FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.24: SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY AWAY Get ready, I think it’s going to be a long one. Our opponents Wednesday are one of the many “big” clubs that now reside in League One. The mix of such clubs and the minnows like Accrington, Morecambe and Forest Green makes tier three such a fascinating  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.23: FA CUP ROUND TWO OXFORD UNITED 4 EXETER CITY 1 We all know that the FA Cup isn’t what it was but for me it is still very much a competition that should be savoured and gone for 100%. Obviously don’t risk injured / unfit players but pick the strongest  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.22: FOREST GREEN ROVERS AT HOME Our opponents Given the size of the town – Nailsworth with a population of under 6k – where they are based, what FGR have achieved is quite remarkable. (Whoops gone all David Coleman there). Until 82/83 they’d not played higher than the Hellenic League then  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.21: FA CUP ROUND ONE Magic of the cup – is there any left? So it’s that time of the year again when the magic of the FA Cup is supposed to weave its way through the lower echelons of the EFL and upper echelons of the non-league game. Except it’s  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.19: PORT VALE AT HOME Our opponents Vale had six years in what is now the Championship until they got relegated at the end of the 1999/2000 season and have never been back. Since then they’ve been in L1 on thirteen occasions and L2 ten times. This is their first season  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.19: SHREWSBURY AWAY Our opponents It’s easy to forget that Shrewsbury spent a season in the Conference back in 2003-04 but didn’t hang about in winning promotion back at the first time of asking. They beat Aldershot in the play-off final on penalties at the Millennium Stadium. They’ve put that minor  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.18: FLEETWOOD AT HOME First a mention of Bolton Covid prevented me visiting the University of Bolton Stadium but such was the performance we put in it would be remiss not to mention it in passing. There were so many ways to keep up with events during the contest and to  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.17: PORTSMOUTH AWAY Staying positive? If it wasn’t for our new minted owners and the vision of a bright future at Stratfield Brake that we’ve been sold, the gloom surrounding our club at present would be pretty horrendous. As it is it still feels quite bleak based on what has taken  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.16: PETERBOROUGH AT HOME Papa John’s humiliation To repeat – don’t care about this competition. But do very much care about losing. The way this season has gone, whilst trying to maintain a degree of realism, I’ve very much been looking for any evidence of positivity and have tried to big  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 22/23 – No.15: EXETER AWAY A stat (prior to this game) courtesy of “Notts Yellow” Simon Eastwood has only saved 4 shots at home all season. The running total now is that the opposition have had 11 shots on target and we have conceded 7. Normally it is the first shot in the  [ more ]