If you’re a regular listener to the podcast I take part in, then no doubt you’ll have heard me, time and again bemoan the governance of football clubs. Every season, we hear or read of clubs going out of business, some because they can’t go on, and some for want of proper management. A lot […]
On Saturday 23rd April, at about 4.55pm, the air in TW12 was filled by an almighty roar as the shrill blasts of referee Stephen Bates’ whistle signalled the end of a season that had brought success in the Ryman Premier League to a small SW London football club. Hampton & Richmond Borough had just earned […]
Following the likes of Hull City for the years I have, it has sort of left me suspicious and a little wary of any success. For a long time, the supporters of the Tigers’ level of expectation was to be mid-table, win a cup game or two and not have financial issues! Their first promotion to […]
Thursday night’s decision by Merton Council to approve AFC Wimbledon’s plans for a new stadium on Plough Lane increases the prospect of their current tenants, Kingstonian FC, having to move out of the Borough of Kingston completely. Indeed it is not so fanciful to say that it also raises questions if the club could even […]
Another football season draws to a close for most in the Ryman Premier League. Champions have been confirmed, as has the teams that are to be relegated, 12 teams are still fighting for promotion through the playoffs. However, Maidstone Utd are not one of them. For months, their campaign to have their 4G pitch accepted […]
Football - as I see it 