NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Att: 2100 WOKING – 1 [Akrour 49] SUTTON UNITED – 2 [Winston (Pen)51, Watson 53] So, to our umpteenth relegation six-pointer of the season. But with a twist this time. Spoiler alert: We won this one!! A decent performance from the U’s (at last!) got its just reward with an much needed […]
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Rushden University of Football. Third & Final Lesson
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Att: 2749 RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS – 4 [Butterworth 5, Burgess 39, Peters 51, Lowe 83] SUTTON UNITED – 0 Well, that’s more like it eh? Just 4 days after dumping ol’ Rushden out of the FA Trophy on their own patch, we return to eek out our now familiar 90 minute long 3-points-surrendering […]
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U’s Polish Off Rough Diamonds
FA TROPHY QUARTER FINAL Replay – 14/3/2000 Att: 2785 Rushden & Diamonds – 1 [O.G. 86] Sutton United – 3 [Winston 35, Newhouse 55 Ekoku 67] Well bugger me. I’m not quite sure exactly where to start with this one! We all expected a bumming, but what we got was the […]
That’s Knackered It
FA TROPHY QUARTER FINAL Att: 1586 Sutton United – 1 [Winston 12] Rushden & Diamonds – 1 [Rodwell 13] What a shit draw eh? The ONE side we said we DIDN’T want in this FA Trophy Quarter Final was Conference champions elect and massive moneybags, Rushden. So, who do we get. Rushden of course! […]
We’re Grim Oop North
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Att: 889 ALTRINCHAM – 3 [Timmons 46, Ellison 49, Russell 83] SUTTON UNITED – 0 Match Reporter: Chalmers Unfortunately, due to the other half’s birthday, ‘Ol Taz was unable to attend Sutton’s umpteenth relegation six pointer of this campaign. So, for the first time since October, Match report duties fell to fellow […]
Wembley Bound?
FA TROPHY 5th ROUND Att: 1200 Sutton United – 2 [Winston 13, Newhouse 86] Dover Athletic – 1 [Le Bihan 40] This is getting a little out of hand. Whilst we languish at the bottom of the Conference, barely able to muster a goal let alone beat another bloody side, the FA Trophy […]
Oh We Don’t Like To Be Beside The Seaside
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Att: 1395 SCARBOROUGH – 3 [Tate 10,90 McNiven 42] SUTTON UNITED – 0 The longest trip available to us in the Conference and we just had this feeling that like many others, it would produce sod all reward for our presently Ryman bound heroes. We passed the time on the way up […]
Ross The Boss
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Att: 1527 KINGSTONAIN – 4 [Wingfield 5, 87 Crossley 47, Leworthy 85] SUTTON UNITED – 2 [Winston 3, 30] So another saturday afternoon and another defeat. This time though, we’re really in the shit. Results elsewhere saw FGR out of the bottom 3 for the first time this season, Welling off the […]
Can We Play You Every Week?
FA TROPHY 4th ROUND Att: 711 SUTTON UNITED – 3 [Brooker 25, Newhouse 41, Winston 62] FOREST GREEN ROVERS – 0 Away from the trials and tribulations of the league campaign and back to the dreams of an appearance at Wembley in the FA Trophy. The pre-game cuppa behind the shoebox is interspersed with […]
A Lack Of Bite
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Att: 850 SUTTON UNITED – 1 [Hutchinson 58] SOUTHPORT – 1 [Pell 47] OK, the honeymoons over. Let’s take the rose tinted specs off and start facing facts. We are staring relegation in the face. Simple. Another game we HAD to win has slipped by, leaving us further in the […]