Kenneth Westerberg emailed me the sad news recently that Fred Durrant had died after reading it on the Brentford website. Their Obituary read as follows:-
‘Brentford Football Club are saddened by the news that Fred Durrant passed away Friday afternoon, aged 88. He was the club’s oldest living player. Signed in 1939 by Harry Curtis from […]

Team: Butler, Harriman, Waters, Ehmer, Parmenter, Olley, Sutherland, Doughty, Cox, Fernandez, Nanetti.
Subs: O’Donnell, Bewick, Graham, Henry-Francis, Molloy.
The pitch was bumpy and hard but it was a sunny morning at Harlington, no wind which was unusual and the absence of an aeroplane in the Heathrow skies, which was even more unusual. It was the visitors who […]

Team: Cerny, Ramage, Gorkss, Tosic, Leigertwood, Buzsaky (Oastler), Faurlin, Ephraim, Taarabt (Cook), Vine, German (Simpson).
Subs Not Used: Putnins, Brown, Parker, Priskin.
Attendance: 13,171
This could also be called a ‘season of two halves’. As we all know, the corresponding game at Watford earlier in the season ended with Buzsaky getting all the headlines and not for his […]

I know that the QPR Girls/Ladies have been very successful in recent years and Patrick at work has just forwarded the following match report/pics to me. Congratulations and well done to Ray Paul, Stephen McCarthy (pictured below) and all the third team squad – Steve Russell
Team: Ikram Tribak, Louise Hayes, Layla White, Claire Wenden, Hayley […]

Team: Cerny, Ramage, Leigertwood, Gorkss, Tosic, Buzsaky, Faurlin, Ephraim (Parker), Priskin (German), Taarabt, Simpson (Cook)
Subs Not Used: Putnins, Hill, Oastler, Vine.
Attendance: 12,832
I think the only reason that there was a slight delay with the Cardiff fans departing the stadium at the end of the game, was because they had continued with their celebrations. The Police […]

Eastbourne Borough FC were formed in 1964 as Langney FC after the name of the local district. They moved from a recreational area, to just a few miles close to the sea-front at Princes’s Park before moving again to their present headquarters at Priory Lane. They were known for a while as Langney Sports FC […]

Team: Cerny, Ramage, Stewart (Simpson), Gorkss, Tosic, Leigertwood, Buzsaky, Faurlin, Ephraim, Taarabt (Parker), Priskin.
Subs Not Used: Putnins, Brown, Oastler, Cook, German.
Attendance: 20,430
A terrible clash of heads resulted in Damion Stewart, worryingly, going down for some time before being rushed to hospital ! We didn’t realise how serious it was at the time. Simpson came on, […]

Derek William Gibbs died on November 19th 2009. I only found out about his sad passing when Declin gave me the latest issue of the excellent football retro magazine, ‘Backpass’. He was born in Fulham on 22nd December, 1934 and featured in the ‘Meet The Newcomer’ programme series in 1963:
‘The signing of Derek Gibbs, 28-year-old […]

Team: Ikeme, Ramage, Stewart, Gorkss, Hill, Leigertwood, Faurlin, Ephraim (Cook), Taarabt, Simpson (German), Priskin (Vine).
Subs Not Used: Cerny, Oastler, Buzsaky, Balanta.
Attendance: 13,405
This was one of those games that you would describe as a “six pointer” for Rangers, whatever that means ? The team walked out into a Loftus Road not quite bathed in sunshine, but […]

Although there is no verbal reference to the R’s, this one is included because of the superb visual shots of Loftus Road. This episode is from Series 2 and was first transmitted at 9pm on 10th November, 1975. The opening scene shows Popeye, Regan’s ‘Snout’, calling him from a phone box facing towards Julie’s restaurant […]