Stale sausage
Within two minutes of posting a link to last week’s Review on Twitter, Jason Anonymous had sent an email to our head office. As Jason correctly pointed out, Liversedge was cited as a team with meaty connections in a previous Review. Was it any funnier the second time? I doubt it. Having posted a stale joke last week, I will add a stolen joke this week. It comes from the Edinburgh Festival, where the joke voted 6th best was by Olaf Falafel. I spent the whole 
morning building a time machine, so that’s four hours of my life that I’m definitely getting back. Well, I liked it.
Definitely not making a hash of things
My FA Trophy trail last season started at Hashtag United. Last weekend in the FA Cup, they sailed through to the next round with a 3-0 win away to Barton Rovers. When I went to see Hashtag United, I remember all the kids doing the hashtag symbol using two fingers from each hand. I can’t remember if the downward-pointing fingers go in front or behind the horizontal ones. However, I am sure the vertical fingers point down. Perhaps, someone can let me know.
Working up a sweat
Those of a certain age will recall Workington‘s presence in the Football League. Workington AFC now play in Northern Premier League Division One North West, four big rungs down the ladder from League Two of the Football League. They were the penultimate side to be voted out of the Football League when there was a re-election process. In 1977, after four wins in the preceding season, Workington were voted out. They were replaced by Wimbledon, or MK Dons, as they are more recently known. Workington knocked seven goals past West Allotment Celtic in the FA Cup last weekend. West Allotment is Tyneside village, and, as you might guess, they play in green and white hoops. As you can see, I’ve been raking over their history. By the way, West Allotment Celtic’s nickname is Allotment.
Swifts too fast for racers
Stourport Swifts overcame Racing Club Warwick last weekend in the Preliminary Round of the FA Cup. This is not the same Racing Club from Argentina competing in the FA Cup. The game’s only goal came just after half-time when Nathan Binner was fouled outside the penalty area. Despite cries of
‘rubbish’ from Binner, the ref awarded the kick. Up stepped Swift Lee Chilton, whose free-kick beat Crane in the Racing Club goal, which left the visitors flapping and facing an FA Cup exit. I am hoping that Stourport Swifts face Runcorn Linnets in the next round.
Who will I follow in this year’s FA Trophy?
As promised this week, I am revealing where my virtual FA Trophy trail for 2022-23 will start. I considered starting with Hashtag United again, but, as it’s virtual, I can start in two places at once. So, I’ve picked one from the north and one from the south. After preparing the rest of this week’s review, I spotted Workington AFC v Runcorn Linnets as I looked at the fixtures for the first round. That had to be one of the two. For the second, New Salamis has always fascinated me as a club, so they will be my other selection. New Salamis start at Welwyn Garden City. As a sort of expert on garden cities, there’s much to look forward to. So, more on these four fine clubs in the coming weeks and remember that the FA Trophy starts over the weekend of 10th September.
And off to bed
Bedford Town suffered a hefty defeat at home to Tamworth at The Eyrie in the Southern League Premier Central Division this week. Dan Creaney of Tamworth scored four times, two in each half, as the visitors rattled in six second-half goals. There was a consolation goal for Bedford Town when they pulled one back in the 90th minute. However, I suspect many of the crowd of 565 had left by then, so it was probably scored in an eerie silence. Who needs Olaf Falafel?
