1 October 2024 The last time these two sides met, on a warm Saturday in April, a Badgers victory put them in pole position to claim the...

28 September 2024 Got cold this week, hasn’t it? Positively autumnal; and after the volume of rain we’ve had, I was quite nervous about...

24 September 2024 When these two sides met in the first round of the Hampshire Senior Cup five weeks ago, they played out one of those...

21 September 2024 Back to Cup action for the Badgers, then – second qualifying round of the FA Vase, away to Bridport Town of the...

17 September 2024 A slightly curious backdrop to this game. I’ve said before that it’s not a real league table yet, and Stoneham are one...

14 September 2024 Back to league action, then. And back home for Brock, after three games on the road including that excellent...

10 September 2024 Back to cup action for the Badgers tonight, and their first game of the season against one of the likely “big three” –...

7 September 2024 Not exactly a retrieval mission for the Badgers today but, after a couple of disappointing results, the chance to get...

3 September 2024 After Saturday’s home disappointment, the Badgers were back on the road this evening, away at Downton. I’d been to The...

31 August 2024 I was thinking this week about my season preview, when I said I was slightly nervous about where the goals would come...

27 August 2024 The annual trip to the island… August is no doubt preferable to mid-winter (you may remember that last year’s game took...

24 August 2024 Couple of things before I start on the match today. The first isn’t so major, but I realised after posting Tuesday’s...

20 August 2024 First round of the Hampshire Senior Cup, on the date originally scheduled for a League Cup tie between these two sides. ...

17 August 2024 The vagaries of the schedule, plus Cup replays: a third home league game in four for the Badgers. For some reason, Brock...

13 August 2024 Games already coming thick and fast – fifth game of the season for the Badgers, at home to Poppies who visited at a...

10 August 2024 On Tuesday, after their late late defeat by Bemerton in the FA Cup, Brock were left wondering what might have been. Today...

6 August 2024 Take two… there’s a well-known football maxim which says that, as a lower-league club, your best chance of pulling off an...

3 August 2024 The last time I was at Moon Park, Bemerton outclassed Portchester 3-0 to seal second spot and, as it turned out, automatic...

30 July 2024 So here we go, new season – starting in July, which is unusual to say the least. I say every year that I can’t really do a...

27 July 2024 Final practice, then (sounds like a grand prix weekend!) – home to Abingdon United of the Hellenic League Division One. ...