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Wealdstone FC has announced that Bobby Wilkinson will be their new first team manager. Bobby has enjoyed a long period of highly successful management with Vanarama National League South rivals Hungerford Town and comes to Wealdstone with an impressive track record. Under Wilkinson the Crusaders have seen seven seasons of continued success and improvement since his appointment as manager in the 2009-10 season with a remarkable 70 per cent win ratio over that period. He led the club to promotion...

Football is big business – a massive global concern dominated by a handful of major clubs that resemble multinational corporations in their business behaviour and their ability to sweep-up cash. There’s no doubt that, at the top of the ladder, the product offers good entertainment and excitement, but the polarisation of European football has created huge imbalances that have pushed many countries into the shadows. The UEFA Champions League, for example, has become a cartel with only a select band...

Sunderland's biggest fan says the football club's away shirt sizes have left him feeling like an unwanted substitute. Michael Cockburn, 56, claims that after asking for an away shirt in the 3XL size at the club’s Stadium of Light store he was told they did not stock beyond 2XL. The club says that there is limited interest in shirts larger than 2XL and those sizes have not been made available to the Black Cats. Michael Cockburn, 56, is angry as...

By Chris Woods A powerful and resolute Chelmsford City side ensured Wealdstone's faltering start to the season continued after the Stones were defeated 0-2 at Grosvenor Vale on Saturday. In front of another 900 plus crowd, Stones could have few performance complaints on the day but the denial by referee Ryan Atkin of at least two nailed on penalties in both halves of the action only served to rub salt into ever deepening wounds. The latter decision, when Shaquille Hippolyte-Patrick was...

Miles Reucroft is undertaking a different way of playing the ever popular Fantasy Football this season. To understand his methodology, read part one here. The Week 1 review is here. I pitched up at Heston services at 11pm on Tuesday night. It’s where my contact had insisted we meet. Out of the public eye and with a bit of privacy to discuss business. I was warming my hands on a half drunk cup of tea, considering my options for the...

Reflecting on a not so insignificant golf course which became the victim of a face lift.

After all the panic and Twitter turmoil in the build-up to Sunday’s game at Newcastle, it ended up being an easy win for Spurs. Goals from Dele Alli and Ben Davies, in for the injured Danny “I know my worth” Rose, secured all three points for our boys against a team that was reduced to ten-men after Jonjo Shelvey was sent off for being a moron. We were somewhat sluggish in the first half, unable to find that cutting edge that we’re...

Miles Reucroft is undertaking a different way of playing the ever popular Fantasy Football this season. To understand his methodology, read part one here. The first weekend of the season is always a difficult one. How will the new boys bed in? Do they get on with the local lads? Will this be our season? FC Fakin’ Run Aboutabit had a solid start. Our 54 point haul leaves us handily mid-table, ranked 2,325,945th. Solid, if unspectacular. As feared, Kieran Trippier...

Welcome to the 2017/18 Fantasy Football Blog! It’s a time of great excitement in offices and WhatsApp groups as teams are assembled with great care and attention, usually to be discarded by mid-September. I enjoy fantasy football, but I don’t enjoy the nonsense that comes with it. Triple captains. Bench boosts. Wildcards. All a load of bollocks. What if you tried to play the game more along the lines of real life? My intention this season is to pick a...