Category Archives: Match days

No not the bespectacled Thunderbird Nor Wales’s biggest brewer and hospitality company. Noooo, TLF is talking the little grey cells, the old cerebrum, or, in a nod to Mr TLF’s roots, the watch and chain. That essential matter between the … Continue reading →

Throughout the centuries those who are are about to depart, do battle, go on an adventure or are saying a farewell forever, have been sent on their way with words of love and luck in speeches, poetry and song; I … Continue reading →

The 06.24 to Brighton (fast via London) is probably not the place to ‘treat’ my fellow commuters to a TLF solo rendition of “We are the yellow and blue army”, but the urge was strong. Resplendent in a Mighty Saints … Continue reading →

The Saints can fly, And that home win that you dream of, That dream really does come true. It has been a spectacularly grey start to 2017 for the Mighty Saints. Not meteorologically-speaking, although we haven’t exactly been flirting with … Continue reading →

With half marathon training hamstrung, by well, a hamstring, it has become clear that the less there is of TLF on 11 June the better. Particularly as if the worse comes to the worse, Julie will be dragging me round … Continue reading →

“All your teams are sh1t Soph.” That was Ray’s cheerful assessment of TLF’s footballing fortunes prior to The Mighty Saints home game against Bath (that’s Bath without an ‘r’ remember). I didn’t have the heart to correct the “all” and … Continue reading →

“And IIIIIIIIIIIIII will always loooooove youuuuuuuuu,” rings out in a not very melodic fashion around Clarence Park. It was a cold and spectacularly WET evening for the visit of Welling and Whitney Houston was on trend on the terraces. Pretty … Continue reading →

Dateline: 14 January 2017, 14:00 We are heading towards enemy territory Worse than that, our travelling companions are the enemy. Tension is in the air and the usually gregarious THS are monosyllabic. It is Hemel v the Mighty Saints and … Continue reading →

After a barren spell of 21 days (twenty-one) without entering a football ground things were back on an even playing keel (keep up!) with last Satday’s trip to see the mighty Saints take on league leaders Maidenheadstone Utd. Those 21 … Continue reading →