19 January 2025 Regular readers will know that I think there’s something a bit special about cup games – doesn’t necessarily make for a...

18 January 2025 So, next up, a trip to the Temeraire – a ground where we’ve seen any number of pretty poor games, it’s not a place where...

11 January 2025 OK so last week, I would have wished everyone a happy new year and all that. Except, Brock got postponed and the Content...

4 January 2025 Grigg Lane having fallen victim to the frost, the Content Adviser and I had a quick look at the remaining fixtures, and...

28 December 2024 So here we are again, in my case a couple of stone heavier than when I last wrote (all of it chocolate and cake) – and...

21 December 2024 You remember that time earlier in the season when I commented on how games were coming thick and fast? Now, not so much...

14 December 2024 Back home for the Badgers, after the disappointment of Tuesday night: visitors Portland United were the only Premier...

7 December 2024 There was a mid-season friendly, wasn’t there, last Wednesday… and I’m afraid to say that neither I nor the Content...

30 November 2024 Storm Bert won out last weekend… Storm Conall briefly threatened to derail Tuesday’s game, as the pitch became steadily...

26 November 2024 At the start of the season, Brock were in six cups. Six! And Pep complains about the Carabao! Anyway, first there was...

16 November 2024 Do you realise that, next week, we’ll be halfway through the season? Which explains why we’re now starting to play...

12 November 2024 Previously… last time the Badgers visited the Wiccor, in the Hampshire Senior Cup, they were injury-ravaged and out of...

9 November 2024 Home comforts for Brock today, then, after a couple of tricky away games. In fact the last home game in the league was...

2 November 2024 Last season, fate conspired in such a way that Brock’s two games against the Creeksiders were matches 33 and 37 of a...

29 October 2024 Those of you with – well, actually, you don’t even need long memories to recall that Brock won the Russell Cotes Cup as...

26 October 2024 So – with apologies to DH Property Services, off to Foxcotte Park – not ideal opponents for a struggling team. Andover...

19 October 2024 Brock having been postponed, the Content Adviser and I decided to take in a random Vase tie, so with wistful thoughts of...

15 October 2024 It’s not been a good few weeks for the Badgers; their last win came five games ago in the League Cup against Blackfield &...

12 October 2024 Another new ground: up to Wincanton, possibly not the most distant in terms of miles but definitely in terms of...

5 October 2024 Bit of an aside before we start today – last night I had the great pleasure of watching the U-18s take on Eastleigh in the...