Widnes FC is claimed by the quicksand

Widnes FC is claimed by the quicksand

Jul 1, 2025 | Football Writing, The Main Blog

I have written a few times about the frequency with which non-League football clubs are folding; I asked whether the National Leagues System was A Pyramid Built on Quicksand as early as February 2024. The club closest to my heart, Ashford Town (Middlesex) would...
Flag Stopped Play

Flag Stopped Play

Jun 20, 2025 | Football Writing, The Main Blog

A year ago, I wrote about the demise of Clapton FC and the emergence of an alternative club, Clapton Community FC. Clapton Community have been in the headlines recently, following the controversial abandonment of a Cup Final in which their women’s team was playing....
Scratching a seven year itch.

Scratching a seven year itch.

Apr 30, 2025 | Football Writing, The Main Blog

One of the greatest players of all time, Diego Maradona once said that “football isn’t a game, nor a sport; it’s a religion” which might at least partially explain why I was sitting on a train to London, alone, last Saturday. Regular readers will already be aware that...
Losing Interest

Losing Interest

Nov 27, 2024 | The Main Blog

In December 2023, I wrote a blog entitled In a SpIn, which was an exploration of my oldest and deepest Special Interest (or SpIn for short). Yet over the summer, I decided that I had completely fallen out of love with football, ending an involvement with the sport...