Author Archives: Sophie

What happened next?

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Sophie

Oh you are bright people. You can guess. TLF is now officially in love with two football teams. Like some feeble addict, even a year of self-imposed exile from Lesta City has not broken her dependency. Physically separated I may … Continue reading →

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A tale of two cities

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Sophie

If you had told me last July that I would witness two promotions (including a Championship winning 102 points), a play off win on my birthday (I know I bang on about that but I once saw TATTPIB lose at … Continue reading →

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Perfect Day

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Sophie

It had to end as it had begun. With John Jones. Back then he wasn’t a celeb. He was, my first Encounter of the St Albans kind (eat your heart out Spielberg) the bloke who regarded me slightly suspiciously last … Continue reading →

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0 out of 10. See me

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Sophie

As Russell (intrepid Brentford and Dulwich fan who made epic journey to our epic play off final) said, “Wot no blog?” And it’s true, this has not been delivered within the bounds of my usual SLA. Not to do with … Continue reading →

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People in glass houses….

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Sophie

don’t always have time to throw stones. Especially when it is the Glass World stadium just outside Cambridge (well a long way out of Cambridge really, in a place called Histon) and they are too busy cheering on the mighty … Continue reading →

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Frome is where the heart is

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Sophie

Or not as the case maybe. Fresh with the buzz that comes from a few days off work, the heady and tantalising aroma of a possible play off place, the sugar rush that comes with having eaten my own body … Continue reading →

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Certain in my uncertainty

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Sophie

While Clarence Park might not quite echo with the history or grandeur of institutions such as Oxford or Cambridge, we do on match days, quite often rival those seats of learning for the standard of our academic debate, particularly in … Continue reading →

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Let it go!

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Sophie

So the fallout from the promotion weekend continues…And as a result I do worry for the moral fibre of this nation (or maybe it is just the company that I keep) as friends and colleagues jump on the Mr TLF … Continue reading →

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The P word

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Sophie

And so it came to pass…… After 10 years of wallowing in the fallow ground of various divisions in the football league the men of TATTPIB did gather up, get their acts together and march triumphant into the holy lands … Continue reading →

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It’s the economy, stupid

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Sophie

Once a year, usually when season ticket prices are released or just before the season starts the sporting press will devote some creative maths and journalistic licence to an assessment of how much it costs an ‘average family’ to attend … Continue reading →

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