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Take a ride, take a shot now
Go on, admit it, the post Wembley euphoria was weird and unsettling. The frustration and disappointment is cosy and familiar, like your...
Arlene Finnigan
6 days ago5 min read
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We had the chance and threw it away
Hello, hello, Mellonball’s back, Mellonball’s back. 2 league games, 2 draws. I’m not knocking it. Worked out OK for us last season. There...
Arlene Finnigan
Aug 164 min read
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Where hope is started and dreams can be borne
Our pre season was shit. League Two referees are shit. Mellon doesn’t know what he’s doing. Who the fuck even are these signings? We are...
Arlene Finnigan
Aug 94 min read
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It's been three long years, do you still want us?
Well hello again, Football League! Did you miss us? We sure as fuck missed you. God, it’s good to be back. No, we weren’t sure we’d see...
Arlene Finnigan
Aug 24 min read
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Home again, home again
You may recall that, when football came home in 2022, it was 3 days after the Rothwells’ takeover of our club was confirmed. “ Imagine ...
Arlene Finnigan
Jul 296 min read
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Never, never, never say die
I would die for Sarina Wiegman. Which is just as well, as she clearly hates me and is trying to kill me. I was a lot more confident about...
Arlene Finnigan
Jul 266 min read
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Lucy wins the tie, the diamond
Football, eh? Fucking Nora. As Alex Ferguson didn’t say. What a summer it’s turning out to be. Bizarrely, I had a dream on Saturday...
Arlene Finnigan
Jul 197 min read
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Now the time is here for Bunkabin Man to spread fear
Ah, what an enjoyable summer it’s turning out to be. I want it to go on forever. Not that I’m not looking forward to Milton Keynes away…....
Arlene Finnigan
Jul 126 min read
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Are we looking for a new England?
Football never sleeps, so neither does this blog. One international tournament ends, another begins, and the fun at Boundary Park (and on...
Arlene Finnigan
Jul 56 min read
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European dreams, European screams
Ah, what a lovely summer it’s turning out to be. Enjoying the Club World Cup? No, I can’t be arsed with it either. But don’t worry, real...
Arlene Finnigan
Jun 284 min read
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In a state of ecstasy, want this night to last forever
Thirty-four years. Thirty-four fucking years. The last time we won a trophy, the Soviet Union still existed, the Premier League didn’t, I...
Arlene Finnigan
Jun 78 min read
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We're trying not to be sick again, and holding on for tomorrow
Morning all. Sleep well last night, did you? No, me neither. And I dare say I won’t tonight either. Let's get the negative stuff out of...
Arlene Finnigan
May 316 min read
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And we can sing just like our fathers
Twenty three points. York City finished twenty three points ahead of us. Seven wins and two draws ahead of us, if you will. And we...
Arlene Finnigan
May 245 min read
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I'm so in love with you, I'll be four-ever Blue
To think, a month or so ago, I said I kind of hoped we didn’t make the play-offs, because, the way we were playing, I couldn’t be arsed...
Arlene Finnigan
May 175 min read
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Give us goals, Joe Garner, til promotion comes
What a difference a 2-0 home win against the absolute worst team in the league makes! We’re on our way. To Wembley. To the Football...
Arlene Finnigan
May 104 min read
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So much for calculations, so much for standing tall
Another long trip down south, another soul-crushingly disappointing performance. It just doesn’t feel like a promotion push, does it?...
Arlene Finnigan
May 33 min read
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Charlie's going to be a play-off star
Easter, the holiest festival in the Christian calendar, when the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is celebrated. Would we be...
Arlene Finnigan
Apr 264 min read
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Sure as Mike Fondop-Talum rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
Well that really WAS a Good Friday, wasn’t it? More of the same please, Michael. Mellon finally saw sense and started with Yoganathan in...
Arlene Finnigan
Apr 213 min read
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Who's responsible? You f**king are.
Somehow, inexplicably, we’re still 4th. It’s not for lack of trying to throw the play offs away, though. This is just what Oldham do now,...
Arlene Finnigan
Apr 186 min read
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Woking Match Blues
This is not what good looks like, Micky. This is not what promotion form looks like. This is shit. This is a deeply disappointing second...
Arlene Finnigan
Apr 124 min read
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