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yes and there's also the situation where a lot of top level players go into management and don't quite appreciate that the guys they're managing aren't at their level- Roy Keane is an example of that who had freakishly high standards as a player. It's been said of Hoddle that he was always the...

certainly Euro 2000 was a tough one as it was a bit transitional but I reckon he could have potentially got more out of the 2002 squad than Sven did

Didier Deschamps as well

I think if he'd got the England job when he was a bit more experienced then Glenn Hoddle would be one but ultimately he got it too soon and it did him in I think. He got the England job in 1996, at that point he'd only been managing since 1991 but he'd been a player-manager until 1995, playing...

yeh I'm not sure anyone really ticks both boxes. There's good players who became great managers and great players who became good managers but none of englands greats have gone on to have great managerial careers.

magic! such a high % of the grounds that I need to go to are SCFL so I really need to get stuck into them as a matter of URGENCY

and yes just had a look and you're right. They've just not compiled them in one page yet....I get that they do have limitations of course. Doesn't look like there's any games today (imagine a lot would have been postponed due to waterlogged pitches anyway)

within a calendar year, going to be tough! Not limiting myself to first team fixtures though- can be u23s, u18s, womens etc even charity games in the summer

Yep, I've played there, completely exposed as you say. I'm secretly hoping they go down this season....(no offence Rottingdean fans)- currently bottom of SCFL division 2

unlikely :ROFLMAO: not sure how much I can realistically WAX LYRICAL about, say, Rustington

that sounds great and exactly the sort of place I was looking forward to going to when I decided to do this. There is likely to be a few hidden gems like this.

From SCFL Division 2 up to Brighton in the Premier League. There's 55 in total once you take into account a few ground shares

I know what you mean, but the beauty is that there will be some pretty decent grounds scattered throughout some pretty "barren" ones. I chose Eastbourne Borough for the first one as I knew it would be a good way to kick off, I was up for a local derby (of sorts, it's actually quite far) but also...

anyone know when the SCFL fixtures are likely to be out? The website only has them up to 30/12/23

so my 2024 quest to go to a game at every Sussex ground started yesterday in the Eastbourne rain as Worthing hammered Eastbourne Borough 4-0 at Priory Lane. It's a great ground with cover on all 4 sides and a FANTASTIC clubhouse. Treated myself to an early arrival in East Sussex (it's one of...

as a married man with a child, I can't for the life of me understand why you get two parents with kid(s) going food shopping together. It really doesn't need two adults to go so leave the children at home with the other parent that isn't shopping? It's a terrible experience for a child- loud...

my gut instinct is that it's Westdene but I'm not sure why

looking at the Football front page on the BBC website- the BBC of course who have a massive "woke agenda" and are "ramming women's football our throats" 51 articles/links....an astronomical 5 of which are about women's football....IT'S SO OVERWHELMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

only if girls and boys are given the same opportunities and access to training from a young age, which they currently aren't and never have other than pace and strength, which are important factors in football but not the ONLY important factors, there is nothing biologically that would suggest...

think ultimately we should be patient with Bart and accept that he's young and will make a few errors. But he'll only get to the point that we need him to get to by playing games. I like Steele a lot, he's a great pro with a fantastic attitude so I can see why De Zerbi likes him....and whilst...