Double Gloucester
The flowers have been in abundance in the Barrow AFC garden recently — praise dished out to all quarters as we got off our knees from our crap start and started swinging a few punches to let the National League know we’re here. But as every gardener knows, you have to be eternally vigilant against weeds and pests. And so it was that we took a break from league action to get up for the Cup and the visit of Gloucester City. The visitors arrived courtesy of their rugby club neig
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Murray had a little Lamb
Historical Crossroads
Tamworth has stood at a crossroads throughout the centuries. Romans settled there, as did the Angles, morphing into Mercia's capital where Offa was the main man.
The Peninsula Heathen Army Sets Off
The latest version of the Great Heathen Army (well, a full bus) assembled at Ramsden Square in the hurricane that passes for 'a bit blowy' on our glorious peninsula. Middle-aged men who were resplendent in shorts at Roots Hall a fortnight ago shivered, bobble
Oct 10
Barrow Overcome Wealdstone at a Radiant Holker Street
To say we’ve turned a corner as of late would probably be something of an understatement. It’s more been a case of catapulting around a corner at high speed, and that’s just the playing style. The intense and physical vision of Murrayball is starting to become a reality just as autumn reluctantly tries to nudge its way in across the Furness Peninsula, and just as we finally start to recreate the sort of form that placed us in the upper echelons of League Two almost three year
Oct 4
Marching to the beat of our own drum
There are two big absences tonight: the Scunthorpe drum and me. Yes, I'm doing another report off the old Telebox. Many apologies. So forgive me a third absence, any type of reflection on the crowd, away support, or whatever else you might expect from the terraces. I can comment on the wind, however. From my vantage point above Big Sand on the north-west coast of Scotland, the Atlantic gusts are giving Holker Street a right good go for its money. I'm mid-tour of Alba in the B
Sep 30
