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New blog from secback 97 days old

I've moved to a new blog. It's called Bounce. It's all about football. The new season starts today. Do drop in, it just wouldn't be the same without ...

The numbers game from secback 449 days old

We had our first home game of the season on Saturday. It was like finding a comfortable old sweater you'd misplaced for a few months. We drew 1-1 against ...

First day from secback 458 days old

[ ... ] of real sport, it was the first day of the football season as well. And City won, 1-0 at Blackpool. Starting as we mean to go on. And Rovers lost. ...

Midway from secback 515 days old

Isn't football just great? Just go and find the highlights of the Holland-France game the other night. Yeah baby, that's what I'm talking about. Which ...

Reconnected from secback 529 days old

I'm back! Gushing thanks to Sean for fixing my computer and bringing me back to reality. Just imagine being stuck in that awful bland world with all ...

Now that's sex from secback 546 days old

It's got football, it's got statistics, and if it doesn't actually make you come I'll want to know the reason why. It's the Football 365 stats page. ...

Bristol City 2 Crystal Palace 1 from secback 547 days old

It's not quite chiasmus, but there's a pleasing symmetry between this title and my second last. Merge them, and you get the composite title Bristol City ...

Crystal Palace 1 Bristol City 2 from secback 550 days old

[ ... ] about sport? Apart from Gary Johnson. It's the seasons. Every season builds to a dramatic climax, in every division and in every country. And ...

End of the season from secback 555 days old

But not for us. We're in the playoffs, and we've got Crystal Palace, while Watford go to Hull. The winners play each other at Wembley in a couple of ...

Football again from secback 568 days old

No news is rarely good news in blogging, and you may have guessed from my extended silence that the Stoke game didn't go entirely as hoped. We lost ...