General Blues chit-chat and opinion.
I haven’t been to Brisbane Road since 2 May 1972; that’s 52 years ago for anyone who wants to do the maths. My maths teacher offered to drive five of us down to London and we parked up in Hendon and took the tube from there to Leyton. It was Read More
I’m not a fan of the overuse of the word ‘surreal’ but the feeling that I’m sure many of us get today now that the first day of the season has finally arrived is just that. Our beloved club got relegated from the Championship in May to the third tier Read More
The day after the afternoon before and the resignation to our fate has sunk in. Actually I say that, but the truth is, I had thought this might happen so was partly prepared for it. I should say, I believed we could stay up, but it became more of a Read More
I have supported Blues for 50 years through thin and thin. I have seen relegations, the club nearly going bust, shocking performances, awful behaviour by fans, poor owners, players and managers, points deductions, low attendances, being knocked out of the cup by non league sides, best players leaving and not Read More
I’m writing this report on Sunday morning having had no time to even start any preparatory work before the match. The reason for this was that I was to travel by car in the company of of Jacob Bassett and his dad, Stephen from Sussex Blues OSC, an organisation that Read More
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