I know I was far from alone, but I had the right hump when the final whistle went up at Chesterfield on Sunday afternoon. It wasn’t just the fact that we had exited the FA Cup, I realise in the grand scheme of the 2023/24 season that while a run in the cup would have […]
Having pondered Orient fans’ slight frustration at two draws in succession last week (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings- Is our slight frustration a sign of how far the O’s have come in such a short space of time?), I guess I should probably blame myself for the goalless draw that played out at the Pirelli Stadium last […]
In last week’s post (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings- Orient given a reality check at Ice Station Sixfields) I aired my growing concern that Orient’s stuttering form, culminating in the defeat at arctic-like Northampton, could mean that they started to fall further off the promotion race pace. For a while now I have felt that apart from […]
After the O’s stunning bounce back to league form with the brilliant 5-0 win over Hartlepool, the fixture list dictated that it would be a brief cup sojourn for the O’s before we head off to Rochdale on our league travels once again. Much has been written and spoken about how the FA Cup has […]
Even in the money-driven world of modern football, FA Cup Third Round weekend normally serves to re-fire the souls of football obsessives who are growing increasingly weary of modern football and its incessant, unwavering focus on commercial interest. The world’s oldest cup competition normally has the uncanny knack of conjuring up a refreshing underdog story, […]
So here we go again, welcome to UK Lockdown 3.0 and yet another post about the impact of the pandemic on the sport that we all love! However, so far at least, it seems that football has escaped suspension, at least for the time being. How long that remains the case is probably reliant on […]
In many ways it is difficult to know how to sum up Orient’s last two games. On the face of it two cup defeats in the space of four days should be grounds for disappointment, certainly if you read any of the fan pages on social media you might think the correct response is anger […]
Given what has gone before: the dog days of Arsène’s reign, the confused tactics and communication of Unai Emery, the appointment of a rookie coach albeit one who could boast a pedigree apprenticeship under one of the most respected and revered managers in modern football, it would have been difficult to find any Gooner who […]
So that’s it! After more than eleven months, the most bizarre, surreal and frankly weirdest season that English football has ever known is all but done and dusted. With just the FA Cup Final tomorrow and the Championship Play-off Final next Tuesday to be decided before the campaign can be called complete, what have we […]
Part 1: Clough and Taylor conquer Europe (Football Nerd Retro Ramblings- The late 70’s and the 80’s when Football was really Football: Clough and Taylor conquer Europe.) Part 2: Bob Paisley and the legendary Anfield Boot Room dominate England and Europe ( Football Nerd Retro Ramblings Part 2- Bob Paisley and the legendary Anfield Boot […]
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