Eastern Football

Ipswich Wanderers v Wisbech Town

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:29:00 +0000

Well, we knew it would be a different one and it was certainly that. The Ultra's were in fine voice but to no avail as their side went down 1-3, though I noticed Smurf was wearing a big grin throughout so he was happy in more ways than one. This week we stood with the fans and got several interviews recorded with them instead of the chairman/manager chats we usually have, goats seemed to be a major talking point (the reason for this weeks intro tune). Once again we were made very welcome by everyone at the club and the rain stayed away, I think we are going to get soaked sooner rather than later as we seem to miss the rain where ever we go for our recordings. Smurf gives his thoughts on the beer available plus we found out that they sell a special blue beer at the Doucy, brewed by a local brewery in honour of the club. Anyway, I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed our time with the Kesgrave Ultra's, who are in my humble opinion, some of the best lads anywhere in the league.

ECFS Summer Fair 2007

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:25:00 +0000

The Eastern Counties Football Supporters Summer Fair, organised by Bonka and Smurf at Soham Town Rangers FC on Saturday and Sunday the 1st and 2nd September 2007. We got just one interview recorded and that was with Steve Taylor, manager at Haverhill Rovers FC. He attended both days, spending his money lavishly in the auction on Saturday evening plus playing a major part in the football match organised for the Sunday. The rest of this podcast is taken up with 20 minutes of the party that went on at the campsite after the disco/auction. There are some funny moments as Smurf keeps requesting that we start recording and the Kesgrave Ulta's can be found in fine voice. Sadly, recordings of the singing during the karaoke were not that clear so they have not been included on here. Also as we were all very busy on Sunday we decided aganst recording anything but I hope you enjoy what is included on here. We had a good time!

Fakenham Town v FC Clacton

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:57:00 +0000

Another sunny afternoon, yet another new ground for me. You'd think I'd been everywhere but we still come up with these new grounds. Anyway, today we met up with Spongebob from the forum and had a lovely chat with Peter Wright, Vice Chairman at Fakenham. Fakenham have a beautiful ground and a lovely setup but with one or two problems of the pitch they are currently struggling to get a decent team together, still the team gave their all and I don't think any more could have been asked of them when we visited. Some lovely people that I'm sure will get the team to where the ground dictates they should be very soon.

Tiptree United v Sawbridgeworth Town

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:29:00 +0000

The mystery can now be revealed. As Smurf was enjoying himself at a music concert, I went to Tiptree today and met up with Jack Pridmore, or JP to anyone that reads the ECL or ESL forums. Jack had kindly offered his services as guest interviewer. We had a good afternoon chatting about the football we watched though that was poorer than our expectations. We met Tiptree United secretary John Wiseby and you can listen to the results of that interview as well as an interview with the new Tiptree United assistant manager, Richard Carter. Once again the weather was kind and it didn't rain, though at times it looked as if we would get drenched. All in all another excellent day out at another Ridgeons League ground.

Swaffham Town v Lowestoft Town

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:00:00 +0000

I think this weeks theme music says it all really, sadly we didn't get to chat to anyone from Swaffham Town but we met Yellow Army and Chubbieltfc from the Eastern Counties Football Forum and had a rather interesting chat with Lowestoft Town chairman, Gary Bennet. There is quite a bit of small talk this week with no mention of how good the lager was though Smurf did test it rigorously and we both enjoyed our burgers with Baby Smurf commenting on how good the hotdogs were in the background. Another enjoyable day at a ground neither of us had been to before along with a resounding 5-0 win to Lowestoft Town

Kirkley & Pakefield v Witham Town

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:01:00 +0000

We visited Walmer Road today and watched an interesting game that ended in a stalemate though either team could have scored a couple of good goals but some excellent keeping by all keepers kept it 0-0. This week we have another set of interesting interviews from both teams plus one from a more than impartial supporter. As always our thanks to everyone for letting us interview them and my deepest apologies to Dave, K&P Secretary as his interview seems to have been deleted at some point, we'll just have to grab him at another game and embarras him all over again.

Stowmarket Town v Woodbridge Town

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:17:00 +0000

After our intial fears that we would get absolutely nothing of any use recoreded were proven groundless, we had a really great afternoon, with Woodbridge showing everyone what a good team they could be this season. Some great interviews from members of both clubs today has lengthened our normal podcast to nearly 50 minutes but everyone was interesting and only to happy to chat to us with as much going unrecorded as can be listened to here. A DC does make an appearance but you'll have to wait until the very end to see what Smurf makes of his by now regular test at every ground with him even taking over as food tester this week as well. We were once again joined by our great friend Bonka, who seems to be getting the bug for ground hopping and has intimated that he may well join us again next week as well. Anyways, listen and enjoy as Smurf and Trevor get sensible!

Long Melford v Grundisburgh

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:20:00 +0000

Today we were at the double header friendly that Long Melford played against Grundisburgh First Team & Reserves. Sir Ade and Scrappydoo made the journey down in the Grundisburgh coach and joined us for the afternoon. We spoke to Bonka and Chizzy via the wonders of modern telephony. We spoke to club chairman Colin Woodhouse and Joint First Team manager, Paul Grainger from Long Melford and Joint First Team manager Kevin Cunningham from Grundisburgh. Smurf seemed to think that the Summer Fair had arrived early and had a DC drinking competition with Sir Ade but once again everybody had a great day out with both new and old friends alike. I would like to thank everyone at Long Melford FC for their hospitailty and wish them well in the forthcoming season.

Summer Fair

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:36:00 +0000

We've edited together three interviews that Mark Bailey has given us over the past two weeks with details of the First Annual Eastern Counties Football Supporters Summer Fair to be held at Soham Town Rangers FC on Saturday and Sunday, 1st and 2nd September 2007. Come along and enjoy either the Saturday Disco/Auction or Sunday with all it's attractions. Better still, stay in the free camping area provided or at one of the local hotels or B&B's in Soham and enjoy the whole weekend. All details of the summer fair can be found at www.ecfs-summerfair.org including details of the camping area and a list of hotels and B&B's local to the venue.

Littleport Town v March Town United

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:49:00 +0000

Today we were at Littleport to watch the game, which is one thing we actually did do this week. Paul Grainger was our guest and we had a good chat about all things bar football. Bonka joined us again this week talking more about the ECFS Summer Fair and breakfast! We also managed to grab a good interview with Alan Allsop, assistant manager at Ely City who was on an afternoon sortie and finally todays match referee, Chris Dunk kindly had a chat with us about his reasons for becoming a referee and gave some advice for anyone wishing to become a referee

Mildenhall Town v Cambridge United

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000

Our very first effort at recording a podcast, we were nervous to start with but with the help of a good friend plus Trevor Munns and Martin Tuck we managed to get something together and get over those first day nerves.