NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Att: 814 SUTTON UNITED – 2 [Dack 6, 8] WELLING UNITED – 3 [Hanlon 4, Bailey 38, Dennis 75] Match Reporter: Chalmers What a crap cup draw. I can imagine it now. Barry Davies standing there trying to be less boring than Graham Kelly, pulls our game out of the hat. “What […]
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I’m A Cider Drinker…
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Att: 2839 Yeovil Town – 1 [Long Haired Bloke 45] Sutton United – 2 [Watson 65, Laker 75] So, having finally got off the mark in the W column just last weekend, Sutton of course won their second Conference game in a row on Saturday with a stunning 2-1 success […]
About Bloody Time!
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Att: 805 Sutton United – 3 [Watson 25,60 Dack 75] Altrincham – 0 Well. It had to happen eventually didn’t it. Law of averages, stopped clock right twice a day. All that stuff. The U’s have been in illustrious company recently. Only Newcastle United, Sheffield Wednesday, Oldham Athletic and some one else […]
Cows Arses Remain Undamaged
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Att: 1326 Kettering Town – 1 [Abrahams 40] Sutton United – 0 In the first few games of this Conference Campaign, one thing above all else has become apparent. Scoring is an proving to be something of an issue. For us that is, not the oppo. They seem to be managing just fine. […]
Got To Start Somewhere…
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE | Att: 1056 Dover Athletic – 1 [Some Geezer 75] Sutton United – 1 [Winston 79] So it’s off to the South coast we go after our footballing lesson dealt out by Rushden just 48 hours earlier on Saturday. Despite the now officially declared ‘crappy start to the season’, our away support […]
Playing With The Big Boys Now
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Att: 1038 Sutton United – 0 Rushden & Diamonds – 4 [Collins 20,39 West 76 McElhatton 85] Wasn’t too sure about missing this one, but a commitment made under the influence of alcohol a few weeks back meant I couldn’t worm my way out of it without at the least incurring the wrath […]
The Punishment Don’t Fit The Crime
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Att: 1151 Sutton United – 0 Stevenage Borough – 2 [Samuels 42, 81] When we got the fixtures (eventually!) for this season, I looked at our first 6 games and declared we’d do well to take 6 points from ‘em, littered as they were with solid Conference names who’ve been around […]
No Luck, But Plenty of Beer
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE | Att: 1062 HEDNESFORD TOWN – 1 [Kimmins 22] SUTTON UNITED – 0 Before I start, this entry is dedicated to Claire & Angie at the Fermenter & Firkin, Wolverhampton. The West Midlands coolest barmaids. Cheers girls! Also worthy of a mention is the young lady in ‘Pennys’ Fish Bar, Oldbury. She not only gave […]
Left In The Dark
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Att: 816 Match Abandoned 45mins – Floodlight Failure FOREST GREEN ROVERS – 1 [Some Bloke 35] SUTTON UNITED – 2 [Dack 34. Harlow 39] So, the long awaited trip to Forest Green Rovers arrives (Where? Oh stop it…). Our first Conference away game in eight years and man were we planning to enjoy […]
8 Minutes from Dreamland
NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Att: 1386 SUTTON UNITED – 1 [Harford 58] HEREFORD UNITED – 1 [James 82] When I first started watching the U’s aged 10, now some 15 years ago, I believed like any child does that my team would win every week. Of course they didn’t. Ah, the innocence of youth! Kids, they really […]