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My men were eager to gain revenge against Carshalton. They would also get to grips with my new formation, the classic Diamond Formation.
Too make my tactic work, I’d have to change my line-up. Gibbens dropped to the bench and Quinton moved to the bottom point of the diamond. Salt enjoyed attacking the opponent’s goal, so I moved him to the Attacking midfield spot. Steven Murphy would make his first start in Central Defence. Due to Martin’s suspension, Larvin would make another first team appearance.

Carshalton Athletic v Sutton Utd

The attendance was much better than the previous game, though it didn’t even fill a quarter of the stadium’s (If you can call it that?) capacity. The Sutton fans that did turn up would leave the ground very happy.

We signaled our intent very early on, when a Larvin header rocked the bar. Carshalton didn’t rest on their laurels either and tested Allaway a few times.

We needed a set-piece to break the deadlock and that came on 21 minutes. Haylock has proven handy at dead ball situations and he didn’t let us down this time. His 30-yard direct free kick was very impressive and it gave Searle in the Carshalton goal no chance!

Carshalton rather inexplicably didn’t push themselves forwards. We had the Lions share of the possession and chances in the first half. Salt proved especially dangerous with his forward runs from midfield, though his finishing seemed to have somewhat deserted him. We went into half time feeling confident.

Carshalton didn’t change their tactics going into the second half, it cost them dearly. Larvin did very well with his second goal. He received the ball from Salt with his back to goal. He managed to wrong foot the two defenders bearing down on him and passed the ball on the net. Great technique from the youngster.

Trailing by two goals, Carshalton finally pulled their finger out. They started to pressure our defence and forced some good saves out of Allaway. Eventually a goal was scored, Carshalton didn’t benefit from it however.

Beckford tackled Carshalton defender Cooper on the edge of the area and whipped in a cross. A freak gust of wind must of knocked it of course, for it curved wickedly and nestled itself underneath the right stanchion.

I have to give Carshalton credit, despite their deficit, they still tried to play football. It did them no good though, we ran out 3-0 winners. Sutton fans were delighted, Carshalton followers would just have to drown their sorrows, along with Peter Fear, who had returned to the bottle since I dropped him!

Carshalton Athletic 0) 0-3 (1 Sutton Utd

I superb result and an excellent team performance. Beckford was good yet again on the left wing.
We returned to Gander Green Lane on Saturday, for a game against fellow high fliers Havant and Waterlooville. Havant featured a few names that were familiar to me. Geoff Pitcher is very well known in Non League, Nathan Bunce is well known as a no nonsense defender and keeper Gareth Howells used to be a Sutton regular. Then of course there is Dean Holdsworth, a handy striker, he also has a reputation for enjoying intercourse with hideous saggy-faced tarts with oversized mammaries (Lindsey Dawn McKenzie). This would be one of his final games for Havant, before he retired and devoted all his time to coaching.

Andrew Martin returned to the side from suspension. Larvin returned to the bench. No other changes were to be made, I decided to stick to the formation that had nullified Carshalton

Sutton Utd v Havant & Waterlooville

It was a very dull, albeit high scoring game. The standard of finishing was very good on the day.

The referee Keith Wilkinson was far too card happy. He killed off any chance the game had of being entertaining.

Dean Holdsworth is used to scoring in a wide-open box and that was the situation that presented itself not long after the kick off. His goal was the only chance of the half, the rest of it being punctuated with Yellow cards. Coburn also received an injury, I was forced to bring on Corbett, which stunted my teams attacking options.

Havant was able to stop the runs of my midfielders. I had no choice but to concentrate my attacks through the centre. This tactic was far more effective for me, Haylock had a chance just after the restart, sadly Havant decided to follow suit. They were playing a normal 4-4-2, so were able to dominate the centre of midfield. Their second goal was a showcase of sublime short passing, with Pitcher being prevalent. Taylor’s finish wasn’t bad either.

Two goals down, with no idea where our goals were going to come from. I moved Salt into central midfield to give us more possession.

Jason Chewins gave us a lifeline. He brought down Haylock in the area. Martin made no mistake and scored. We are still in it.

It was at this time that I decided to go onto the offensive. I took off Quinton and brought on Larvin. I was now playing a 4-3-3. That would soon change to a 3-3-3, Vance Warner was rather harshly sent off.

At this stage I’d lost hope. We were 1 man and one goal down. We were very weak in the centre of the pitch. Havant made a stupid mistake however, they remained on the Defensive. Despite numerical infirmity, we dominated the last quarter of the game. We deserved to equalize and did.

