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Sick note

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Sophie

The beginning of 2016 has not really gone according to plan. Unless, unbeknownst to me, the TLF January 2016 plan stated, “Be quite poorly and visit your GP more times in a month than you usually do in a year.” … Continue reading →

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The lucky blue cheese burger

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Sophie

“There is NO such thing,” according to Mr TLF. He isn’t of course denying the existence of the BCB. Any fule know that there is much culinary delight to be gained from placing a serious slice of your favourite blue … Continue reading →

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All heart

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Sophie

Part 1 Don’t go breaking my hart Oh okay. Fine then. Go ahead. Break it, tear it into small pieces and then stamp on it just a little bit. It is Sunday, TLF has wiped all reports of the mighty … Continue reading →

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Ingratitude! Thou marble hearted fiend.

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Sophie

The bard and other have some great one liners about ingratitude. Some of them have some quite long-liners too but there’s only so much room for the title. Clearly the fickleness of the football crowd has been around since the … Continue reading →

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Non trivial

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Sophie

With apologies for the delay, ‘events dear readers…events.’ Let me take you back to Boxing Day. Technically TLF was not a HHHTLF (that’s HoHoHo TLF), with both my beloved Cities choosing to leave neatly wrapped away defeats under the tree … Continue reading →

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What a difference a year makes….

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Sophie

With Christmas only two sleeps away, I thought it might be worth reviewing last year’s missive to the big man; Saint Nick, Father Christmas, the Present-Meister, Mr Claus…… December 2014 Dear Santa, After a year of being a very good … Continue reading →

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All heart

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Sophie

Part 1 Don’t go breaking my hart Oh okay. Fine then. Go ahead. Break it, tear it into small pieces and then stamp on it just a little bit. It is Sunday, TLF has wiped all reports of the mighty … Continue reading →

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Distractions

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Sophie

If it’s not SKY messing with your football, it’s Christmas (and a soupçon of the Mighty Saint’s failure to get through the last round of the FA Trophy). Two home games; two consecutive WEEK nights; not a hope of actual … Continue reading →

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Deck the halls with boughs of holly

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Sophie

Tis the season to be jolly Well…..from a footballing and Clarence Park point of view perhaps not that jolly. More like a bleak midwinter. I arrive for our home game against Margate, already in my own little grumpy TLF world … Continue reading →

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Strange times

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Sophie

Football is often a matter of timing. Whether a striker times their run into the box to perfection, a defender mistimes a tackle, the teams play extra time, timing BLAHBLAH. Or indeed when kick off TIME is moved to suit … Continue reading →

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