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The Magpies and The Phoenix

The Two Teams Have Had A Profound Effect On Life. As has all non-league football


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  • 14. Sitting There In Your Armour Plated Chair

    39:04||Season 1, Ep. 14
    Let's go around the new grounds in 2023. From chiming bells in Torrington, to big crowds in deepest Kent. To avoiding the rain at the Dorset Cup, to wondering if I broke the law in Portsmouth. And much much more.....

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  • 13. With A Slack Jaw And Not Much To Say

    46:35||Season 1, Ep. 13
    February (and 31 January) non-league football round-up, featuring Phoenix Sports, the Wessex League and where I am going next. Hope you enjoy!
  • 12. What Does It Matter, That's All I Have To Say

    47:51||Season 1, Ep. 12
    Maybe this might load when the gltiches are ironed out. January football, wasted journeys, inconsistent Phoenix, Holsworthy win, a great semi-final, a club with heart and a nice soul, and a David Thompson oggy from an FA Cup past, when it mattered and isn't the irrelevance it is now,
  • 11. Hundred Billion Castaways, Looking For A Home

    52:14||Season 1, Ep. 11
    The second part of the review of the 2022 football year. Misery Moments, My Favourite People, My New Year Hopes. Plus, a little bit on what I saw over Christmas and what I am looking forward to in 2023.
  • 10. And Through This Year, A Thousand Tribulations

    47:55||Season 1, Ep. 10
    The best bits, and some of the worst, of my 2022 in non-league football. Part 1.
  • 9. Just Like A Silver-Studded Sabre-Tooth Dream

    50:24||Season 1, Ep. 9
    Since that decision to go to Bideford in October 2021, I have been to 30 grounds. I am not a groundhopper. Here is a quick take, an anecdote, a view on each of them. I hope there is something for everyone, or it could just be widely ignored.
  • 8. They Told Them Boys You'll Soon Adjust, Just Bring Us Back Some Lunar Dust

    46:12||Season 1, Ep. 8
    Catching up on nearly three months of non-league football, with a house move in between. How Phoenix have got on, what has happened to Holsworthy (in brief), the Hampshire/Wiltshire football scene I have moved to, a little update on Cray Valley Paper Mills, and for me, a classic Christmas Millwall Misery Memory involving a car breakdown, a night outside Newton-le-Willows and, well.... just listen.