Salt was the hero yet again. He made a run into the box and pounced on Larvin’s cross.

The game ended 2-2. Havant seemed happy to settle for a draw, a disgusting attitude from their fans point of view.

Sutton Utd 0) 2-2 (1 Havant & Waterlooville

I certainly think the Referee was biased against us. Havant was just as aggressive as we were, yet only received 2 yellow cards to our six. I’ll keep a close eye on Mr Wilkinson.
Our visitors played the better football, they were undone by their lack of ambition. It was an average performance from us, the fact we equalized was down to Havant’s culpability rather than any skill from ourselves. Allaway had a stinker.

Next up was another home game the week after against bottom Eastbourne Borough. Vance Warner was suspended, Salt and Martin were crocked. Quinton dropped into central defence, Fear and Larvin were recalled

Sutton Utd v Eastbourne Borough.

A very easy game. We dominated every area of the pitch and deserved to win. Eastbourne was restricted to a handful of long range efforts.

Haylock scored the first, a flick on from a Fear cross. The second came courtesy of the magnificent Beckford who volleyed in from Coburn’s cross.

Sutton Utd 1) 2-0 (0 Eastbourne Borough.

Another good team performance. Beckford was yet again superb.

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THE NORTH SEA

The acidic stench of vomit assaulted Captain Kluiso as soon as he entered the hold. The air around his strange English passenger seemed to shimmer with foul aromas. The passenger Kluiso’s presence with a brief glance. The Captain caught a hint of red rimmed eyes.

“How long?” The passenger asked wearily.

“We’ll arrive in port within three hours Mr Hawkins” Kluiso replied. He fiddled with the filters on his gasmask, even fully closed, they didn’t block all of the odors.

Andrew Hawkins had never felt so ill in his life. If he could change the past, he would not even have set foot onboard this garbage scow. Initially he was very excited to be going to Sweden, that excitement faded somewhat, when he discovered that he would be making his trip on a garbage scow. Mr Dobtcheff had told him that he couldn’t afford more luxurious modes of transport, the Scow would have to do. The trip would take 5 days, Hawkins asked why so long? He was told that the rubbish produced a more ‘vigorous’ odor if excited at high speed.
Truth be told it hadn’t smelt to badly when he had been welcomed aboard. The strongest scent was from the viscous black gunk that coated the side of the ship. The cabin wasn’t too bad either. A little basic but it had everything he needed.
One thing he noticed very soon was that all the crew wore reflective silver suits, with gasmasks. Hawkins had asked for a suit of his own, but had been rejected. He was told that the suits enabled the crewmembers to work in very smelly areas.
He also wondered about the black boxes fixed onto the bulkheads in various parts of the ship. They made crackling noises similar to Geiger Counters. He was assured by Captain Kluiso that they were there to detect dangerous levels of methane in the rotting rubbish. Hawkins was happy to take him at face value.
A day into the trip he had begun to feel very sick. Headaches were interspersed with nausea. Recently he had begun to vomit as well. The most recent and worrying developments of all though, were the specks of blood in his faeces and the clumps of hair that were falling out. When he reached port, he’d have to see a Doctor.

Kluiso felt sorry for Hawkins, money was a universal language though, the money made the scouts suffering worthwhile.
He had been approached at Tynemouth harbour by a strange Englishman with a Southern accent. This man had given no clue as to his identity. He had been asked to carry another Englishman in the most unshielded part of his radioactive waste barge. Kluiso had been about to refuse, when the Englishman had passed a large bundle of money other to him. His instructions were to carry the passenger over to Sweden, pacing the journey long enough to give the passenger a fatal dose, then to bribe a Doctor to inform the passenger that he was suffering from a local bug. The Southerner passed another bundle over. That would pay for the bribe, Kluiso could also take a cut of that. Kluiso wondered why the man was so trusting. He didn’t actually voice the question, however the man came up with an answer anyway.

“My dreams told me I could trust you!”

So that is why Andrew Hawkins was suffering on his ship the “Hammarskojeld” now. Kluiso excused himself as Hawkins clutched his stomach and rushed towards the lavatory.

A long journey indeed!

retired_ajbrittney

Everyone likes a trip to the seaside. There were two reasons why our trip wouldn’t be so good however. The first was that it was almost Christmas, so we would not enjoy much in the way of sunshine, second was that we were going to Weymouth.

It was the start of the busy Christmas period, we had visits to Newport County and Basingstoke to look forward to as well. A home game against Bognor Regis would be the only respite from traveling. My players were going to be worn out by New Years Day.

