Standing Alone 1877

If you are looking for well backed teams who've underperformed compared to expectations over the last 2-3 seasons, Gillingham would be right at the top of the list. Every year under owner Brad Gallison, they seem to throw heaps of money at trying to get out of League Two. And they are no further forward now than they have been at any stage of the last few seasons. Still, they are a dangerous team who could easily come to the Alex and come away with some points. Here is my pre

What a filthy game that was. I wasn't there, but fair play to the hardy Alex fans who did make the long trip down. It wasn't a pretty game and the conditions played a part in what was a poor spectacle. But who cares when the Alex are coming home with 3 points to cap off a superb last 2 weeks where they've banked 8 from a possible 12, gone 4 unbeaten, 3 of them against teams either around them or well above them and from 3 long away games. This is my review of their win at Cra

When Crewe Alex and Crawley Town headed to Wembley at the end of the 23-24 season for the L2 play-off final, both sides must have felt confident that better days were ahead, regardless of which team won and got promoted and which team didn't and remained in L2. Well, little did we know that that game would be the high water mark for both teams in recent years. Crawley saw their squad decimated, their manager poached and they managed just 1 season in L1 before coming back down

Stop me if you've heard this one before. The Alex travel to London to play a smaller L2 rival. They start slowly, fall behind thanks to poor defending, but battle back to earn an excellent point. Yep, it was the same end result as Bromley, although thankfully not as dramatic. The Alex took their points total for the last 8 days to 5 and stretched their mini-unbeaten run to 3 after scrapping from behind to take a point from Hive. Here is my review of their draw at Barnet: Slow

I've got nothing personally against Barnet FC as a football club. Small, punching above their weight surrounded by heavy weights. What's not to like? Well, their handling the January 4th postponement so incompetently for a start. It's an utter disgrace how they dealt with it and it left the Alex's players & management massively inconvenienced, not to mention the Alex fans who had already set off on the day having to turn around half way there. But never mind, I'm not bitter.

If I had to describe the month of January for the Alex in one word, it would be 'drifting'. They started the month 6 points off the play-offs and ended the month 6 points off the play-offs. No closer, no further away, but 6 games ticked off. So, what to make or a very up and down first month of 2026 for the Alex? This is my monthly review of January: Looking Back After a poor December, the Alex needed a good start to January and they got it at home to Cheltenham. Buoyed by th