by Mick Fox | Nov 22, 2024 | Retro Red Devils
A bit of a mixed bag for this issue as I am away all next week prior to the Lincoln FA Cup match and would not have time to prepare a separate article for that game. While flicking through some cuttings to answer a query from Ivan Noel about our history with Mansfield...
by Mick Fox | Nov 7, 2024 | Retro Red Devils
As is likely to often be the case this season, our past history against several of our opponents will be a bit thin, so please allow me a bit of artistic license with Huddersfield and let’s travel to Guiseley in West Yorkshire, just over 20 miles away. As we are still...
by Mick Fox | Oct 21, 2024 | Retro Red Devils
You will have to excuse the slightly cynical, confrontational tone at the start of this article but I have just watched us outplay Reading for large parts of the game only for our poor finishing at times, their inspired defending and our poor defending to consign us...
by Mick Fox | Oct 11, 2024 | Retro Red Devils
My one abiding memory of playing Shrewsbury took place on 27th February 2012, a rare Monday night game for us, when I watched the away match live on TV in Redz bar. We had already beaten them at home 2-1 (Sergio Torres and Dean Howell) on 15th October 2011, a win...
by Mick Fox | Sep 27, 2024 | Retro Red Devils
Looking back to our first meeting with Bolton (The Trotters) takes us back to a Carabao Cup second round tie on 28th August 2012, our first season in League One. Bolton had just been relegated from the Premier League and were looking for an immediate return. Our...