I welcomed Phil Salt back to the team. Warner would return to the side once his suspension had been served. Our opponents would be a dangerous team, they were riding high in the league and had home advantage. Steve Claridge had worked well for them.

Weymouth v Sutton Utd

Another poor away game where we fell prey to long range efforts. Our nemesis this time was Martin Barlow. Less than a minute into the game he scored from a direct free kick. Throughout the game he would shoot at every opportunity.
Within 10 minutes Dreves had scored another, a well taken shot just inside the area that beat a sea of defenders.
We were not successful in combating the home teams domination of the pitch. We held out till just after half time, when another Barlow shot beat Allaway. Andrew Martin made things worse by arguing with the Ref. Even when yellow carded he continued to moan and got his just desserts.
Weymouth took their feet off the pedals for the last quarter of the game. That allowed us to get a goal thanks to substitute Larvin. He worked really well with Beckford and finished off the move with a splendid header. Apart from that there was nothing we could do.

Weymouth 2) 3-1 (0 Sutton Utd

Wasn’t a bad performance, we were just outclassed. Martin got himself stupidly sent off. I will have words with him.

Next up was our only home game of the period against Bognor Regis. Vance Warner returned to the side from suspension, Martin was out due to suspension. He had been very apologetic after his sending off and had only been too happy for me to fine him two weeks wages. Larvin replaced him in attack. Quinton moved up to DMC replacing Fear.

Sutton Utd v Bognor Regis

A very equal sided game, with Bognor making nonsense out of their struggling league position. This was very much like games earlier in the season, where our superior finishing paid dividends.
It took half an hour for us to get in front. The Bognor Defence had been marking Haylock and Larvin pretty tightly but they moved up the pitch too quickly when they had possession. All it took was for Heathcote to feed the ball to Beckford. Beckford found Haylock in space and it was 1-0.
Just before half time we scored our second. Coburn was integral this time, delivering a good cross to Larvin, who tapped it in.
Bognor pulled out all the stops in the second half, their finishing was quite dreadful though and was the only downside of their performance. We were quite lucky to win.

Sutton Utd 2) 2-0 (0 Bognor Regis

Allaway, Heathcote, Beckford and Larvin played well. They were the standouts in a reasonable team performance.

For a trip to 3rd placed Newport I would have preferred a bit of a rest. We only had two days to prepare.

Martin was back from suspension but had ruled himself out through a training injury. Larvin had impressed in his last few appearances though, so would remain in the team. Worst news was unfitness of Beckford. I would have to put him on the bench. The much-maligned Buckley would take his place.

Newport County v Sutton Utd

We were always going to be up against it, the first fifteen minutes gave me hope though. We were equal to Newport and took full advantage of our parity.

We hit them on the counter. Haylock intercepted a poor long throw and released Larvin with a sublime long pass. Larvin was in the clear and finished well.

It was from this point that Newport started to put all their effort in. We weren’t as comprehensively outclassed as we were against Weymouth, sadly we still ended up worse off though. It only took Newport seven minutes to equalize. We once again fell victim to the specter of the speculative long-range shot.
Sam O’Sullivan was very dangerous in attack, he scored the next two goals for Newport, both from close range. On paper he didn’t seem such a good player, I tore up that paper following the game.
Newport was superior to us and deserved the win. They had the game wrapped up by half time and coated the rest of it.

Newport County 3) 3-1 (1 Sutton Utd

A very average performance from the team. The only standout was Buckley surprisingly enough. Larvin sustained an injury early on, I don’t think it was serious though.

2004 turns into 2005. It would be nice to start the year with a win. We were away to lowly Basingstoke. Lat season we had thrashed them 5-1 at their ground. This time I’d just be happy with a win.

Martin returned o the attack and replaced the impressive Larvin. Beckford was still unfit, I’d been forced to use him against Newport. Coburn wasn’t as fit as a fiddle either, so was replaced by club stalwart Scott Corbett. I told my defence to hold a slightly higher line. I wanted to nullify our vulnerability to long range shots.

Basingstoke Town v Sutton Utd

A good team performance. Our defence was really solid and we dominated the game. However it did seem for a very long time as if we would only get a draw out of this game. The introduction of Gibbens in place of Salt proved decisive.
Basingstoke held out until the 88th minute. We were put in front by a trademark Martin header from a Coburn cross. Gibbens added the second goal in the death. He benefited from a Beckford interception and powered through the heart of the Basingstoke defence.
A 2-0 win, an excellent way to cap off an inconsistent Christmas programme.

