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Teaching Old Dogs new tricks...
"If we knew then what we know now, then things would be different" is a common claim by men of a certain age... who then go on to suggest...
The Gaffer
Nov 19, 20192 min read
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Last of the Summer Wine...
There is much in common with the 1980's sitcom about a group of misbehaving old men getting up to trouble in their dotage and Super Vets...
The Gaffer
Nov 17, 20193 min read
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Rainbow flying high...
Let's be honest, every team has a Zippy player (extrovert who needs to be gagged & tied up from time to time), a George (more sensitive...
The Gaffer
Nov 14, 20192 min read
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That’s right Pep, version 2...
It’s good to talk... even better to be heard. life is a like a football match and full of ups and downs. There will be times when the...
The Gaffer
Nov 12, 20191 min read
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3-2-1...
So the dexterous Ted Rogers used to digitally show his audience in the 1980s and was adapted by every teenage boy in front of his Nan to...
The Gaffer
Nov 9, 20192 min read
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Play to the whistle...
This weekend there will be no complaining, venting of frustration or carrying on regardless when the referee's whistle blows. For 2...
The Gaffer
Nov 8, 20192 min read
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My day at the Match...
Football at any level, whatever your involvement is more than the 90 minutes. It is more than just the starting line-up or the final...
The Gaffer
Nov 7, 20192 min read
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious...
I could have chosen a number of different song titles from famous musicals to have referenced, but the classic Julie Andrews and Dick van...
The Gaffer
Nov 2, 20193 min read
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A different type of team talk...
Being part of a 45s team, means that we remember the 1970s when football on TV was Saturday lunchtime with Saint'n'Greavsie, evenings...
The Gaffer
Oct 24, 20192 min read
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Food, Glorious Food...
With another free week this weekend, thoughts turn to other matters. One of the changes this season has been a blowing of the budget for...
The Gaffer
Oct 22, 20192 min read
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2 large and 4 small ones...
White Roding went into the weekend sitting top of Group D in the League Cup, knowing that avoiding defeat would see the boys enter the...
The Gaffer
Oct 19, 20192 min read
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Absent friends...
Every week is offers a different challenge for the Gaffer... holidays, injuries, family commitments and misplaced keys whilst engaged in...
The Gaffer
Oct 12, 20192 min read
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“Disappointed with the attitude...”
Is what the great Bill Shankly went on to say, when referencing others’ opinion that football is a matter of life and death... “it’s...
The Gaffer
Oct 10, 20192 min read
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A change is good as a rest...
No match this week after some early-season Group (D) Stage Matches resulted in the uncommon position of a 100% record. For many this...
The Gaffer
Oct 5, 20191 min read
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Ariba... Ariba...
The first home game of the season saw a Mexican flavour to the post-match food and the welcome of Westhamians in the 2nd Cup Match of...
The Gaffer
Sep 30, 20192 min read
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Easing through the gears...
The re-energised 45s took the sloping fields of King Georges Park for their first competitive game of the season in the Essex Vets Div 1...
The Gaffer
Sep 30, 20191 min read
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