Are you Rory Delap in disguise?

Tuesday, March 24 IT IS two years since I last visited the Rush Green Bowl, home of FC Clacton. My abiding memory of that visit is that it was a bleak Friday evening and that the front door of the clubhouse had been vandalised so that it was almost...

Indian Takeaway football!

Saturday, March 14 QUESTION: Which Ridgeons League ground is home to an Indian Takeaway? Answer: Debenham Leisure Centre. It is two years since I last visited Maitlands, home of the Hornets, and I was surprised to see an Indian Takeaway outlet tucked...

Still falling foul of the weather

Tuesday, March 10 A LUNCHTIME phone call to the Green ‘Un offices from Dave Bugg, the Needham Market chairman, put paid to my planned visit to Bloomfields later in the day. I was looking forward to covering the semi-final tie between Needham, the...

It's a small world!

Wednesday, March 4 IMAGINE my surprise when I took my seat at Saffron Walden Town on Wednesday night and realised that the person sitting alongside me was none other than Newmarket Town manager Karl Johnson. I had never met Karl until just over a week...