I think it was some rebel traitor against the Crown who once remarked that there was “only two things certain in life: death and taxes”. Well, we here at Gandermonium would like to add a third point to that statement and that’s “if there is some sort of Micky Mouse cup that Sutton are going […]
Tag: Crystal Palace
Chinese Palm Trees
After finally decontaminating myself after going deep into enemy lines at K’s midweek, it was time for young Robbo to take the reins and return to Gandermonium blog duties! The next opponents in our pre-season programme was Crystal Palace…not the first team but a select eleven. So it was a thought as to whom would […]
Sad All Over
As we’re Non-Leaguers, our FA Cup interest usually begins somewhere around SeptemberOctober time. And frequently ends around then too. But if we’re really lucky we might get to stumble through a couple of rounds, pinch a few FA Pounds for the kitty and get our name in the paper. So when the Final rocks round […]
Tending the Garden
Having recently become an unemployed bum in waiting, this tends to give you a fair bit of time to yourself. It also tests one’s willpower. I mean, it would be easy to simply pull the duvet over your head and just lie stinking in your pit until midday before getting up and spending all day […]
Three Cheers for Fred Gee!
With Gandermonium now playing with an all-out, four man attack it fell on my shoulders to cover the historic match officially opening the new Fred Gee pitch installed over the summer at Gander Green Lane and with a bumper crowd in on a drizzly night against a Croydon Posers XI. Welcome to the Glaziers…. Living […]
Lessons In Finishing. #145
PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY Att: N/A SUTTON UNITED – 1 [Bolt 71] CRYSTAL PALACE XI – 5 [Williams 9.16.28.73. Surrey47] Oooooh bugger. Thats it. The end of this praticising lark. We’ve got to do it for real next week! So what better way to prepare for the start of a brand new season than to invite a […]
Five’fer Eagles
PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY Att: 1127 Gwynne Berry Testimonial SUTTON UNITED – 1 [Fowler 7] CRYSTAL PALACE – 5 [Kabba. Evans 2. Martini 2] At last, just the 2 seasons after it was originally announced, Gwynne Berry’s testimonial finally comes around. The match was first announced back in pre-season for 1999-2000, but apparently the’Eagles’ had too much […]