The definition of the term "fool's paradise"? To look back at the highlights of the match at Holker Street on October 13th 1973 when 457 of us watched us lose 1-4 against Northwich Vics, and then watch last night's game where we lost so narrowly away from home, and subsequently compare th...

What a dreadful waste of a ball that was. Those born into this world to become footballs know it's a brutally demanding life. After all, their whole raison d'etre is to be kicked repeatedly around a pitch for 90 minutes every Saturday, and, as a bonus, the odd weekday night. Not a career for the fa...

"Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone . . . don't stop thinking about tomorrow".

Well I can manage that, Christine, but please don't ask me to think about Saturday. It's just too soon.

The definition of the term "fool's paradise"? To look back at the highlights of the match at Holker Street on October 13th 1973 when 457 of us watched us lose 1-4 against Northwich Vics, and then watch last night's game where we lost so narrowly away from home, and subsequently compare the...

Hands up from me . . . I was well enough pleased after the win over Sutton and that clearly held till half-time at Worthing . . . but how fast doth the stone plummet? It's chronic beyond belief, and has been chronic beyond belief for about 20 years now. To what do I refer? I refer to what others hav...

Matty wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2026 8:48 pm Crowd could be dreadful at the weekend.

Matty, do you mean the attendance could be low or the crowd might be hostile?

WalneyOne wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2026 9:19 pm Adam Murray had a farm
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And on that farm he had some donkeys...

I haven't spotted any goats on our farm.

So disappointing . . . it's all a bit psychological isn't it, because we'd all be buzzing if we had come back from two down but when it's the other way round it hurts. It was like the wild open plains of the mid-West out there, the amount of space they had for their two goals. So much space in fact ...

There have been quite a lot of posts recently informing us of the very poor quality of our new league. I think it's inevitable that with every step down in the pyramid – and particularly as you drop from the last rung of The Football League into non-League – the drop in quality is inevitable. So do ...

Nige, Wintergreen shouldn't be getting stale about attending Holker Street for although I have photographic evidence showing him celebrating on the pitch as long ago as 6th May 1967 he's still many, many years younger than me and I still manage to limp to the matches on my walking-stick.

PJ, just to correct you there, we haven't been at Holker Street for 125 years. We spent the first few years at places like The Strawberry Ground, Ainslie Street, and Little Park at Roose. So, the Holker Street/ Steelworks End choice has not been going on for 125 years, more like 117 years I think.

Bailey, you're doing a top job, keep up the good work. (I nearly called you "Benny" then, but that's our resident poet, Mark, creating the distraction with his choice of lyrics above). It's not your fault, of course, that the PA system has technical traumas but as you have mentioned that i...

I have no idea what the stats show for goals scored at either end, whether it be recent years or across the 125 years. Personally though, I would always want to play towards the Holker Street End in the second half whenever possible. As the clock ticks into the second half I would always look for th...

Wintergreen wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2026 7:42 am

Hitthebar22 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2026 9:02 pm It occurred to me this afternoon that I support Barrow, above and beyond football in general.

It occurred to me a good while back that l feel l have to go and not primarily that l want to go.

WG . . . . . you can check out any time you like but you can never leave.

Hands up, I was otherwise very much otherwise occupied last Saturday and didn't catch any of the Kidderminster match either by eyes or by ears. So the only thing I had to go on was this Forum and it seemed that post after post after post suggested it was RIP Barrow (for this season at least). I was ...