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Alison, her aim is true
It’s a well-known fact that we’ve had no trophies or promotions to celebrate for 32 years. No one has ever sent a text message about an...
Arlene Finnigan
May 27, 20233 min read


Provincial towns you jog round
So, we now know the line up on Planet Vanarama next season. We all already planning our away days? It was a relief when Notts County...
Arlene Finnigan
May 20, 20233 min read


Change my pitch up!
The podcast might be taking a break, but like Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic, We Never Stop. As you read this, Matt Dean is probably having a...
Arlene Finnigan
May 13, 20233 min read


There Goes My Hero
Teatime kick offs are weird, aren’t they? Pottering about the house doing odd jobs because if you go to the pub at the normal time,...
Arlene Finnigan
May 6, 20234 min read


Big Mike Strikes Again
And now, the end is near, and so we face the final curtain. We did it Frank’s way. The last away day of the season is traditionally fancy...
Arlene Finnigan
Apr 29, 20234 min read


As long as I gaze on Boundary Park sunset, I am in paradise
Have you seen the league table? Twelfth! TWELFTH! Nosebleed territory. Maybe David Unsworth really IS a football genius. We started...
Arlene Finnigan
Apr 22, 20234 min read


Wrexham 5, but Levon was the greatest sight
"At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice,...
Arlene Finnigan
Apr 7, 20233 min read


If we're just April Fools, I don't care
First of all, I am so sorry. Doing an April Fool’s joke was The Embarrassing Andy Halliwell’s idea, and I was not initially in favour of...
Arlene Finnigan
Apr 1, 20236 min read


Love Sex Due Diligence, comin' thru in the things you do to me
I know we’ve been saying it’s been nice to just talk about what’s happening on the pitch again, but this week, do we really have to talk...
Arlene Finnigan
Mar 25, 20233 min read


99 problems but the pitch ain't one
A week last Thursday (9th March), it was 30 years to the day since we beat Manchester United 1-0 at Boundary Park in the Premier League....
Arlene Finnigan
Mar 18, 20234 min read


Woking v a back 5, what a way to make a living
Isn't football brilliant? One minute you're in despair after yet another defeat on Planet Vanarama; the next you're pissing yourself...
Arlene Finnigan
Mar 11, 20234 min read


Just give us a kiss to celebrate here today
Wow. The Atheticos were right. David Unsworth IS a football genius. It turns out my pessimism last week about us ending Chesterfield’s...
Arlene Finnigan
Mar 4, 20234 min read


With Dave we will suffer; with Dave, will we recover?
Ronan Keating once sang “Life is a rollercoaster, just got to ride it”. Ronan Keating is a gobshite. That song is shit. Supporting Latics...
Arlene Finnigan
Feb 25, 20234 min read


Where's Your Heads At?
Well Tuesday was a kick in the crotch, wasn’t it? Happy fucking Valentine’s. The game started brightly enough, and we were comfortably...
Arlene Finnigan
Feb 18, 20232 min read


Dagenham? Dave!
Supporting Latics is many things. It’s frustrating, infuriating, draining, painful. But it’s never boring. Let’s call a spade a spade and...
Arlene Finnigan
Feb 11, 20235 min read


Shot by both sides
Is a draw away at Aldershot a good result? Is it a criminal lack of ambition to be happy with a point away from home when we’re 20th in...
Arlene Finnigan
Feb 4, 20234 min read


Timmy Timmy Timmy Aaja
Who wants to go to Wembley anyway? It’s deffo for the best that we binned off that tinpot trophy to concentrate on the league. Which we...
Arlene Finnigan
Jan 28, 20234 min read


The love of David Unsworth, press without assassination
No trip to Wembley this year then. Unless we make the play offs. And let’s face it, there’s more chance of the Roughyeds making the...
Arlene Finnigan
Jan 21, 20234 min read


These Boots Were Made For Dorking
I said it would all come good, didn’t I? I said our first away win of the season was just around the corner and we were due to give...
Arlene Finnigan
Jan 14, 20234 min read


Dorking away? I don't know what I'm to say
You can’t say it wasn’t an improvement. Yes, it needed to be, the previous game was woefully, unacceptably awful, the bar was low. But...
Arlene Finnigan
Jan 7, 20233 min read
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