Monday 29 June 2020

Being prudent has worked for Brakes

Chairman Jim Scott makes a number of interesting points in this piece for the Non-League Daily.  Brakes have benefitted from a prudent approach, but it is clear that there are choppy waters ahead for non-league clubs: https://nonleaguedaily.com/having-lost-a-club-in-the-past-we-wont-allow-that-to-happen-again-leamington-chairman-jim-scott/?fbclid=IwAR1t6QYPUe0pKapmXjkz7wIzhxCHpC6bst1n3miMDL9m5jjavcr2X2AxDwg

Saturday 13 June 2020

A little competition

Who is the most unlikely person you have seen at the New Windmill Ground?   My nomination is Annaliese Dodds, now the Shadow Chancellor, although this was before she even entered politics.

She doesn't live anywhere near Leamington, nor did she live anywhere near the opposition team.  I knew her quite well in those days and she had never expressed any interest in football.

So why was she there?   If someone gets a right answer, I will donate £10 to the Graham Hobbins appeal.

No response so: she was a close friend of the lino and admiring his action with the flag.

Thursday 11 June 2020

Brakes supremo speaks out

Leamington chairman Jim Scott has said that non-league football will not be viable unless crowds are allowed to return: https://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/sport/football/non-league-footballs-return-not-viable-without-crowds-says-brakes-chairman-scott-2881022#gsc.tab=0

I would add that I am not watching football from behind a mask.  How could I then express my appreciation of the decision-making of the referee and the lino or the vigorous tackling of the opposition No.3?