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Yeovil True ; come on #ytfc
This is for Olly who is in Cape Town, I reckon he’d sooner be at the Huish to watch the Glovers sneak three points from league leaders Charlton Athletic. The...
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Lower League Football – guest post from Oliver Tapper
Image via Wikipedia I love football but I think there’s a problem and that is kids these days are choosing their football club from the premier league. Little Jimmy supports Manchester United and his...
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#Fanpowerstadium Yeovil Town
I once thought if you blew hear enough in a certain direction you would create a vacuum between you and your breath into which your body would move so that eventually you would end up where you blew....
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The new journalists
We’re gearing up for the conference season whether we be journalists, delegates or the majority of us who get the highlights pumped at us through the media. Politics, business and journalism regard...
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Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty Sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall There are three aspects of Humpty Dumpty’s behaviour to which I would like to draw your attention. Firstly, he was a notorious dandy who liked...
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The best fans in the land – #ytfc
In characteristically generous fashion, Yeovil Town applauded the 2000 travelling Burnley fans at last week’s game at the Huish both at the ground and on twitter afterwards. They were generally...
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The best moment of the season (so far) #YTFC 1 #DRFC 0
No apologies for delivering a good news story to you pensions folk. Watch this video and you will understand what it is like to support Yeovil Town FC. Taken from around the ground , these...
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“Since I was young, I followed them, #ytfc – the team for me”
I’ve got to admit it – “When I was young, I followed AFC Bournemouth”, so I don’t sing the song in the title of this blog. The first time I heard it sung was when Derby did us 3-2 in the final minute...
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Hope yet for AonHewitt
I oughtn’t to like Aon. Weirdly I do;- but in the kind of way that google likes the Encyclopedia Brittanica. Aon is an American owned consultancy that feeds the insatiable maw of Man United, it is...
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Spurring Altmann on
Baroness Altmann of Tottenham (hotspur) This must be an odd time for our new pension minister – Ros Altmann. As I’m finding out coming back from America, the first few days can carry you through on...
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What’s it like to support the worst team in the League?
Yesterday Yeovil Town lost again yesterday. This didn’t come as a surprise. As we sing to jubilant opposition supporters “you’re nothing special – we lose every week” In 2012 we were promoted through...
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All I want for Christmas is dew (relentless rain won’t do!)
The reference to “Dew” is from memory of this lovely medieval poem I syng of a mayden That is makeles, king of alle kinges to here sone che chees. He cam also stille Ther his moder was As dew in...
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A day away at Plymouth #ytfc
My son at the Orient game Everyone in our house is old or on crutches and it looks like watching the boxing day test and the King George is about as exciting as it’ll get at the Mount, Salisbury Rd,...
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The value of being nice. #WASPI, #YTFC and decency
Stand up for the Minstermen! 290 York City fans came to Huish Park yesterday to watch their team lose 1-0 against fellow strugglers Yeovil. We clapped them before the game and many of us commiserated...
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Why I’m not at the PLSA conference today
I’m writing at 6am, soon I will be getting on a train to Manchester which will be full of people going to the PLSA Conference. I won’t be going to that Conference, instead I will be visiting Sage’s...
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Yeovil True!
It was a sad weekend for Yeovil Town fans as their cherished club tumbled out of the Football League after 16 years. I nearly wrote “glorious” but withdrew the adjective, many of them were anything...
View ArticleCovid Actuaries weekly round up to June 13
The Friday Report – Issue 11 By Matt Fletcher and Nicola Oliver COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Every week, more is written on COVID-19 than any individual...
View ArticleHas my body beaten Covid or not?
Who’s the boss? It’s now 10 days since my Covid symptoms started, , 8 days since I tested and 5 days since I got positive test results. Theoretically I can stop self-isolating tomorrow and say I have...
View ArticleThe magic and muck of the cup; mixed news for Yeovil Town fans
The Romance of the Cup It has been a strange weekend for supporters of Yeovil Town FC. We were treated to a 1-0 win in the FA cup second round against struggling Stevenage FC. It will be remembered...
View ArticleWrexham’s fairytale – Yeovil’s horror story
Ah well, that’s that then. Relegation to National League South confirmed. Looking forward to next year’s promotion party already! Let’s go, #ytfc ! “It’s a funny old game” I have only ever supported...
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