by Mick Fox | Apr 12, 2024 | Retro Red Devils
Who cares about the Wrexham result! Well, lots of us, I guess, but I am still basking in the superb wins at Newport and Mansfield! I also really liked the Mansfield local paper headline about Mansfield being humiliated by ‘classy’ Crawley, which showed considerably...
by Mick Fox | Mar 28, 2024 | Retro Red Devils
Having ranted in previous articles about the growing number of late match postponements in the last couple of years, I was made aware of the plight of Taunton Town, who have had multiple postponements at their Wordsworth Drive ground this season. The said ground has...
by Mick Fox | Mar 12, 2024 | Retro Red Devils
My last Retro Red Devils article featured my rant on “soft” postponements of matches in these current, more cossetted times. Needless to say, it was followed by our match against Barrow being called off a day early due to a waterlogged pitch. There had been alot of...
by Mick Fox | Feb 29, 2024 | Retro Red Devils
I read the Barrow manager’s views on their postponement last Saturday, when the game against Bradford was called off just prior to kick-off as one small area of the pitch was not allowing the ball to bounce as it should. My personal opinion is that it is ridiculous,...
by Mick Fox | Feb 13, 2024 | Retro Red Devils
No, not the crisis of 2023 but 50 years earlier in the 1973/74 season where, by the end of February 1974, we were rooted at the bottom of the Southern League South Division having not won a game since 1st December 1973. That December day we had a surprise 1-0 home win...