Simon TruckleNov 17, 20212 minMel Morris and the Time MachineIt’s Mel bashing season! He’s destroyed our club, He’s a fraud, He hated us all along… He ate my hamster. For the narrative to be...
Simon TruckleJun 30, 20215 minThe wrong coloured shortsYou 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...
Simon TruckleNov 17, 20202 minTruly 'Madley' DeeplyA 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...
Simon TruckleOct 25, 20203 minRevolting 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...
Simon TruckleOct 23, 20204 min10 games minimumWe 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...
Simon TruckleMar 14, 20203 minSkiing in Greece, extract from Love's LaboursHania was a good place for Scott’s first introduction to skiing, having just four slopes ranging from not-very-steep to something you’d...
Simon TruckleNov 14, 20196 minTruckle answers mayday callAuthor'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...
Simon TruckleAug 31, 20191 minWhere'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...
Simon TruckleJul 7, 20193 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...
Simon TruckleMay 19, 20195 minAs dry as Stephen FryScott 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...
Simon TruckleMay 13, 20194 minMeet MildredHe undid the rope and pulled her gently in the direction of the straw, only to discover Mildred had other ideas. She had decided that...
Simon TruckleMay 12, 20191 minCatch, 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...
Simon TruckleMay 8, 20191 minOpening lines revisitedVirginia Woolf leant over her Underwood portable, adjusted the paper feed and marshalled her thoughts. She considered the starting of a...
Simon TruckleMay 7, 20191 minWhat 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...
Simon TruckleApr 24, 20191 minTo Helsinki and backJem: 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...
Simon TruckleApr 24, 20194 minFoot 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...
Simon TruckleMar 27, 20191 minHoroscopesFurther down the beach, Vanessa was having a slightly less cheery morning. She was sitting at a beachside café flicking through the paper...
Simon TruckleMar 27, 20191 minBeware of Greek....dogsIt was at this point that things started to unravel. Scott’s optimistic assumption that the sign on the wall said ‘This is where the...
Simon TruckleMar 3, 20191 minVery, very dryOliver was reclining in the second of their tatty deckchairs in his customary position, outside the shed that housed the equipment. This...
Simon TruckleFeb 28, 20192 min4 go mad on social media part 1Simon: 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...