Feb 1, 2024 | Football Writing, The Main Blog
As someone with a lifelong passion for non-League football, I’m increasingly worried about how financially viable the sport is below the elite level. Semi-professional football clubs have always led a hand-to-mouth existence and barely a season goes by without at...
Dec 6, 2023 | Football Writing
Tonight, Prescot Cables and Ashton Town meet in the Liverpool Senior Cup for the first time in seven years. That game ended in victory for Cables, who went on to win the tournament at the end of the 2016-17 season. The photo of the Pesky Bulls captain, James...
Apr 22, 2022 | Football Writing
Happy Easter! It is a slightly surreal feeling to think that this afternoon we welcome Runcorn Linnets for the final scheduled home match of the current season. It’s not impossible that we might yet be gathered here at the IP Truck Parts Stadium but a draw or better...
Apr 13, 2022 | Football Writing
In my last column, I described our remaining fixtures as ‘Cup Finals’ due to their importance in terms of the club’s destiny. After all, this is the time of year when clubs at all levels, all over the land, get to play at prestigious venues for trophies of all kinds....
Mar 27, 2022 | Football Writing
After the late fireworks of last Saturday’s win over Kendal Town, we now know that the spectre of automatic relegation has been banished. That means today’s match against promotion-chasing Workington is important as Cables aim to escape the bottom three completely or,...
Mar 27, 2022 | Football Writing
It feels a bit odd to be saying so before St Patrick’s Day, but this season has reached what Sir Alex Ferguson called ‘squeaky bum time’. In fact, for our visitors this afternoon, this is quite literally a must-win game. The maths is simple; Kendal Town arrive at the...
