Author Archives: Sophie

Rumblings

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Sophie

For a football fan whose preferred over used phrase of choice is “Put it WIIIIIIDE!” I could feel the early onset rumblings of disappointment when I surveyed Leicester’s team for the game against West Brom. Four central midfielders didn’t fill … Continue reading →

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Bewitched

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Sophie

Greenwich mean time? Greenwich mess with your head time more like. I really don’t think that ONE extra hour in bed makes up for the nonsense foisted on my little lost fox head this weekend. When I was a kid … Continue reading →

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Cocktail hour

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Sophie

…Or rather, afternoon. Having less gumption (good word) than the Bard, I’m afraid that ‘injurious distance did stop my way’ at the weekend. In contemplating my footballing options, I did, as the gaffer says “follow the data.” • St Albans … Continue reading →

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Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Sophie

No it’s not Clash karaoke time. And I’m not about to celebrate my first 12 months of living in St Albans by moving. The dilemma is much more important than that. It being of a footballing nature. You see last … Continue reading →

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Sophie’s Choice

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Sophie

I was left wondering last weekend what’s worse to witness on a Satday? A 2-0 home defeat? Or a 2-2 home draw with the opposition scoring their equaliser in the sixth minute of stoppage time? Once upon a time this … Continue reading →

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Stoked

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Sophie

Special offer! One week only! A bonus blog, bought to you courtesy of the damaged overhead cables that left TLF with a bit more time on her paws than usual when trying to get home from the Big Smoke. As … Continue reading →

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Don’t knock it

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Sophie

No, not more ramblings about everybody’s favourite programme seller and Clarence Park punmeister. I thought that perhaps it was time to redress the balance and give Mr TLF a bit of good press…..OK if you are finished picking up your … Continue reading →

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A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Sophie

OK so Louis van Gaal wasn’t in the middle of a bloody battle in Bosworth field, didn’t have a hunchback and hadn’t he sent his nephews to the Tower (although a few of his defenders might now be signed up … Continue reading →

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Gazzetta Clarence Park

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Sophie

Sameness is the mother of disgust, Variety the cure. Ah Signor Petrarch, it’s as if you spent your life hanging around Clarence Park on match days rather than thinking great thoughts and writing poetry in fourteenth century Florence. Admittedly the … Continue reading →

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Choices, choices

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Sophie

There are times, and I am almost ashamed to admit it when I do conduct a bit of an internal debate about whether to go to football or not. I’m not biased towards the mighty Saints or Lesta in this … Continue reading →

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