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A Load Of Old Toffee (2020)

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 27

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 27: And so we now come to the end of the season, and what better way to mark it than by an epic 27th Episode Spectacular! OK, we’re overselling it just a bit, but it is still a good ‘un as is always …

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The Final Straight

According to every English Literature student’s favourite poet TS Eliot, April is very much considered to be the cruellest month. To be honest, we can’t help chortling at the fact that TS Eliot is an anagram of “toilets”, but he could have been onto something with this April malarkey. For …

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We Were Right. And Wrong.

In some parts, we were right. And in others, we were wrong. It was as much a mixed bag as you could’ve expected from last night’s games in the three Football League divisions. But it did make things clearer as we hurtle towards the end of the season – many …

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This Is How It Is (And How It Could Be)

A question for you – what will you be doing with your Tuesday evening? For us Boro’ fans, we find ourselves having to accept that the festivities and frivolities of playing underneath the floodlights are nothing but a distant memory for this season. And by the time we have a …

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ShYeo-time!

Three games. Is that it? Is that all that remains of the 2012/3 season? A quick glance at the fixture list tells you no lies – yet another interesting campaign in the life of Boro’ has nearly come to its conclusion. From the early promise of those sultry autumn afternoons …

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A Load Of Old Toffee (2020)

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 26

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 26: With Boro’ now assured of League One football next season, the Old Toffee team decided to have a party. OK, so we’re stretching the truth there. Join host Steve Watkins, regular minions Mark Hollis and Dean Thompson and first-time guest Pat Jackson …

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Catching Up: Portsmouth (A)

We know what it must seem like to you. Yes, it has taken us four days to produce our thesis on the goalless draw at Fratton Park, but we have been busy with other things. Honest guv, honest! It is mainly because we realised that ALOOT might need some new …

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A Load Of Old Toffee (2020)

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 25

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 25: Last week, the Old Toffee team retreated to the drawing room fireside to discuss who would be taking on the managerial challenge at the Lamex. One name, it seemed, rose above the rest during the discussion. And that was a certain Graham …

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The end of a long four-day Easter weekend is always a tough one to bear – and the trudge into work this morning was a slow, weary one

That Was Easter…

The end of a long four-day Easter weekend is always a tough one to bear. Like a holiday you aren’t ready to come back from, the trudge into work this morning was a weary one. Whether you had a quiet one or a busy one, it was certainly wasn’t the …

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A Load Of Old Toffee (2020)

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 24

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 24: It’s time for another Old Toffee and still no sign of a new manager being appointed, either our Graham or otherwise. Plenty of speculation to discuss and an away defeat at Tranmere Rovers to digest, with the regular trio of host Steve …

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