Football Is Back!

Football Is Back!

          The time has come for football to return and it did with aplomb this weekend. The football league began with shocks to the relegated Premier League clubs making their Championship returns. West Brom lost at home to Bolton and Stoke lost away at Leeds. Only Swansea cam away with any points, beating Sheffield United away from home.

          My two teams both had the same result. Ollerton drew 1-1 with Rossington in a game where Ollerton could and should have been comfortable winners. King missed a penalty and a real guilt edged chance in the first half, as did Curzon who fired his effort straight at the home keeper when through one-on-one. We kept piling on the pressure in the second half but a winner was not forth-coming. Forest drew away at Bristol City. From what I read, we could have won that game, putting in a dominant performance in the second half that showed that Forest will be a force to be reckoned with this season.

Byram, the fullback who came through the Leeds academy, was originally linked with a loan move. But now it could be a permanent move

          In other news for both clubs, Ollerton announced the marquee signing of Connor Higginson. The attacker, born and raised in Ollerton, has played Mansfield, Spalding and Worksop Town. One more signing is imminent but I'm not sure whether or not I can reveal the identity of him yet... Forest are also supposedly set to sign a player as well. The reds are linked with Sam Byram in a mooted £6m switch from West Ham. Coincidentally, the Ollerton signing who hasn't been named plays in the same position as Byram (Make of that what you will).

          Besides the news relating to football I can confirm that I've been offered a role within Ollerton Town that far exceeds anything I do their now, but that is still to be confirmed. You can also keep up to date with my shenanigans on a matchday by following @Ollertontown_fc on Twitter. Here you can see the graphics I painstakingly made and the return of my post-match interviews.

There will soon by other, more detailed posts coming, I just haven't had time to write them.

Thanks for reading though.

Until next time,

Craig.