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The Bertie Bassett Battle...
Saturday’s match against Blackmore was a hark back to 40+ years ago, when we played in the morning, went home in our kit and if your dad...
The Gaffer
Sep 8, 20202 min read
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Thinking big...
Pre-season is not about winning games but preparing for the season ahead. When I took over last season, I used the mantra of “Doing...
The Gaffer
Aug 30, 20202 min read
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Eh Oh...
Another week, a different challenge and more lessons learned. In 4 friendlies, we have deliberately played against a variety of...
The Gaffer
Aug 23, 20202 min read
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Sniper Special...
It was almost perfect playing conditions... a solid surface and lots of rain, as White Roding welcomed the perennial travellers now...
The Gaffer
Aug 16, 20202 min read
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Goodyear....
Almost 12 months to the day on from taking the reins, the Gaffer relinquished control of this weekend's game to an injured understudy aka...
The Gaffer
Aug 9, 20202 min read
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The Holly and the IV...
Somewhat prickly, renowned for being red and associated with a time of goodwill & gifts, Holly (aka Ian Hollamby) makes a weekly 150+mile...
The Gaffer
Aug 2, 20203 min read
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Super Troupers...
There is a long-standing connection between catching Swedish pop royalty and football. Alan Partridge earned his stripes as a sports...
The Gaffer
Jun 19, 20202 min read
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Black AND White matter...
“It is dangerous to be right on matters which the established authorities are wrong”... so said French philosopher Voltaire. Life and...
The Gaffer
Jun 2, 20202 min read
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From the jitterbug to coronavirus... almost time to celebrate VE day 75 years apart
1945 was a year of many notables, not least the end of WWII and at the time of writing this we celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Victory...
The Gaffer
May 6, 20203 min read
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Taking a lesson from 33 years ago...
If your team had been pipped to first place in the league and were unlucky in a Cup Final. you could be mistaken for thinking that next...
The Gaffer
Apr 2, 20202 min read
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"Snazza frazza rashin' fashin' Rick Rastardly!..."
The owner of such wonderful words was a blend of breeds that would only get his boss out of trouble in return for a medal being penned to...
The Gaffer
Mar 28, 20203 min read
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The Final Hurdle...
There are some that would suggest I know little about football, but whatever the difference of opinions are, I can agree I know nothing...
The Gaffer
Mar 13, 20202 min read
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Talking crap and taking the pee...
... no I am not referring to my pre-match Churchillian changing room chats, but something more important. "My team" consist of a rogue's...
The Gaffer
Feb 21, 20202 min read
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Back together...
...All the time we were apart, I thought of you. It was nearly 30 years between the release of the song that everyone secretly knows the...
The Gaffer
Feb 18, 20202 min read
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Wet & Windy Weekend...
Storm Dennis rolls in and bang goes our Saturday of football vs Stansted. Conditions prevented the possibility of practice, so there was...
The Gaffer
Feb 16, 20202 min read
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Feeling a flop...
In 1968 a man was ridiculed for his attempt to do something different. It wasn't an unqualified success and needed constant tweaking as...
The Gaffer
Feb 13, 20202 min read
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Looking forward 5 weeks...
In little over a month, my club can realise their long-held ambition of lifting a coveted cup. The week commencing 15th March is the...
The Gaffer
Feb 8, 20203 min read
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No Gremlins this weekend...
We all know the rules... - No food after midnight - No getting wet - No bright lights ... and we all know what happens if we ignore them!...
The Gaffer
Feb 3, 20201 min read
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Half a decade for our story...
...paraphrasing the leper in Monty Python's (anarchic and archaic) Life of Brian. 5 years ago White Roding Vets (35s) played in Division...
The Gaffer
Jan 30, 20202 min read
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We've got a semi...
If you read the marketing blurb of a famous little blue pill, it will claim it's suggested use is for men with ED, but what the...
The Gaffer
Jan 26, 20202 min read
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