London changes you. You start listening to Icelandic ambience on vinyl Now, if you’re called Rich – you might want to stop here. There’s more than just bird shit coming for you. I’m Emmie, I’m 24 and from Newcastle. J’adore le foot. Ou est les piscine? I moved to London...
When Mauricio Pellegrino was announced as the new Southampton manager, reactions were mixed. Those fans who follow La Liga, and those who claimed to do so, appeared pleased with the appointment and said that Saints’ ‘sense of identity’ would be coming back; one of high-press attacking with the ability to...
By Chris Woods Wealdstone drew a disappointing line under the 2016/17 season after a 1-0 defeat away to Hampton & Richmond Borough in the Middlesex Senior Cup Final last night. The only goal of the game came from a combination of two of Hampton's summer recruits, with Taurean Roberts crossing...
By Chris Woods Brought recently to a higher profile outside the non league football world by Internet meme sensation the ‘Wealdstone Raider’, Wealdstone FC are the largest non-league club in West London and are steeped in history and tradition. Currently playing in the Vanarama National League South they were the...
Aveley has given its name to the Aveley Interglacial period around 200,000 years ago. Important evidence of the local flora and fauna of the period and some signs of occupation by Neanderthal humans have been found there. In Domesday the names has various spellings – Alvithelea, Alvileia and Alvilea. The...
By David Ballheimer Hendon Football Club, members of the top division of the Bostik (Isthmian) League for 55 seasons, are starting their second season at their home of Silver Jubilee Park in Kingsbury. The ground, postcode NW9 7NE for SatNav users, is off Townsend Lane, within a couple of miles of the...
By Anderona Cole Waking up, wiping your eyes slowly in the morning is a ritual for many, but as each day passed in my late teens, the more I did it, the my more my world began to fade. Aged 21, my optician noted that my discomfort was linked to...
By Rob Overfield Hidden away in a leafy area of affluent suburban SW London, Hampton & Richmond Borough have ambitions beyond the National League South after finishing 7th in the league last season. Formed in 1921, for nearly 40 years, Hampton FC were just another village club in the Middlesex...
By Chris Moss With two major city-centre retail developments completed over the past few years to compliment its historic arcades and renowned Briggate shopping street Leeds is quickly becoming the shopping capital of the north. Following the opening of the "outside-in" Trinity shopping centre which boasts 120 shops, restaurants, bars and...