Basingstoke Town 0) 0-2 (0 Sutton Utd

Gibbens was the man who won us the game, his distribution was excellent and he topped it off with a fine goal.

2004 is over, I hope we can build on our good league position in 2005 and maybe even gain promotion. That is my dream.

retired_ajbrittney

What comes around goes around. We are now just over the half waypoint of the season and once again face Thurrock, this time with home advantage.

The New Year brings in a new face. David Jarrett located a starlet for me in Sweden.
Twenty year old Tobias Schon joins us from Odakra IF, a minor team in Sweden. Technically Tobias is the most gifted player in the team. He is a good passer and has a steely determination. On arriving at Gander Green Lane he took a look around and stated,

“I will do well here”.

He plays solely as a right back, I can find other uses for the excellent Lee Marshall

A rather depleted team is destined to take the field. Heathcote was injured, so I gave the first appearance of the season to Lewis Gonsalves. Peter Beardsley rates him quite a lot, now he has his chance to impress me. Quinton was unfit, so drunkard Fear returned to the DMC slot. Gibbens completed the midfield in place of unfit Salt. Haylock was my only available recognized striker, so I played Craig Watkins up front with him. Beckford returned and I dropped Marshall to the bench in favour of Schon.

Sutton Utd v Thurrock

The first half was a dire affair, we were below par and Thurrock had the advantage. They were unable to do anything with it though. They kept losing the ball just in front of our area.

Changes were made in the second half. Gibbens and Watkins were struggling, so I brought on the not too optimal Martin and Salt. Those changes seemed to do the trick, since we played a lot better.

Beckford and Haylock combined well to put us in front. Beckford was in a centre of the pitch and Haylock was on the wing. The switch must have confused the Thurrock defenders because Haylock rushed into the area and finished sublimely.

Thurrock was spent. They managed to keep the deficit down until Injury Time, when Haylock struck from range. It was a tight game but like our last encounter, clinical finishing proved to be the deciding factor.

Sutton Utd 0) 2-0 (0 Thurrock

In the first half we were poor, our second half game was much improved, my subs proved quite influential. Beckford and Haylock were once again the best players for us.

As for Schon, well he had a decent game. He has a very handy ability to intercept the opposition’s passes that’ll be useful later on.

My squad returned top full strength for the trip to poorly Maidenhead. The only difference was Marshall who appeared on the right wing.

Maidenhead Utd v Sutton Utd

I have no idea how this match remained 0-0. Our key player was surely Allaway. He succeeded in keeping the home team out. Both teams had a poor day in front of goal. Roughly a quarter of our shots were on target

Maidenhead Utd 0-0 Sutton Utd

Allaway and Warner had good games, the rest of the side were merely workmanlike. Martin was very quiet.

I think a nice run may be developing. Three games without defeat, how long will it last?

shannon2007

Turning into a nice little story, well done :thup:

retired_ajbrittney

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Peacemaker7:
Turning into a nice little story, well done :thup: <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'm still a little bit behind, I got too much into playing the game and neglected the reports. Once I'm up to date, the integration should be a lot better.

Thanks Peacemaker.

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I originally typed this segment out on Monday. However I forgot to save it and when I pasted into the Sigames reply box, the site went down. I have only just been able to recover from my horrified inactivity.

After the disappointment of the goalless draw against Maidenhead, we needed a quick pick-me-up. A result against playoff contenders Redbridge would go a long way to helping us achieve our aims.

Coburn returned to the right wing. Schon and Salt were injured and slightly unfit respectively, so I drafted in Gibbens and Marshall. Quinton injured himself hours before the game so I had to bring in Scott Corbett

Sutton Utd v Redbridge

An equally sided match, Redbridge have every right to be annoyed that they lost by such a heavy margin. There was one area where we comprehensively outfought them. That was the aerial battle. Redbridge were unable to cut off the supply from our wingers.

Beckford and Coburn were vital to this strategy. Martin was the key however. Every ball played into the Redbridge box was met by his head. He grabbed himself two goals on this day, Haylock and sub Salt grabbed the others.

Four nil to us, very harsh on Redbridge who put together some nice moves.

Sutton Utd 2) 4-0 (0 Redbridge.

A very good team performance, Andrew Martin had his best game in a Sutton Utd shirt. Only Gibbens was below par. Luckily Salt would soon be back to for me, so I was unworried.

After our midweek home win a Weekend visit to Bishop’s Stortford was in the offing. Stortford are a team who we have had great difficulty scoring against in the past, this time we were hoping for better luck.

