Fuller's Football

Edmo's wish comes true

Published 28 November 2008

WELL, the worst-kept secret in West Cumbrian football was finally made public late last week.

Show Dan Robinson some support

Published 14 November 2008

GOAL-scoring legend Jimmy Greaves once famously said: “Football is a funny old game” – and he was right.

Don’t leave, Billy

Published 30 October 2008

IT MAY not be panic stations just yet but if Graham Anthony decides to join Penrith next week then we will be one step closer to squeaky bum time.

Never a dull moment with Reds

Published 16 October 2008

WHAT a few weeks it has been down at Borough Park.

A welcome week off

Published 10 October 2008

AFTER being knocked out of the FA Cup the other week, Reds have a weekend off despite the club’s directors trying hard to get an opponent from somewhere.

It is not over when the fat lady sings

Published 21 August 2008

WE ARE always told that it’s not over until the fat lady sings. A statement which is probably not very PC nowadays but as of Saturday night, one thing is for sure – it is wrong!

Don’t pinch my team

Published 7 August 2008

VAN Persie it is.

What’s your team?

Published 25 July 2008

Let the mind games begin.

Wrong to sack these coaches

Published 5 June 2008

PREMIER League chairmen are definitely a special breed. At times I just don’t know what they expect from their teams, managers and everyone else.

Football! It’s turning a young man grey

Published 24 May 2008

CUMBRIAN football has had it all this season. Promotion, relegation, FA Cup runs, reserve team success, youth team success and play-off drama.

I WISH I had a way of finding out how far Jonny Wright runs in a game. The lad is never stood still. Running the line, chasing through balls, coming deep, and not afraid to shoot. Jonny is a Blue Square North Wayne Rooney, just not as ugly.

Reds will be pushing for promotion

Published 17 April 2008

REDS boss Darren Edmondson reckons that there will be a lot of interest in his three strikers in the summer, and he is probably right.

It's an exciting and worrying time

Published 11 April 2008

I HATE this time of the season. If your team are going for promotion or fighting off relegation then every game becomes 90 bum-twitching minutes.

Difficult cup tie leaves both sides unhappy

Published 5 April 2008

“THE whole weekend left a bitter taste in my mouth.” Those are the words of Billy Gilmour, the Netherhall manager, after last weekend’s Cumberland Cup game with Carlisle.

No respect for the game

Published 27 March 2008

DISCIPLINE has really hit the headlines in the past few weeks, but the problem has been going on for years and the FA can do nothing about it.

Football has made me proud

Published 21 March 2008

WITH the Champions League final getting ever so closer, it made me proud as an Englishman to see three of our clubs making it into the final eight this week.