Did He Really Mean It?

[ January 5, 2008; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ]

Right, so the match has moved has it? Well I didn’t want to be the fool who turned up n Dulwich this Saturday all alone and with only the locals for company, I think I would have done a little cry.
I’ll be excited about this game in approximately 10 hours as I’ll have watched my [...]

The crunch FA Cup Second Qualifying Round tie between Dulwich Hamlet and Chalfont St Peter, originally scheduled for Saturday September 29, has been moved to Sunday, September 30.
Speaking about the movement of the tie, FA Cup run veteran bamos said: ‘This is an interesting move. I assume it’s been done due to Fisher Athletic, who [...]

Not enough people are getting excited enough about this Cup run for my liking. I want pictures of happy non-league fans with two thumbs aloft, wearing stupid hats and grinning inanely, dreaming of a replay at Aldershot. I want local news reports of crazed fans besieging Dulwich Hamlet ticket office. I want shots of people [...]

So we won through, hurrah, and here’s the highlights (my poor reaction time meant I didn’t managed to get Dulwich’s fine goal, despite time slowing down as Shaun Beveney ran through on the keeper and nicely curled it in the bottom corner):
A classic Dulwich move culminating in a fine overhead kick:

A beautiful flowing move by [...]

I would apologise for the lateness of this blog entry, but frankly you can all go whistle. I’m knackered. After arriving back at my house at 2.30am after the mother of all journeys home from sunnybutfuckingfreezing Deal on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, I then had to get out of bed at 6am and fly to Glasgow [...]

You can see France from the train. Look there it is. Fact.

You can get to Chalfont St Peter on the tube (plus a shortish walk). Richmansworth or Chorleywood you take your pick. Map. Fact.
Chuck Martini is going down for a crime that he probably did commit. ABH or GBH to be confirmed. Fact.
People do remember [...]

just home from deal having had to miss extra time to find out we eventually won 3-1. muchos controversy pre kick off. deal is far away.

time to get out of work and head for Deal! The FA Cup adventure continues!

I’ve not been to a huge amount of football matches this year, but the match at the weekend reminded me of an interesting thing often seen in the lower leagues, that being where the amount that a player shouts and screams at team-mates is inversely proportional to their footballing ability. I’m going to try keeping [...]

So then, the draw wasn’t too painful eh? Plus I get to steal the lovely ginger barlady from under Bamos’s nose (It’s a big nose) if Dulwich win the replay.
So then. a brief synopsis of last Saturday. I went to the football, unlike someone else I went through the turnstiles fine as well.
Dulwich have a really nice ground [...]

Awaiting us at the end of Deal Town v Dulwich Hamlet is….a home game against the mighty Chalfont St Peter. I must admit to being wholly unaware of their previous output, what league they’re in and to be honest, where Chalfont St Peter actually is.
A quick search however revealed the fact that they won 6-1 [...]

Must be careful when selecting search results for “dealtownfc”!

The magic of the FA Cup. That strange, indescribable quality that lifts the FA Cup above its station as merely a knock-out cup competition to something, well, magical. That history. That tradition. Ronnie Radford. Exeter drawing with Manchester United. Keith Houchen. Lawrie Sanchez. Bloody Sunderland in 1973. Everyone has a favourite memory. That’s what the [...]