Inside the referee’s bag
What’s inside a referee’s kitbag? If I Hadn’t Seen Such Riches has asked me, a humble referee in Frankfurt’s dog-end amateur and youth leagues, to reveal all, intrigued by the enormity of what they’ve seen [...]
Kick, bollock and bite
Former club fanzine editor Charlie Ward looks back at some previous incarnations With the apparent resurgence of the fanzine and the decision for our supporters to run one, it set me remembering my years as [...]
Best of the 2018-19 season
Goal It seems like an age ago now, but Junior Appiah’s first-time back-heeled finish against Walsham-Le-Willows in the FA Cup showed the kind of quality that really shouldn’t be in the Essex Senior. Ditto Correy [...]
Grounds for concern
Red Star's search for a sustainable home goes on Football holds a special place for the dreamers. Them, and the corrupt club owners. When you’re averaging attendances of under a thousand, why shouldn’t you try [...]
Issue 2 out now!
It's taken a while, but Issue 2 of If I Hadn’t Seen Such Riches is out now! It will be on sale at Walthamstow’s game with Clapton this Saturday 23rd March, or you can order your copy [...]
Beer hunting in the Essex Senior (and beyond)
Stow supporter Graham Larkbey; the league’s authority on all things malty First, a confession. The title of the “Beer Hunter” column in the ‘Stow matchday programme is borrowed from someone far more deserving of the [...]
“We do not do footy teams in foreign countries”
Unless you’re well-versed in the history of phillumeny, the name Victor Gladwish may not be that familiar to you. But if you were involved in non-league football in the early 2000s, the self-styled “non-league Abramovich” [...]