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Seven of Nine, yeah!
Taking four points in a week off two teams that we painfully failed to beat last season? One of whom we’ve failed to beat in four...
Arlene Finnigan
Aug 24, 20245 min read


Escaped from our history
Not won the first league game of the season for 11 years, is it? Haven’t kept a clean sheet in the opening game for 19 years, you say? To...
Arlene Finnigan
Aug 17, 20244 min read


I believe we've waited long enough
Cheers to James Reade for writing this season preview Another season begins. Without wishing to play the “my team’s harder than yours...
Arlene Finnigan
Aug 10, 20245 min read


We've come so far and we've reached so high
Claire’s cat can rest easy. For now, it’s not coming home, and Gareth Southgate’s race is run. It was quite a ride though, wasn’t it?...
Arlene Finnigan
Jul 20, 20246 min read


We're heading for Berlin, and still we stand tall
We’ve all slagged him off. We’ve all questioned whether he’s the man for the job. We’ve howled in frustration at his team selections and...
Arlene Finnigan
Jul 13, 20244 min read


Until Saka I was never happy
Is England’s name on the trophy? Let’s not jinx it. But despite everything, they’re two wins away from it coming home. The team needed...
Arlene Finnigan
Jul 10, 20244 min read


It'll be alright, we'll turn out just fine
A few years ago, I read Inferno by Dante Alighieri. I don’t recommend it, it drags, it’s tedious and self-indulgent. Seriously, people...
Arlene Finnigan
Jul 6, 20245 min read


I think I've seen this film before
“Fully expect a cagey performance and narrow win for England against Serbia (and hope against hope for no unpleasantness in the stands),...
Arlene Finnigan
Jun 22, 20246 min read


Europe is our playground
It seems almost pointless to look at who the contenders to win Euro 2024 might be, given that it’s a foregone conclusion that England...
Arlene Finnigan
Jun 15, 20244 min read


Take a sad song and make it better
I didn’t watch the Champions’ League final last Saturday. Had family stuff on. My brother, who’s a Liverpool fan and still hasn’t fully...
Arlene Finnigan
Jun 8, 20243 min read


We ain't no hooligans, there ain't no football song
Happy June 1st! The start of Euros month! Have you all got your wallcharts up? I have. 43 years of age. Not arsed. There’s something...
Arlene Finnigan
Jun 1, 20243 min read
Wake up BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The fans forum this week was an opportunity for Micky Mellon, Darren Royle, Gary Brabin and Luke Rothwell to explain exactly how the...
willholdaway808
May 25, 20244 min read


Don't you know, pump it up, the Bulls are going up
Ah, football can be brilliant, can't it. Well it can for literally every team other than Oldham Athletic. Hope Street in Prescot was the...
Arlene Finnigan
May 11, 20245 min read


I'm loving Cables instead
Well, I was hoping to be going to a play off final this weekend, and I am. I’m zipping up my boots and going back to my roots. 📷 Paul...
Arlene Finnigan
May 4, 20245 min read


It's just that we've been losing so long
Don’t be sad that it happened. Be glad that it’s over. Having fucked up any chance of making the play offs, but guaranteed that we’d...
Arlene Finnigan
Apr 27, 20244 min read


To say the least, oh, truly disappointed
You, there! Latics! Fuck all the way off! And when you get there, fuck off some more! A few days before our trip to Oxford City, it was...
Arlene Finnigan
Apr 20, 20245 min read


The frustration it renders me hateful
When the fixtures came out last summer, one game in particular jumped out at me. “YIIRRRSS WE’RE GONNA WIN THE LEAGUE AT HOME AGAINST...
Arlene Finnigan
Apr 13, 20243 min read


So drink, drink, drink and be ill tonight
Well. That was utterly fucking shit, wasn’t it. Easter ruined. Birthday ruined. Fuck off, Oldham. The first half performance against...
Arlene Finnigan
Apr 5, 20243 min read


Why can't you see this boat is sinking?
Abandon ship. HMS Piss the League has abjectly failed in its mission. It doesn’t look like the lifeboats will make it to the playoffs....
Arlene Finnigan
Mar 29, 20243 min read


Death of a (promotion) party
Are you relieved that I’m here to write the blog this week? Were you worried that I’d be unable to after being knocked all over the gaff...
Arlene Finnigan
Mar 23, 20244 min read
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