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From Kingston to Glasgow: Mickey Mouse Cups & Mickey Mouse Hacks

From Kingston to Glasgow: Mickey Mouse Cups & Mickey Mouse Hacks

Posted by | Apr 9, 2016 | , | 0 |

This week, Kingstonian won an oddly-named trophy after an odd game on an odd night. And, oddly, though Mark Murphy wasn’t as pleased as some, he was more pleased than he thought he’d be. Meanwhile, the linguistic contortions of an award-winning Scottish journalist’s Rangers coverage get odder still… CUPS “I like the Alan Turvey,” said a Ks fan younger than me (as most are these says) in response to my apathy towards the concept. If ever a five-word sentence needed a context, and quick, it was this one. Kingstonian reached the Isthmian League Cup Final recently…or the “Alan Turvey...

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Wimbledon, Kingstonian & Bojo the Clown

Wimbledon, Kingstonian & Bojo the Clown

Posted by | Mar 24, 2016 | , | 0 |

London (night)mayor Boris Johnson’s decision to “call in” AFC Wimbledon’s Plough Lane planning application this week brought a remarkable, mercifully succinct response from one long-time Kingstonian fan, who we shall call “Les,” for the purposes of this article (and because that’s his name). “Boris tells the squatters to f**k off. ‘AVT IT!!!” Of course, Wimbledon are leaseholders at their current Kingsmeadow Stadium site and so are by definition not “squatters” in it. The mayor’s powers to “call in” planning applications (transferring the responsibility to pass such applications from local planning authorities to City Hall in certain specifically-defined circumstances) are...

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The Ryman League Cup – A Lament

The Ryman League Cup – A Lament

Posted by | Mar 4, 2016 | , | 0 |

On Monday night Kingstonian, reached the final of the Isthmian League Cup. Or, to give it its full, oh-so-catchy title, the Alan Turvey Trophy sponsored by Robert Dyas. The celebrations of our fortunate penalty shoot-out victory over Wingate and Finchley, in what was awkwardly termed the “Alan Turvey Trophy sponsored by Robert Dyas semi-final,” were aptly minimalist. “An occasion unquestionably befitting of the great Alan Turvey,” noted the “official” match report on Ks’ website, dripping with possibly fine-inducing sarcasm about the league’s president, who has immodestly had “his” league’s trophy named after him while he’s still alive. It appeared...

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Kingsmeadow, Wimbledon & Kingstonian: An Alternative View

Kingsmeadow, Wimbledon & Kingstonian: An Alternative View

Posted by | Dec 15, 2015 | , | 0 |

Ian’s article on the future of my club, Kingstonian, got to press as I was writing a similar piece. I could not have bettered Ian’s work – he should really be winning awards for this sort of thing.   But even Ian fell foul of one or two of the misinformation traps which the story has set. So I’ve got at least some excuse for flinging my righteous indignation your way. Recently, I’ve watched as the club I’ve supported for thirty-three-and-a-half years has come under apparently fatal threat. Halfway through those years, such a situation would occupy my thoughts in...

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Wimbledon’s Return Home & The Future of Kingstonian

Wimbledon’s Return Home & The Future of Kingstonian

Posted by | Dec 13, 2015 | , , | 0 |

Wimbledon, then, are going home. Almost a quarter of a century after the old Wimbledon Football Club bade farewell to Plough Lane at the end of the 1990/91 season, on Thursday night planning permission was unanimously granted for a new stadium to be built on the site of the Wimbledon greyhound stadium, a short walk from the site of the old ground. It’s a significant victory for the club, which has played out the last thirteen years of its history in nearby Norbiton, but it’s a victory that comes at a cost, and that cost is a home for...

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