by thelonelygoalpost | Jun 14, 2020 | 1950s Football, 1960s Football, Dorset Football, Football Memories, My Lonely Goalpost
Branksome Rec would be overflowing with enthusiastic and committed footballers in the fifties and sixties. Having worked on the shipyard, building site or similar, playing football would be the highlight of the working week. Battles would commence on the muddied...
by thelonelygoalpost | Jun 10, 2020 | 1960s Football, 1970s Football, Dorset Football, Football Memories, My Lonely Goalpost
My Lonely Goalpost #2 – Ian Stokes – Sturminster Marshall. Dorset has a proud reputation for producing football teams throughout the area of the county. For many of these teams the goal was to play in the Dorset Combination League. Sturminster Marshall...
by thelonelygoalpost | Jun 2, 2020 | Football Memories, Top 5's
Welcome to The Lonely Goalpost Top 5’s, starting off with the top 5 goals of all time. The Top 5’s is a footballing list where anything can be categorised into a Top 5 category. It’s not definitive and there is no particular order. The list is...
by thelonelygoalpost | May 27, 2020 | 1990s Football, Football Memories, The Champions League, The FA Cup
The treble of 1999 brings back so many memories that extend beyond Manchester United. This article explores this so please keep reading if Manchester United are not your favourite team. The only treble I knew in 1999 was asking the bar person to sneak an extra shot of...
by thelonelygoalpost | May 20, 2020 | Football Memories, Football Opinion
Are you missing football? It has been over two months since football has been played in England and there’s ongoing talk about an imminent return on these shores. How have you all coped? Let’s just make this clear, this post is not about whether football should...
by thelonelygoalpost | May 14, 2020 | 1990s Football, England, Football Memories, The World Cup
Italia 90, what did you do to me? I recently stumble across the World Cup Quarter Final between England and Cameroon from Italia 90. I watch the BBC World Cup Grandstand introduction and come on, come on, it does not get any better than that. Listening to ‘Nessun...
