Burgess Hill 1–2 Billericay: A Match Report, a Restaurant Review, and the Old Bastards Arrive

A sort of match report, a second defeat in a week, a restaurant review of Leyland Park Bovril, the inaugural launch of the Old Bastards Bovril Club and Word goes surreal. by Chris Harris So for the second Saturday on the trot, I find myself heading over to Leyland's Park. Perversely, even though I have … Continue reading Burgess Hill 1–2 Billericay: A Match Report, a Restaurant Review, and the Old Bastards Arrive

Match Report, Burgess Hill Town FC 2-1 Lewes FC: The Old Bastards Bovril Club. Getting Old!

by Chris Harris This isn’t so much a match report as an observation on the changing culture of myself and my contemporaries as we grapple with getting older, as those halcyon days of getting smashed off our faces at football have passed us by, the lagers replaced with the delights of Bovril and Dave defying … Continue reading Match Report, Burgess Hill Town FC 2-1 Lewes FC: The Old Bastards Bovril Club. Getting Old!

By Chris Harris Anyone who was at Leylands Park on Saturday (3/1/26) for the Burgess Hill vs Lewes game, and who’d been to Leylands Park before, couldn’t have failed to notice that this is a club on the up. I hadn’t been for a few years. Back then, they’d just been relegated into the Isthmian … Continue reading A Lesson Lewes FC Can Learn from Burgess Hill Town FC: Club’s Going in Opposite Directions.