Football Drama In Starkholmes

Never let it be said that us Landlubber Midlanders won’t go the extra mile in order to watch some live sport. It’s all well and good Duncan gallivanting off to Estonia on a scouting mission to source some new players for St Mirren but, aside from a recent visit to Gresley FC, (read it here)…

Tip Top Tansley: Derbyshire Wayfarer Part 2

You left me in Matlock heading into the wilds of the Lumsdale Valley as the views improved and the pubs became more gastro. Gorge walking has become de rigeur in recent years and I can confirm it is a top notch activity, albeit I have tried it in Anglesey. (Not gorge walking) The joys of…

Nectar In (Kings) Newton

Two days have passed since  my last blog and it has been a ‘bumper weekend’ of sport, as Dickie Davis would have said on World of Sport. I can’t believe that finished as long ago as 1985, but they’d have been delighted with the offerings on show. West Bromwich Dartmouth edged out England by four…

Brummies Here, Brummies There…

Brummies every *******where la la la la la la la la la la went the terrace chant back in the eighties (that is the correct amount of la’s!)… Of course, anyone reading this who has stuck with me since the start of this blog will know this is the same intro as the post on…