I was reading in The Guardian today of Ron Atkinsons return to football as the Director of Football at Kettering Town, nicknamed the Poppies, at least until the end of the season. Peace and harmony have not been prevalent for either the Conference side or Ron himself in recent years.Kettering chair...

The BBC is reporting that the club are to ask Leeds City Council for a mortgage to buy back Elland Road and Thorpe Arch training facilities. They are currently owned by a shadowy British Virgin Islands based company that no-one has a clue about. Bates has made the re-acquisition of the ground a pri...

Apologies once again for a somewhat prolonged absence. My work continue to employ IT nazis who refuse to believe my rambling monologues about my beloved football team are relevant to my job?!?Back to business. When I left you last time, I had begun to believe we could escape relegation. We scraped a...

Hello, and many apologies for not posting over the last week or so. Ive been off on holiday and seeing as most of my bloggin is done whilst at work (in my lunch hour of course) I havent been as diligent as I should have been.It appears I am not the only one. Our defence went walkabout yesterday fo...

I was reading on the Leeds United website about how Gus Poyet had scored a goal in a friendly match against a Cypriot XI. Unfortunately I think this is the PR machine whirring into Bates mode and smoothing the way for an announcement that Poyet and Wise may soon be playing for the first team.I reali...