The club itself set about building its own mode of flight. A new structure was put in place. Fresh, young talent on the pitch and in the dugout.
Bog End Ant's Away Day Chip Review (v South Park)
Who does the best chips? There is only one man who can help us find out, Bog End Ant
Support
Being a season ticket holder at Tooting & Mitcham for the past season, and having renewed for the season ahead, I have begun to understand what “support” is. That it is different to being a “fan”.
Why Tooting and Mitcham?
That's a question I often ask myself when listening to Joy Division in a darkened room thinking up angry poetry after yet another Saturday afternoon of shattered hopes and dreams.
Young Champions
The fans should be very proud of this team and should look forward to its young stars turning out for the senior side. When they do, let’s give them the support and patience that they deserve.
CHIPS!!!!
Who does the best chips? There is only one man who can help us find out, Bog End Ant
Tooting and Me
When I was three years old, Dad took me to my first Football game. It happened to be Tooting and Mitcham against fierce rivals Dulwich Hamlet.
Under Pressure
Pressure. The application of a physical force, the use of persuasion or intimidation. Coercion or stress caused through the overloading of demands. In football, it seems to apply in a number of ways.
The View of a Newcomer
I started coming to TMUFC towards the end of the glorious 16/17 campaign. Just the odd home match. I’m not sure what it was that particularly spurred me onto the 280 bus from Amen Corner that particular day.
Backwards to go Forwards
I don’t see it as a retreat, in fact the opposite, it’s a means of getting the ball over to the other side of the pitch with the least chance of disruption from the opposition. A means of creating space in the midfield, out wide and in the numbers.
Referring to Referees with References
And then it happened. The Westfield manager stuck his finger in his own mouth, give it a big lick, and then stuck it into the ear of the Tooting player, sat on the pitch in front of him.
The Surrey Himalayas
One of Banstead’s apparently trademark tackles resulted in a penalty for the Terrors midway through the second half. Of course, there was consternation from players and bench alike, but the penno was absolutely nailed-on.
Hope Floats Remotely
When the team are away, however, it’s different. As it stands, I don’t do away games. As a newbie season ticket holder, I don’t feel I have graduated into the die-hard category yet, and need to serve my apprenticeship as a rookie before I get involved with the ultras.
The Sublime, the Farcical and the Ugly
Ball swept from right to left. Trapped with ease. Flicked around oncoming pressure. Flying down the wing with youthful abandonment. Whipped it. Low and hard. Wham.
Cheshunt? Chesham? Cestrehunt?
Home against Cheshunt. Not a place I know. I thought it was where a kid I disliked in college was from, but he was from Chesham. I’m not sure if the two places are related, and I’m certainly not interested to find out.
LEARNING
Down to 10 men. Playing it simple and rigid. Unimaginative & effective. Soft penalty and play off rivals take the lead.
Learning. The exchange of knowns and unknows. Ideas, movements and postures passed on with intention and unintentionally.