Recent content by James Whitmore

I got here around noon. It’s been quite sunny so far. Snow dusting on hills. The only problem is the stiff northerly breeze. It’s bitterly cold - I’d say a good three degrees down on Colchester and it’s not yet dark.

Indeed. As many will have no doubt seen before, Alex Ferguson said when lecturing on management at Harvard University ... "I've always felt it's impossible to field a great football team if you don't have a great organisation. Most owners and managers mess around with team selection without any...

Oh, thank you. I'll keep an eye out for the fixture.

An enjoyable evening. City showed character to come back from a difficult first half, which was a frenetic affair. The ball pinged around midfield, Dagenham pressing enthusiastically. What quality there was came from the wing play of both sides. The hosts had most of the chances which apart from...

Big delays on east coast mainline, should you be getting a train from London.

Whilst i'm on here I might as well contribute. I was with a Hartlepudlian mate in the stand - so we can add one to the away attendance. What no one else seems to have mentioned is how mentally and physically tired the team appeared to be for the last twenty minutes or so. Hardly surprising...

Yesterday, somewhat out of the blue, I met one of the QPR scouts who compiled the report that went to the powers that be prior to the transfer. He's an ex-Arsenal player of the Tony Adams era. Anyway, he said what you'd imagine. Goss has great potential. U23 football is a joke and that it'll be...

A slightly bizarre one from the mid seventies went something like ... Like a bow-legged chicken, like a knock-kneed hen Never been so happy since we don't know when walk with a wiggle, wiggle when we walk We are the cowshed, city Alternate ending was "we are the argyle, haters " (I think. It...

Who needs to go to Madrid or Barcelona with a first half like that. Did what was necessary in second. Support was outstanding. "Well done them".

I am sorry to say that Ian Birks died yesterday as the result of liver cancer. Curly has lived in Australia for the last thirty years or so and I don’t know how many people on this site will know or remember him. I am sure that those who do would want to hear. He was a pupil at Hele’s in the...

Gary Alexander netted the winner for Greenwich Borough away to Sevenoaks Town. My spy tells me he still looks a decent player.

Re: Exeter City vs Shrewsbury Town Matchday Thread I was there with Ian Birks, who now lives in Australia. We were both at Manchester Uni at the time. I don't recall seeing any other Grecians there but I imagine there might have been one or two. On the train back to Manchester we met the Echo...

First 40 mins were woeful. Passed the ball well enough but so dozy. A yard off the pace and lots of unforced errors. Cureton took the goal well but ball watching on the wing and in the six yard box gave him the chance. Great save by Pym and shocking miss by Curo kept the score down. We sprang to...

You've got me. I admit I have only seen four games this season. Only been watching since 1972. As I went to the game I thought some people might like to know what went on. Not many Grecians in attendance today.

Today we played a very fluid 3-5-1-1 and then a more rigid 4-4-2 when Dawson came on. I saw nothing in the tactics to suggest they were at fault. Mid second half Wheeler put in a great cross that Keohane could have got closer to, by way of example. Jay did not play badly but a more experienced...