SEASON 2020/21 – FAN’S VIEW No.12 – FLEETWOOD AWAY The build up No beers in here this season Build up? Is there much of this when there’s no anticipation of the journey up the M6, then M55, leaving the car in the appropriately named Park Avenue, walking to the Royal Oak for decent northern beers  [ more ]

SEASON 2020/21 – FAN’S VIEW No.11 – CHARLTON AWAY (& not SWINDON AT HOME) Swindon and Covid Immediately after the MK Dons game I got twitchy because I had not received my iFollow code for the Swindon game. Turns out I needn’t have worried but I did manage to locate it in my spam folder.  [ more ]

Will Green previews a derby like no other…

SEASON 2020/21 – FAN’S VIEW No.10 – MK AT HOME How bad? How bad was that, is a question I ask after most defeats and continue to keep pondering long after I’ve let part of my frustration out into the wild in the form of these FVs. Probably the question I should be mulling over  [ more ]

SEASON 2020/21 – FAN’S VIEW No.9 – PETERBOROUGH AWAY THE WEEK GONE BY Other than a pre-season effort I only pop out a FV after a game – or scheduled fixture that doesn’t take place if Crewe are our opponents. That means much of what I may write about off the field stuff is outdated  [ more ]

SEASON 2020/21 – FAN’S VIEW No.8 – NOT CREWE AT HOME PART TWO   Intro Best to explain why I’ve bothered to write anything in the circumstances. Well, I was actually looking forward to the game and initially had intended to just give a view on 90 minutes of football given that I’d banged on  [ more ]

SEASON 2020/21 – FAN’S VIEW No.7 – GILLINGHAM AWAY (And Covid, the EFL Trophy and the Board) Covid Last Saturday I issued the previous FV at 2:45 just after it was confirmed that our game was not going to take place. Matches are going to be struck off the fixture list but I was totally  [ more ]

SEASON 2020/21 – FAN’S VIEW No.6 – NOT CREWE AT HOME NB: All written prior to 14:30 on Saturday except for the last bit Covid Whether the EFL will receive a bailout courtesy of the Premier League has been much discussed. The figure mentioned is £250m. There are however so many issues involved. Loans have  [ more ]

SEASON 2020/21 – FAN’S VIEW No.5 – ACCRINGTON AWAY Covid 19 (or more) Football 0 (or less) I wrote this in the previous FV, “ ….  with the large continual increase in the number of Covid-19 cases I’d say the chances are more than 50:50 against there being any fans in attendance when the Railwaymen  [ more ]

SEASON 2020/21 – FAN’S VIEW No.4 – SUNDERLAND AT HOME But first back to the Carabao Cup What an opportunity I missed and I have to thank Andy McCormac for pointing it out. After reading the Watford FV he came up with this, “Can I just add that one of the Watford goalkeeper’s saves, when  [ more ]