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/ 11 years agoThe Blueprint for Non League Football – Don’t fix what isn’t broken
New co-editor of the Lewes FC match day programme, Barry Collins, gives us his views on traditional values in the amateur...
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/ 11 years agoThe Blueprint for the Future of Non League Football – Financial Fair Play part 1
Great minds think alike, so they say. So whilst I was half way through writing my final piece in this year’s...
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/ 11 years agoRunning out of MetroGas at the final hurdle
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going” sang Billy Ocean back in 1986 (trivia fact for you – the...
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/ 11 years agoDiwrnod mawr y tu allan (A Grand Day Out)
On Friday night I made my long-awaited return to a football pitch as I turned out for the Lewes FC Elite...
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/ 11 years agoBury the bad news
I truly hate the last day of the season. For many it is a time to celebrate, but being a West...
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/ 11 years agoSt Nathan the Cray slayer
At 5pm on St George’s Day there is only one place any rightful Englishman should be. In the pub. That’s the...
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/ 11 years agoUt victor spolia sunt tam dulcia nectar
All you Premier League pansies out there don’t know what you are missing. Whilst you are being told to sit in...
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/ 11 years agoAdding insult to injury time
I don’t need no arms around me. And I don’t need no drugs to calm me. I have seen the writing...
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/ 11 years agoPraise the Lordswood
It’s been an easy week at TBIR Towers. Easy because I haven’t been there. I’ve been a few thousand miles away...
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/ 11 years agoBugger Bognor
I cannot read or say the words Bognor Regis with a small titter sneaking out of my mouth. You see I...
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/ 11 years agoSibling rivalries
…and relax…. A week has elapsed since Lewes lost to a referee and his liberal interpretation of the rules regarding injured...
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/ 11 years agoThe Pain of Spain fails to referee the game
It had been quite a good few weeks for the Rooks. Results on the pitch had been poor – in fact...
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/ 11 years agoEvery rain cloud has a silver lining
When a complete stranger addresses you for the first time with “Are you a copper?” you immediately think that you are...
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/ 11 years agoTaking the Time Machine back to the future
I have absolutely no interest in my heritage. Family Trees bore me stupid. The past is the past and we should...
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/ 11 years agoThe Silent H
Looking around for a game to go to on Saturday morning I took inspiration from my daughter, who was happily playing...
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/ 11 years agoWell and truly Stoned
Twenty five years is a lifetime in football. Back in 1987/88 Liverpool were being crowned First Division Champions (this was pre-Sky...
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/ 11 years agoBeach Boys enjoy a day out in Sussex by the Sea
“Essex has the sunshine And the girls all get so (fake)tanned I dig a French bikini on Canvey Island dolls By...
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/ 11 years agoAway win-gate
Richard Nixon’s lasting legacy was the suffix “gate” being added to any event or scandal After two defeats on the road...
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/ 11 years agoWhitehawk Up?
It seems inconceivable to have imagined the game between Whitehawk and Lewes as a local derby in the league just three...
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/ 11 years agoLose your pounds or lose your club
We all know that Non League football is going through a tough time. At the top end of the pyramid, clubs...
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/ 11 years agoMaldon and Tiptree Assalted by Jammy Motormen
Headlines should tell a story, but be cunningly cryptic to entice the reader in for more. Today I had so much...
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/ 11 years agoHappiness is a game at Hamlet
When London hosted the summer Olympics in 1948, the football tournament was spread around the capital with a few detours down...
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/ 11 years agoPremier League relegation betting
Every season sees the relegation battle grabbing the attention of both football fans and sports betting enthusiasts. Of course these are...
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/ 11 years agoThe real home of football
Real Madrid and which other football club have been awarded the FIFA Order of Merit? The highest honour that could be...
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/ 11 years agoA knee jerk reaction?
Footballers don’t have the best reputation out there. I say that whilst watching Luis Suarez clearly handle the ball in the...
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/ 11 years agoFlat liners
I thought I’d start today’s blog with a little sneak behind the curtain in the running of a football club. Not...
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/ 11 years agoWhen the Drip became a Torrent (Pan)
We like things continental style in the Fuller household, celebrating Christmas with a huge family feast on the 24th rather than...
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/ 11 years agoWish you were here?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze?...
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/ 11 years agoThe old Deres
The FA Vase game between Erith & Belvedere and Frimley Green was never on my agenda for this afternoon. After all,...
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/ 12 years agoIt was 140 years ago today…almost
Let me take you back in time. Hop into the TBIR DeLorean and set the date to 16 March 1872. As...
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/ 12 years agoRemember Leiston
Every football club has its “Leiston” moment. That game where everything goes wrong and you finish up on the end of...
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/ 12 years agoBad, Thriller? Beat It MJ – this was Off The Wall
“The demons squeal in sheer delight It’s you they spy, so plump, so right For although the groove is hard to...
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/ 12 years agoFour seasons in one day…
For my regular readers from California, Brentwood is not just a posh suburb in West Los Angeles, once the home of...
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/ 12 years agoNice Beaver…oh get stuffed
“Nice Beaver”…. “Thanks – I just had it stuffed.” Whenever I hear the name Hampton & Richmond I recall that classic...
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/ 12 years agoA Gray day I could Ilford to miss
Some time very soon we will be up in arms about the death of another football club in London. It is...
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/ 12 years agoLewes show their Sunday best
After last week’s defeat to Hendon in the FA Cup we had to watch through our fingers as the draw for...
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/ 12 years agoWe’ll never get closer to Wembley than this…
The road to Wembley is not paved with gold. In fact for 99% of teams (well, actually 98.8% now that the...
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/ 12 years agoThe Wanderers
After the excitement of the FA Cup at Redhill yesterday, I needed a day to recover. Well, actually I needed a...
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/ 12 years agoNo one is innocent
“Ronnie Biggs was doing time, ’til he did a bunk” This classic line is from the Sex Pistol’s 1978 song No...
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/ 12 years agoMore than a feelin’
I looked out this morning and the sun was gone Turned on some music to start my day I lost myself...
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/ 12 years agoBeef in brief
I always try to find a mildly amusing title for my blog posts that is in some way related to the...
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/ 12 years agoInch by Inch
“In life or football, the margin for error is so small. One half a step too late or too early and...
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/ 12 years agoSmells like team spirit
I was never going to miss this game. For those without in-depth knowledge of the workings of the Fuller household will...
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/ 12 years agoIn a Nutshell
After two weeks of Olympic drama, our Greatest Show on Earth had come to an end. Despite frantic F5’ing on the...
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/ 12 years agoThe Bourne Identity
After three and a half hours of watching horses (and riders) jumping over the same fences I needed some excitement. It...
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/ 12 years agoThank God for Holly Willoughby
“I have a Slimline brief-case and I use the firm’s Cortina. In every roadside hostelry from here to Burgess Hill” So...
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/ 12 years agoThree cheers for the Royal Mail
Did you know that Cambridge United could have been Cambridge City? Did you even know of the existence of Cambridge City?...
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/ 12 years agoSell out!
For most Non League sides the difference between success and failure in a season can be found in their pre-season calendar....
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/ 12 years agoTwenty four years of hurt
One of my ancestors, Thomas Fuller, was the first person recorded as saying “It is always darkest before the dawn” in...