Author Archives: SimonWebb

Watching from afar, and when I say watching I mean reading stuff on the Internet, Mossley look a side playing well and impressing those who have been able to see them live. They’re yet to play away from home in the FA Cup and continue this on Saturday when Tadcaster Albion come to Seel Park.Continue reading “Next Up, Tadcaster Albion”

“Utterly baffling” and “wholly unnecessary”. Words used in a statement issued by Isthmian Premier League club Corinthian Casuals on the decision not to allow supporters from opponents Dulwich Hamlet into their FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round match this weekend. The reason? Dulwich are in National League South and therefore considered ‘elite’. As has been mentionedContinue reading “To Watch or Not To Watch”

The Tameside Correspondent quotes Mossley manager David Fish on the significant financial boost of an FA Cup run. “It’s huge to a club like this when we had six months of shutdown – the bills don’t stop. You’ve still got to maintain your ground, you’ve still got to get your pitch ready, you’ve still gotContinue reading “Reality Bites”

On the day it was confirmed the reintroduction of fans into professional football grounds will be delayed, potentially for 6 months, supporters were allowed into Seel Park to witness Mossley secure another impressive victory, this time over Ramsbottom United. The Twitter report at half time told of an even game with chances at either endContinue reading “Mossley March On and We Learn of the Black Pudding Throwing World Championships”

It may be a small town in Greater Manchester in the shadow of the Pennines, but Mossley’s football club has played a role in the careers of two significant figures at the FA as well as several successful runs through the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup. An interesting part of this project is lookingContinue reading “Winterbottom, Wilkinson and Mossley’s Adventures in the ‘First Round Proper’”

Saturday is game day, but so is every other day of the week at the moment in this lockdown era where Premier League and Championship matches are televised at all sorts of random hours. This must be the least anticipated new season at the top end of football with the last barely over the horizon,Continue reading “Two Rounds, Two Defeats as my FA Cup Quest Moves to Mossley”

In my entry titled One Night in St Helens I wrote about how the Saints most successful run in the FA Cup saw them knocked out of the competition in the final qualifying round. Their match on Saturday is the first time they’ve appeared in the preliminary round since 2010. However they do have aContinue reading “Bert Trautmann: From Nazi to Football Hero Via St Helens Town”

The town of St Helens has travelled the road to Wembley numerous times, but mostly for Rugby League. Their first visit was in defeat in 1930, although until 1929 the Challenge Cup final had been played at a variety of venues with Saints losing the first to Batley in 1897 at Headingley in Leeds. ItContinue reading “One Night in St Helens”

“The P is for the penalty shootout, great drama and no pressure on me.” (Half Man Half Biscuit in ‘The Referee’s Alphabet’) There is something oddly dramatic about watching a penalty shootout unfold on Twitter. A bit like waiting for the scores page to roll around on Teletext (one for the teenagers there). Excitingly someContinue reading “Laird Sunk by Saints as My Support Scores First Victim”

“In a decently ordered society, members of Half Man Half Biscuit would be routinely carried shoulder high through the streets of every city they visit.” John Peel Scrolling through the list of fixtures for the extra preliminary round, building up a mental shortlist of teams I fancied picking. And then, there it was, the awayContinue reading “Boats and Biscuits”