […]
  • Not Quite Full -My Euro 24 Wall Chart (Part 2)
    the flags have all appeared again on buildings and on cars except the Farmer’s Market or posh and trendy bars my wall chart hangs resplendent a multi-caloured sheet a hand-filled record of it all of vict’ry and defeat it’s scribbled on and nearly full the day has come once more the only thing that’s missing […]