Why a fan should never be Chairman
The problem with being a fan is that we don't make rational choices. It’s not our fault, it’s just that we come to any opinion or...
Simon Truckle
- Jun 30, 2021
- 5 min
The wrong coloured shorts
You can support your club for pretty much any reason. Mine is because we had a black and white telly. It was 1975 and replica kits were...
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Simon Truckle
- Nov 17, 2020
- 2 min
Truly 'Madley' Deeply
A story of grief, loss, and ghosts of the past with the soundtrack of the Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine anymore, with the original star Alan...
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Simon Truckle
- Oct 25, 2020
- 3 min
Revolting players, a good thing?
A Cocu coup, sounds like something that would get a bird watcher twitching but could be what got Derby County's season back on track. We...
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Simon Truckle
- Oct 23, 2020
- 4 min
10 games minimum
We often hear that you shouldn’t judge a season until after 10 games but that hasn’t stopped a significant portion of Derby fans calling...
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Simon Truckle
- Mar 14, 2020
- 3 min
Skiing in Greece, extract from Love's Labours
Hania was a good place for Scott’s first introduction to skiing, having just four slopes ranging from not-very-steep to something you’d...
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Simon Truckle
- Nov 14, 2019
- 6 min
Truckle answers mayday call
Author's note, you may, quite reasonably assume that I am a king-sized bell-end from this match report - please bear in mind context and...
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Simon Truckle
- Aug 31, 2019
- 1 min
Where's Wellington?
Hats off to the New Zealand authorities for putting up this fine sign over Wellington Harbour, modelled on the Hollywood one in LA no...
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Simon Truckle
- Jul 7, 2019
- 3 min
"...one of the funniest summer holiday reads that you will come across."
‘Love’s Labours’ by Simon Truckle A Book Review It’s always a nerve wracking experience to review a book for a friend, or a friend of a...
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Simon Truckle
- May 19, 2019
- 5 min
As dry as Stephen Fry
Scott had the sort of face you would love to play at poker. It was not hard to read his expression at the best of times and right now he...
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Simon Truckle
- May 13, 2019
- 4 min
Meet Mildred
He undid the rope and pulled her gently in the direction of the straw, only to discover Mildred had other ideas. She had decided that...
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Simon Truckle
- May 12, 2019
- 1 min
Catch, how many?
Mr Heller looked down into the wriggling mass of fish at the bottom of the boat. It looked like a reasonable haul and one that would...
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Simon Truckle
- May 8, 2019
- 1 min
Opening lines revisited
Virginia Woolf leant over her Underwood portable, adjusted the paper feed and marshalled her thoughts. She considered the starting of a...
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Simon Truckle
- May 7, 2019
- 1 min
What the Dickens?
Dickens at the casino... "Please sir, can I have some more?” Oliver Twist “Please sir, can I not have any more” Oliver Stick “Please sir...
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Simon Truckle
- Apr 24, 2019
- 1 min
To Helsinki and back
Jem: How are the the book sales going? Truckle: Just back from my first book tour. Went to visit a mate in Helsinki for the weekend, the...
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Simon Truckle
- Apr 24, 2019
- 4 min
Foot Spa Anyone?
They were sitting at their usual table, the one right on the beach, and had been chatting to Moe about business. Oliver took a swig of...
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Simon Truckle
- Mar 27, 2019
- 1 min
Horoscopes
Further down the beach, Vanessa was having a slightly less cheery morning. She was sitting at a beachside café flicking through the paper...
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Simon Truckle
- Mar 27, 2019
- 1 min
Beware of Greek....dogs
It was at this point that things started to unravel. Scott’s optimistic assumption that the sign on the wall said ‘This is where the...
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Simon Truckle
- Mar 3, 2019
- 1 min
Very, very dry
Oliver was reclining in the second of their tatty deckchairs in his customary position, outside the shed that housed the equipment. This...
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Simon Truckle
- Feb 28, 2019
- 2 min
4 go mad on social media part 1
Simon: Lads, I’ve written a book, and need to build a social media following to market it. What do you say? Jem: Have you? Is it any good...
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