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Celebrating Non-League Day 2024 at Chippenham Town FC

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View of the programme and pitch for Chippenham Town vs Welling United

A couple of weeks ago, I ended up at Hardenhuish Park, with a couple of friends, to watch Chippenham Town FC host Welling United FC in the National League South. Admittedly it was not the original plan for March 23rd 2024, but it did turn out to be a happy plan B or C! Originally, we were set up for our first new football away day adventure of this season, with a trip to see Oxford United vs Lincoln City. Then the dreaded international break got in the way, and the game was rearranged with barely the requisite ten days notice for fans. So, whilst the Kassam Stadium will have to wait for next season, this did leave me at a loose end for my latest date with a random, neutral football club...

Mr Hodgson Goes To Sweden- Honed At Halmstad, Made At Malmo

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Roy Hodgson managing at Halmstads BK

Now that Roy Hodgson's recent health worries have hastened his retirement from the day to day in the dugout, inevitably talk has turned to his contribution to the game over such a long career. But, depending on the point of view, could it be said that his stock is higher in Europe than at home? Alan Smith, one of his predecessors in the Crystal Palace dugout, retrospectively believed it would have been the sensible choice at the time-

PSV and Bayer Leverkusen Aim to Join Invincibles List

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Football Superhero (created via Bing AI Image Creator)

When football conversation brings up the topic of the 'Invincibles', most fans, wherever they're based, will understand that this is a reference to the undefeated Premier League campaign of Arsenal in the 2003/04 season. That team earned their own legendary moniker, and place in the history books, by achieving something that is rarely seen at the top levels. 

The Roots Of Heavy Metal (Football)- Jürgen Klopp Die Schwarzgelben

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Kiss, the band, on stage

As the manager, who laid the foundations for much of the success that Borussia Dortmund have grown accustomed to, prepares to bid Liverpool farewell at the end of the season, he started the countdown off in some style by winning the League Cup this past fortnight. Meanwhile, a pipe dream among the wall of Die Schwarzgelben- the Black and Yellows -is that Jürgen Klopp might come home and have another crack at the Bundesliga. Not that current incumbent, Edin Terzić, appears to be in much danger of the dreaded vote of confidence as they currently sit in fourth, six points behind Stuttgart in third.

Royals Flushed?

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Dai Yongge watching Reading FC

As they continue to stare down the barrel of an uncertain future, just how did Reading find themselves in such rapid a freefall? A third EFL- imposed points deduction in as many seasons, for financial irregularities linked to failure to pay both players and staff on time, comes against the backdrop of owner Dai Yongge's already disastrous stewardship which threatens to plumb new depths. The Sell Before We Dai supporters' group is in no doubt that his stepping aside is the only way to safeguard the future of the club. 

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