Schon, Quinton and Salt returned to the first team. Haylock sustained a knock in training so the reliable Kevin Larvin replaced him in attack. Stortford fielded the same team that had held us to a draw at Gander Green Lane in September.

Bishop’s Stortford v Sutton Utd

Another equally sided game. Another unfair scoreline as well. Stortford were always chasing the game because we went 3-0 up within the first twenty minutes of the game.

Beckford was superb on the left wing he ably provided another two goals for Martin. Our opener was scored by Larvin and provided by Allaway of all people. His goal kick found Larvin in space. Larvin isn’t the quickest of players; his pace was enough to beat the home defence though.

Martin’s first goal was standard, the second was a bit bizarre though. He chased a ball from Beckford. The keeper was going for it as well and seemed to be winning the race. Unfortunately for him the ball stuck in the mud. The keeper hesitated and Martin deftly put the ball in the net.
Stortford were chasing the game after that and had their chances. Allaway was equal to the task of stopping them though.

Bishop‘s Stortford 0) 0-3 (3 Sutton Utd

A good team performance, Beckford stood out once again though. A superb signing.

I had a full strength team available for the home match against St Albans City. St Albans boast a pretty strong defence, however their attack is poor explaining their mid-league position.

Sutton Utd v St Albans’s City

An easy game for us, the only reason we didn’t win by a handsome scoreline was that their goalkeeper James Robinson was in superb form.

Gary Haylock grabbed our goal. Once again Ricardo Beckford was the provider thanks to some excellent work on the wings.

Sutton Utd 1) 1-0 (0 St Alban’s City

A good team performance from us, however James Robinson rightly received all the plaudits.

We are now in second place. A visit to lowly Welling seems to be the right place to reduce the deficit between Hornchurch and us. I make no changes to the team that defeated St Alban’s

Welling Utd v Sutton Utd

A frustrating game. Welling managed to outfight us in our strong areas. It took a lot of tactical tinkering to get us back in and only a desperate last throw of the dice prevented us from losing everything

Welling really managed to confuse me. On the evidence of this match they do not deserve to be in relegation trouble. They took a ninth minute lead thanks to excellent work by Narada on the wing. They defended staunchly and kept possession of the ball. Only a change to a 4-3-3 helped us back in. Martin continued his recent excellent form. His goal was a freak, identical to the strange goal that finished off Stortford. People looked at me strangely after the game when I chanted “Mud is my friend!”

Welling Utd 1) 1-1 (0 Sutton Utd

Shaun Allaway was superb and kept us in the game. I wasn’t so impressed with Phil Salt. We are still unbeaten, hopefully we can keep it that way.

Almost up to date. Just three more games to go.

retired_ajbrittney

My players didn’t have much time to rest. Three days later we had a match against Cambridge City, one of the few teams to have beaten us this season.

I made one change from the team that drew at Welling. Le Marshall returned to the team at left back. Heathcote dropped to the bench. I like Heathcote but Marshall is too good a player to leave out.

Sutton Utd v Cambridge City

This is a game we really should have won. For once our finishing was below par and Cambridge had an effective striker in Jonathon Stevenson. He seems to like us, he scored both the goals in our defeat earlier on in the season.

We started off brightly, Martin putting the ball wide but it was Cambridge and Stevenson, who took an early advantage. His long-range shot found Allaway slightly out of position and they took the lead. Only 12 minutes gone!
We had chances to level in the first half, Martin especially but everything seemed to be overpowered. Cambridge just sat back and took it. Half time and we were trailing.

I decided not to change anything. We were making the space in their goal area, we were playing the better football, we would prevail. I was right, initially.
With only 3 minutes of the half elapsed, Andrew Martin headed in from a Coburn corner. His aerial power has been excellent this season.
The second half continued in the same vein as the first Ten minutes later Salt put us ahead, with a good finish from a Beckford cross. I was sure we could continue our domination.
We piled forward to finish off the game, sadly on one occasion we were caught on the counter. My central defenders were caught horribly out of position, that man Stevenson took full advantage.
We put pressure on Cambridge to score the winning goal, our efforts were in vain though. Cambridge escaped with a lucky point, all thanks to Stevenson.

Sutton Utd 0) 2-2 (1 Cambridge City

A reasonable team performance, Beckford again was our star.

