Category Archives: Match day but not as kno it

A picture tells a thousand words

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Sophie

Still no words to do justice to how I felt on Satday so have a picture.

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Football is dead to me….maybe

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Sophie

Well okay maybe that is a small exaggeration but it is holding on by a thread. The patient started to look a bit ropey when Lesta went down a goal to 10 man Southampton. Even the equaliser barely increased the … Continue reading →

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Redeeming Features

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Sophie

It’s been tough, but I know you will have been worrying about me, so just to reassure you I am now over my severe bout of PTWHDD (post traumatic West Ham defeat disorder). Symptoms are of course exacerbated with the … Continue reading →

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Good Omens

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Sophie

As regular readers will kno, this TLF is a superstitious TLF. Lucky socks, lucky pants, lucky comestibles; blue cheeseburgers (Mighty Foxes), bacon fries (Mighty Saints). It’s not just about good luck is it though? There can be signs, portents of … Continue reading →

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Open for business….briefly

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Sophie

Satday 12 December and Clarence Park was OPEN! It couldn’t be quite the same just yet of course. The bar requires booking for a pre or post-match visit, and of course your Stella must come with a substantial meal (no … Continue reading →

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Pull your socks up!

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Sophie

Actually, I’m not sure how this works. Because TLF does not need to pull her socks up. Nooooooo. It’s someone else who is slacking. TLF’s lucky socks need to pull themselves up. Call yourselves lucky!? A bit of profile in … Continue reading →

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Crossing the floor

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Sophie

As Monday evenings go, it was a weird one. Not only was TLF watching the Mighty Saints live on proper telly – BT Sport no less. TLF was watching the Mighty Saints live on proper telly in the St Albans … Continue reading →

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The Green Lane Derby

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Sophie

Local derbies are never surrounded by good grace or good behaviour and on this occasion the trash talk ahead of my Foxes versus his Hammers started early. There was a premature, and in TLF’s opinion, unnecessary act of provocation as … Continue reading →

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Never trust a TLF: A short play

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Sophie

Scene 1: SUNDAY PRE-MATCH TLF: 3-5-2!!! We are always pants when we play 3-5-2. And Amartey!? Almost two years out injured and you start him against Man City!? I mean Brendan has really lost it this time. Mr TLF: So … Continue reading →

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Minding my language

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Sophie

So pessimistic was TLF about the start of the Prem (can’t go to the game and even if I could Lesta will be pants) that at the weekend I felt obliged to create a bit of distraction. What better way … Continue reading →

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