by Mick Fox | Dec 21, 2023 | Retro Red Devils
By “The Dons” I mean the original team of that name, who played at the old Plough Lane ground and who we would first meet in their first season in the Southern League Division One in 1964/65 after they transferred from the Isthmian League that close season. Wimbledon...
by Mick Fox | Dec 15, 2023 | Retro Red Devils
Hopefully most readers will have seen adverts, Facebook posts or even the BBC radio or TV pieces promoting the Crawley Town FC exhibition which is now open at Crawley Museum , on the corner of the Boulevard and High Street in the building known as The Tree. It’s open...
by Mick Fox | Nov 24, 2023 | Retro Red Devils
After booking a weekend trip for the match at Morecambe only for it to be postponed rather late in the day due to International U21 commitments for our opponents (really!), I felt on safer ground booking an extended trip to the southern Lake District for the Barrow...
by Mick Fox | Nov 8, 2023 | Retro Red Devils
I write this article in muted mood as another FA Cup campaign ends in the first round, albeit with, apparently, an impressive attacking performance. Due to it coinciding with our annual bonfire party, I couldn’t get to the game, but was told we more than matched Notts...
by Mick Fox | Oct 19, 2023 | Retro Red Devils
I started this piece away from home, with my programmes and research materialat the other end of the country. We were on a trip to the North West, arranged a couple of months ago to coincide with our Morecambe away match on Saturday 14th October, which, subsequently,...