Our run of difficult games continued, with a trip to 3rd placed Margate. In our initial encounter we were the better team and were unlucky not to win. I’m not so sure Margate will be so easy on us in this return encounter. At least my team would be at full strength to meet the challenge

Margate v Sutton Utd

This game was every bit as difficult as expected. Margate dominated all areas of the pitch and worked my defenders really hard. We were lucky to get a point.

For us the first half was a tough affair. Margate had plenty of chances but yet again we were let off by our opponents awful finishing. We went into the break hanging on by our fingertips.

I changed things slightly for the second half. Margate was playing very narrow. They packed their Central Midfield with players and also had 3 in attack. I had to widen the play. This I did by dragging out Coburn and Beckford. This tactic worked to some extent though Margate still enjoyed an advantage in chances and possession.
Surprisingly enough, we took the lead thanks to a Coburn set-piece. His indirect kick found Quinton in the area, his header was accurate. We were in the lead.
Unsurprisingly Margate battered our goal from there on in. We eventually fell victim to our classic bugbear, the long range shot.
Margate continued to dominate but our defence held firm. Schon was especially hard working. The game finished 1-1, a game we were lucky to get anything out of.

Margate 0) 1-1 (0 Sutton Utd

A workmanlike performance from us. Schon was very good in defence. He came in with plenty of vital interceptions. So far this year he has been quietly efficient. On this occasion though he showed what he really could do!

We had endured a tough run of games recently and had emerged relatively unscathed. What my chaps needed was a holiday. Maybe a home match against lowly Lewes would help us out.

Martin was out for about two weeks, so Larvin returned to the side. Apart from that no changes were made.

Sutton Utd v Lewes

A nice easy game for us as anticipated. We had a little luck though, Lewes missed a penalty. They obviously need some composure building lessons.

Larvin and Haylock combined well and provided both the goals. It took 30 minutes for Haylock to break the deadlock though, thanks to a superb header from Larvin, that was delivered from the half way line and beat the defence.
Our opponents didn’t really threaten us however they received a penalty thanks to a silly decision by the referee. Schon tackled their striker fairly. However Cable’s penalty was blasted over the bar.

We continued our domination into the second half. Honey and Watkins were brought on to get more experience and proved their worth setting up Larvin for a close range effort.

The game finished 2-0, Lewes was no threat to us at all and couldn’t even score when the opportunity was handed to them on a plate.

Sutton Utd 1) 2-0 (0 Lewes

Another good performance from the team. It should be no surprise to you that Beckford performed very well.

Well Thirty-one games gone and we are in second on 59 points. Hornchurch are seven points ahead of us and will be a bitch to catch up. Our nearest rivals are Margate and Newport, if we slip up they could catch us easily. Havant are in fifth and are well behind the pack.

We are now ten games without defeat, an excellent run.

retired_ajbrittney

A few tables for you

Premier Table

and

Conf South Table

Any more info you want, I can add it when I return from work

retired_ajbrittney

Oh The Controversy, Spare Me The Controversy

A Personal Message From Vernon Dobtcheff

I thought I’d dabble with what people term ‘Proper Story Writing’ to add flavour to some of the incidents that have occurred during my career. However I received complaints from many parties, including the estate of Andrew Hawkins. Apparently putting a fictional slant on the events that caused his demise show a lack of respect. Lack of respect!

I have no respect for Hawkins or his dysfunctional putrid family whatsoever. He was a wastrel who had no business scouting for a football club. He somehow negotiated a Four-year contract with the board. I tried to move him on. I attempted to appeal to his self-respect, I told him he’d have no meaningful work whilst he was on my books. It was impossible to make a better man of him, he had no respect for the team or me whatsoever. He was all too willing just to remain on the payroll and earn money for doing zilch.

Despite this a small part of him must have been ashamed. This glimmer of goodness knew that he was worthless and acted accordingly. This inner esteem transformed into a cancer, a cancer that eventually removed this blight from society.

People ask me if I’m sorry he died.

My answer.

“No !”

So I decided to remove all fictional elements from this tale. Imagine my surprise when I discover the pure fabrication that formed the basis of an earlier tale.

‘Radiation Barges’ and ‘poisoning’ have no place in my story. I didn’t pay the crew of a Finnish Barge money to slowly poison Hawkins nor did I pass money to a Swedish Doctor to misdiagnose him. Pure poppycock.

Andrew Hawkins died of shame, pure and simple.

If this fabrication continues, I’ll withhold the rest of the story.

Editors Note: Mr Dobtcheff has already been paid in full for the entirety of his reports and recollections. There is a reason why these elements have been added. The denial issued in this piece will be relevant to future installments.