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Retired accountant. Football ground & sports stadia photographic archive. Sporting Luddite. Groundhopper. 5,827 football matches on 2,575 grounds.

Northwich/Weymouth
Joined February 2009
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Act two of the day, @CheadleTownFC v @AFC_WC in the Midland League Premier Division
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Nothing better to do on a Tuesday afternoon so...... Manchester United u19 v Roma u19 in the UEFA Youth League at Leigh Sports Village
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Regular followers on here will be aware of my irrational annoyance with clubs' changing kit for no reason for away games. So.... why have Everton opted for all blue at Newcastle tonight? Are their commercial people hoping to sell more blue shorts on time for Christmas?
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Congratulations to my dad's Auntie Nellie for winning the F1 Drivers' Championship. Not sure about the youngest ever champion though, she must be at least 126.....
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Sunday afternoon FA Vase 2nd Round action, @NorthwichVicsFC v @YarmEaglescliff at the home of @RuncornLinnets
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And this time with a couple of the usual photos.....
This afternoon's football is in Walsall, @ISSAFCFirst v @AFCFradley in the Staffordshire League Chairman's Cup 2nd Round #2575. ISSA stands for the Independent Saddlers Supporters Association
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This afternoon's football is in Walsall, @ISSAFCFirst v @AFCFradley in the Staffordshire League Chairman's Cup 2nd Round #2575. ISSA stands for the Independent Saddlers Supporters Association
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📚 Has anyone got a Warrington Town match programme older than this one? This comes from a home game against Lostock Gralam in March 1963. We’re gathering photos of past programmes and players as part of our ongoing heritage project to document the story of the club. If you’ve got anything of interest, get in touch! 🤝
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Tuesday evening.... @IrlamFC v @barntonfc in the @nwcfl Macron League Cup 2nd Round.
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The media obsession doesn't help. 5 Live spent an hour pre match talking about nothing else, including speaking to a journalist with an "exclusive" about Fernandes being left out and then going live to OT for the reaction of the crowd to the players coming out to warm up. Really?
The problem with Man Utd isn't Carrick, it isn't really even Wilcox or Ratcliffe. It's the constant banging on about United's standards being higher than everyone else, that they should be better than everyone else. It's not 1999 any more. Stop living in the past.
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The problem with Man Utd isn't Carrick, it isn't really even Wilcox or Ratcliffe. It's the constant banging on about United's standards being higher than everyone else, that they should be better than everyone else. It's not 1999 any more. Stop living in the past.
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Before the "Class of '92" they had won next to sod all for 25 years. They had a generation of success. So did plenty of other clubs. If they stopped looking back to Ferguson's era and started a long term plan they just might be a top club again.
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Despite the best efforts of Storm Wotsit we have football, @boltonwyresdale v @OldMancsAFC in the Lancashire Amateur League Premier Division #2574
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Yes fine, it's a Villa penalty. But it took 2 minutes to decide to refer the referee to the monitor while the ball was in play the whole time. Why isn't that now dead time added back?
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Heard on @5liveSport this evening, a stat about EXPECTED ASSISTS!! A totally different level of pointless nonsense.....
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A slightly soggy evening in "leafy" Cheshire for @RuncornTown v @alportfc in Midland League Premier Division.
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Glorious Autumn sunshine on the edge of the Forest of Dean for @woolastonfc @soudleyafc in the North Gloucestershire League Premier Division #2573
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More Southern League Division 1 action tonight, @WillandRovers v @Official_BTFC.
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Tuesday evening and my second visit of the season to Grove Corner for @PortlandUnited v @ExmouthTown_FC in Southern League Division 1 South
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Monday evening football, @afcbournemouth u21 v @Argyle u21 in the Premier League Cup
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