This 1983/84 football season is carrying on regardless of whatever chaos is ruling my life. Therefore, instead of following the season date by date in a religious manner, I will just write the occasional feature, such as the one below on a small selection of Gillingham programmes. Mark Dunk is a political activist that I […]
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For International Ataxia Awareness Day, I have decided to include a section from Every Silver Lining has a Cloud, focusing on the day I was diagnosed with Friedreich’s Ataxia back in January 1993, at the age of 15. *** I staggered across a hectic car park, underneath threatening grey clouds, towards my date with destiny. Proud
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I have copied below, an article from BBC Sport about the proposed takeover of Wrexham AFC, by Hollywood superstars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. This is surreal news, and it is difficult to comprehend that this is happening to the club I have followed since 1985. There are still many hoops for the prospective new
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Continuing with my look back at the 1983/84 football season, here are the results for Saturday the 17th of September, 1983 thanks to Soccerbase. It is early days in the season, but I am struggling to keep up with things, such is the state of my support network. I am trying to balance having a
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It is high time that I shared more background information relating to the 1983/84 football season. To do this I have used the Milestones Diary from the Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984/85 with thanks and appreciation to the authors, who were edited by Peter Dunk. I will be updating this milestone diary every month as season
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I WILL WRITE A NUMBER OF EMERGENCY ON PLANET EARTH BLOGS THROUGHOUT THE TORY SPONSORED CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. What follows is a random collection of thoughts from a human being trapped in 21st Century British society. *** It appears that the Covid-19 crisis is rearing its ugly head once again, so I thought I had better
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Here is my weekly results round-up from the Canon League, courtesy of Soccerbase. All games took place on Saturday 10th September 1983. I will soon be publishing League tables if I can find a suitable way to display these on WordPress. *** English Div 1 Sa 10Sep 1983 Wolves 1 – 1 Birmingham Sa 10Sep 1983
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This week’s programme review comes from Canon League Division 4 and Chesterfield’s encounter with York City at Saltergate. This 16 page issue cost 40p, but this basic production is rather advert-heavy and “manager’s notes” are conspicuous by their absence. Page 2 of this programme, launches straight into a news-round feature – we learned about
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At the end of August 1983, teams from Divisions Three and Four took part in the Milk Cup First Round, First Leg. Fast-forward to the modern era, and clubs are competing in the Carabao Cup, which is obviously being affected by the Coronavirus crisis, and the subsequent lack of interest. Yesterday, I struggled to keep
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I have taken my eye off the ball for a few days, as I have considered the way forward. I have decided to finish what I’ve started with the 1983/84 football season, so here are the results from August 30th to September 6th. Many thanks to Soccerbase – the website from which I have sourced
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