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...
Mar 27, 2022 | Football Writing
Regular readers of this column will be aware that I am, to put it bluntly, a massive nerd. As such, I take an interest in the history of football and of the club, particularly on the statistical side. When Jed Ward joined recently from Bristol Rovers, I started to...
Mar 27, 2022 | Football Writing
On Thursday lunchtime, Northern League club Billingham Synthonia tweeted out a statement that indicated that they needed to raise £10,000 in order to see out this season after the sponsor / benefactor who had been funding the club walked away. Like us here at Cables,...
Jan 30, 2022 | Football Writing, The Main Blog
I don’t watch much television, but I listen to a lot of podcasts. This is partly because I’ve always commuted to and from work and/or the football clubs I’ve been part of via public transport and I find bus and train journeys much easier to cope with while wearing...
Jan 30, 2022 | Football Writing
Last Saturday’s important victory over Kidsgrove Athletic put me in a pretty good mood but, as happens so often, this beautiful game we’re all mad about was winding me up again pretty quickly. The postponement of the North London Derby on Sunday left me baffled. The...
Jan 30, 2022 | Football Writing
In this strange Step 4 season – a campaign in which Cables have both scored and conceded seven goals in League fixtures – Tuesday night saw possibly the most remarkable shellacking of the campaign so far. In the Isthmian League South Central Division, Staines Town’s...
