Archive for the ‘Days out and culture shocks’ Category

Slippery Slope: Barnet 0 v 0 Port Vale.

November 27th, 2009

Normally when faced with writing up my footy days out I do it as quickly as possible, not this time. I have needed nay on a week to recover enough from this game to be able to write owt.
It is my fortune (if that is the right word) to have mates supporting what they [...]

No whining about fixture congestion at this level: Kingstonian in October.

November 2nd, 2009

October comes and goes and your intrepid Leeds fans still can’t get himself a mile down the road! Still thank the heavens for our mainstay K’s reporter Mike Underwood who gives us his latest installment of the ups and downs of our Ryman’s adopted team.
Five games in fifteen days – four of them in one [...]

Field of Kings 2, via someone elses eyes.

October 11th, 2009

So any other sensible human being would take the opportunity provided by a free Saturday to either see his newly adopted second team or catch a local FA Cup Qualifying game, but no I had to go and get slaughtered in London the night before and thus spend the whole day hungover! As I was [...]

Unfinished Business: MK Dons 0 v 1 Leeds United

September 27th, 2009

If the victory at StaduimMK from 26/09/09 is going to have any long term significance for either football club it probably stems from a feeling that there is unfinished business to resolve. The 3 points Leeds gained was a half done job in a half done stadium in a season not even a quarter through. [...]

Discovering football life in Kent!

September 21st, 2009

Exiled in Kent Leeds United fan Matt Goodwin guests for Clarkeonenil with a report on his newly found local club Tonbridge Angels.
… Tonbridge… You what? Tunbridge Wells?.. No, Tonbridge… Where? Tunbridge Wells?.. Eh? Tunbridge Wells?… NO! TONBRIDGE! A typical response to when ever you may to mention that you live in Tonbridge. Ah Tonbridge, [...]