Making History Not Living In It

Last Updated: 13 February 2023

The One That Could Lead To Wembley…

… if we want to be generous about the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. Now before we get sniffy about the competition, shall we remind ourselves about the FA Trophy. If you’re aiming to get promoted to the Football League and striving for an attracting FA Cup Third Round tie in January, …

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Dancing With Wolves

If you needed to be reminded of the gap that exists between the Haves and the Have Nots in League One, this weekend’s game will help you out. On the pitch, there is just a fine line between sticking the ball in the goal and, well, not doing that. But …

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Keep The Wolves At Bay…

Wolverhampton. Well, you can’t complain that the League One Holiday Brochure (2013-14 Season) isn’t treating us this year. Walsall, Crewe, Tranmere – all very prestigious locations in their own right, but none of ’em hold a candle to the cradle of the Black Country. On this latest Grand Day Out, …

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It’s Not How You Start…

… it is how you finish. We’re told this often enough during our football club-supporting lives and it often gets proved to be the case when you take into consideration the full length of a season. It is easy to peer at our league results this season and feel inclined …

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Making History, Or Just Living In It?

First, our congratulations to the institution that is the Football League. After 125 years of coordinating competitive league football, there are no signs of slowing down and we fully expect 150 years to be recorded without too much trouble. But the six anniversary games that greeted this landmark season spurred …

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FA Cup – To The Dream

We thought it was best to awaken from our close season slumber for English football’s showpiece game. No, not Sunderland v Southampton but the FA Cup Final. Who cares about the rubbish kick-off time, the fact that the Premier League season still carries on around it and that our experiences …

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All Over Bar The Shouting

There she goes. Leaving on the 16.42 from Waterloo for the evening White Star steamer to the New World. It has been an emotional, enthralling few months where moments of utter joy had been entwined in frustration and, at times, despair. But now she is leaving your life for the …

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Game On!

Finally! After what seems like four score and seven years, the time has come for Stevenage to get back out on the pitch and get this second half of the season well and truly underway. And we’re playing catch-up. Few teams, if any, have seen their January fixture list trashed …

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As Time Goes By

How have the last couple of weeks been for you? We have spent a large chunk of that time twiddling our thumbs and gazing out of the window at the latest watery thing to fall out of the sky and plunge Britain into chaos. Not playing sucks. Having three weeks …

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Don Stop Believing!

Unless we’re mistaken, there is the hint of a feel good factor back in the air among Boro’s supporters courtesy of last week’s win at Crewe Alexandra. Now we contemplate our first home game of the New Year, and Doncaster Rovers’ first appearance at Broadhall Way in nearly nine years. …

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