We set off for Aberystwyth on Thursday, to spend Christmas with Mum and Dad. On Friday we went to Bwlch Nant yr Arian to watch Red Kites feasting on fresh meat, and on Christmas Eve we went into Aber for a wander around and a coffee. In between, parents foisted food and drink upon [...]
“MASSIVE” is how one fan described Saturday’s FA Vase draw against Liversedge, from too close to Ossett for comfort. Winning this one would take Leamington to the fourth round of the Vase, as far as they’ve ever been.
For 12 minutes, Leamington looked outclassed, with most passes being intercepted. But in the 12th minute, Richard [...]
Luggerburra Dynamo have quite a nice ground, although in order to buy three portions of chips, a tea, a coffee and a can of coke, you have to visit three separate places…
They played badly, we played badly; top striker Josh Blake was positioned as left back for reasons nobody could quite fathom. Nobody scored, [...]
2-0 up at half time, there wasn’t much worrying going on when Leamington let one in early in the second half. However with 10 minutes to go and still no third goal, there was some muttering from spectators about having to play better than this when eventually we manage to play Biddulph. That third [...]
A league match! At home! Not only this, but with Abbi conveniently diverted by work, Tom got to come along too.
Visitors Quorn are top of the table, so we were anticipating some excitement. Ryan Howell scored in the first half, but the record League crowd of 621 could only muster a polite clap. When [...]
I think you could describe last night’s third round Birmingham Counties Senior Cup match — in the cold and the rain — as a nailbiter.
Solihull scored the first one early on. During this time I stood under my umbrella, while Steve stood staunchly in the driving rain, and got soaked. For the second half, [...]
We watched this 1st round FA Cup match on TV, and were proud as punch to have been there for the previous round.
I’m sure nobody will disagree that Chasetown got a lot of luck — if Leamington had got that much luck they might have only lost 4 - 0 — but nonetheless, it [...]
… where [mutter] > 1.
I’ll be perfectly clear: the nightmarish Friday night journey through various traffic blackspots, subsequent curry, beer (at an empty theme bar; theme: school), sleep, full English breakfast, wander around the shops, coffee, glimpse of old castle, pub lunch, and attendance at a football match at a League ground no less, was [...]
Just in case anyone’s reading:
The main sources of Brakes news — folfc.org.uk and brakingnews.us — have both ceased operating under those names, and merged to become the official website, http://www.leamingtonfc.co.uk.
All the worthy recipients — regulars, supporters’ club members, etc. — ought by now to have bought their tickets for the FA Cup round [...]
I’ll keep it brief.
We went to Holbeach; it’s miles away, and has some link to Geoff Capes. The Brakes were playing Holbeach in the 1st round of the FA Vase.
Their programme lacked polish somewhat…
Their football was “physical”, with a nasty elbow meaning Alex Rodman had to be bandaged up Rambo-style to stem the bleeding [...]