Matchday 1 v Newbury (away) Saturday 18th September Venue: Fir Hill School. Journey there: 30-minute delay on the A419 near Swindon due to an accident on the other carriageway and some random cones that narrow the road on our side for no apparent reason. ...

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Matchday 2 v Wokingham & St Albans Saturday 25th September. Venue: GL2. Working Party: B parents + Father Brooks, who has quickly worked out a clever way to claim an early lead at the top of the fledgling SB (Stadium Builders’) Premier League. Form...

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Maccy D It’s a prompt departure, despite the skipper testing out how far ‘prompt’ extends. By 7.35 we’re on the M5 and two things have happened, or not as the case may be. Manning hasn’t asked for a loan in the first five minutes of the day’s ...

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Calculations Nice Harry M and Nice Charlie B are the first to arrive at GL2 this morning and as such are offered the chance to make today’s seat draws. Somehow, though, they manage to pull out Vaile and White one after the other and house them in the sa...

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Analysis Matchday 5: Saturday 23rd October A difficult day, with three players laid low with Covid and a further two requiring a spell in the physio’s room. So, with only six fit and healthy ‘A’ Team bodies, we took on a very good Dacorum side at th...

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Isle of Wight 2021: The Facts Thursday Well, Covid has taken its toll and there aren’t many of us, but those that there are, are here bright, early, bushy-tailed and initially ready to sing. ‘We are the Earth’ soon gives way to a Folley-inspired: â€...

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Subway With the Vice Chairman still recovering from his Isle of Wight experience and Coach Stalley on transport duty with his golfing son, Coach Wilson has to bear the brunt of the early-arriving Model’s claims, myths and downright lies about his goal a...

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Soccer Saturday 07:30. Arrive at Longlevens to find John Kelly already present, waiting for the grand unlocking of the big green gates. The neighbours suggest he’s been here since early Thursday morning, but the man himself quashes that rumour immediate...

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La Toilette It’s an early departure from GL2, but White and Clifford are both present and correct even earlier than that, and as such are invited to make the eagerly-anticipated seat allocation withdrawals (SAWs) from the big, white, plastic bag. The ne...

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Super Six ‘It’s a funny old game,’ as Greavsie never tired of saying. Despite accruing eleven welcome points from Wednesday’s selected fixtures, we’re still languishing in 5th place in the GPSFA Coaches’ Sky Sports Super Six League, a competit...

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