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Last Updated: 04 January 2013

So Solid. Crewe.

We had to be dragged kicking and screaming out of a memorable 2012 for Boro’, but we’re now finally ready to embrace 2013 and all it (hopefully) has to offer. Did we miss anything while we were readily acclimatising to this Brave New World in the last few days? Apart …

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Tying Ourselves In Notts

Before we even had the opportunity to begin writing this epic prose, we were told that it is not certain that tomorrow’s match will be able to go ahead. Fairlands Valley Park seems to have an additional lake to offer visitors because the weather is continuing to be a right …

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Festive Frolics

If you’re looking for the Festive Frolics blog, unfortunately it has been lost. Due to server problems over the Christmas period, we have been unable to retrieve it. If you’re reading this, however, you’re in a small minority anyway 🙂

The Nightmare After Christmas

Records, they say, are made to be broken. It is a concept that spawned a TV show that kept Roy Castle and Kriss Akabusi in work for a number of years. But it’s one thing to set a record; it is another to have one ended. In the past fortnight, …

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A Load Of Old Toffee (2020)

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 14

A Load Of Old Toffee meets… Gary Smith (yes, that one): We don’t know if this is a Football League first, but the Old Toffee team is delighted to have been able to spend some time with Boro’ manager Gary Smith for the latest – and special festive – edition …

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A Load Of Old Toffee (2020)

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 11

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 11: With 10 podcasts well and truly under the proverbial belt, the Old Toffee team has now felt it might be the right time to innovate. It was in that spirit that Steve Watkins, Dean Thompson and Mark Hollis went armed with their …

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A Load Of Old Toffee (2020)

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 10

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 10: Who’d have thought it? It seems like just yesterday ALOOT came to life and already we have reached double figures. Steve Watkins welcomes Mark Hollis and Dean Thompson – one of whom won’t last the full podcast, as well as Tony Creek. …

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A Load Of Old Toffee (2020)

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 9

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 9: Back in the studio and very nearly into double figures, it’s ALOOT Time! Its like Hammertime but with less fashion sense. Steve Watkins, Mark Hollis and Dean Thompson – the most deadly trio on all iTunes – are back, with the delightful …

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Bouncing Back

If the memories of losing at home to Preston last week have had you driving up to Dundee in your bare feet and developing an unhealthy obsession with Toblerone, then it is time for you to stop and to bounce back. A prominent media personality from Norfolk managed it – …

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A Load Of Old Toffee (2020)

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 8

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 8: Once again, there’s quite a fair bit for the ALOOT team to discuss in this latest episode. Steve Watkins is joined by Dean Thompson and – making his “welcome” return – Mark Hollis, along with a prestigious guest in the form of …

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