The Dubious Goals Committee
Matt McMahon
The Manager’s Diary – A half-term report
With 10 league games to go, squeaky bum time is just around the corner. At the time of writing the mighty Hounds First Team are joint second in Downs League Division 1, 5 points off pace setters Torpedo and with a 6 point cushion over 5th placed Cotswool. Remaining fixtures will see the Hounds play … Continue reading
The Butterfly Effect: What if Phil Neville chose to play international cricket?
Not only is Phil Neville a successful footballer, he was also a child cricket prodigy who broke many batting records set by Michael Atherton. His dad, Neville Neville, played for Greenmount Cricket Club in the Bolton Cricket League during the 1980s and while both of his sons, Phil and older brother Gary, were talented batsmen, … Continue reading
Championship Manager: An Addiction
With the autumnal nights bringing darkness, rain and misery, the pastimes of the average Joe inevitably change to suit these conditions. Gone are the lazy summer evenings sneaking in a quick 9 or 18 holes of golf after work. We wave goodbye to alfresco dining and drinking, whilst generally spending any time outside – other … Continue reading
One of those weeks in management
As I continue on the managerial path into my second season in charge I experience “One of those weeks in football” where you wonder why you are doing it, what you are doing and is it all worth it, will the end justify the means and how do you keep everyone in the squad happy? … Continue reading
Arriba Alianza!
Here at The Dubious Goals Committee, we don’t want to be seen as ‘stuck in our ways’, as people who churn out the same stories over and over again. We wanted to broaden our horizons and what better way is there to do that than by packing up some marmalade sandwiches and venturing off to … Continue reading
The Butterfly Effect: Everton relegated in 1994
On the final day of the 1993/94 season, only one relegation place had been confirmed; that of Swindon Town. Everton was one of five teams fighting to avoid the remaining two places, and, in a complicated mathematical problem that has seen the advent of the “table as it currently stands graphic”, a win over sixth-placed … Continue reading
When Saturday comes… What now?
The end of another season, the curtain has come down, ahead lies three months of transfer rumours, managerial comings and goings, new kits, new sponsors, new stadia, new bribery allegations – all this excitement is good, but a massive hole in my week exists as the season ends. My Saturdays, and often weekends, are geared … Continue reading
Have we got enough players for Saturday gaffer?
I am in a fortunate position to play for a fantastic amateur football club in Bristol; fantastic not just for what we have achieved on the pitch or the standard of the players at the club, but for the enjoyment that everyone has attending games, social events and just being involved. As the season draws … Continue reading
