Completely bonkers !!!!! I've had three days totally immersed in football and it's been great. Mrs T (the wife not the former prime minister) cannot fathom how I can sit for hours on end pressing the refresh button on the BBC website to hear the
Potters Bar Town earned a 1-1 draw with Waltham Abbey in the FA Cup at Parkfield on Saturday. The two sides will meet again tomorrow night.
Maidstone United 3 Hendon 2 . . . Ryman League Premier Division . . . Hendon’s second trip to the Bourne Ground, temporary home of Maidstone United, ended exactly the same as the first, in a 3–2 defeat and, once again, there can be few complaints
Northampton Spencer 2 Wingate & Finchley 2 . . . Wingate & Finchley must try again if they are to progress to the next round of the FA Cup, after a 2-2 draw at Northampton Spencer on Saturday. The Blues started the stronger of the teams, as they created
A man remains in hospital following a “vicious” assault by a group of thugs in Finchley over the weekend. The 25-year-old suffered a fractured skull in the attack outside the Joiners Arms pub, in Ballards Lane, at about 2am on Saturday.
Art historian and lecturer Barry Herbert’s interest in the Bloomsbury group of writers, artists and intellectuals began while he was studying at Leeds University. It was there that he was taught by Professor Quentin Bell, son of artist Vanessa Bell
Neurologists disagree over how memory works. A case study by neurologist Oliver Sacks tells of a woman (referred to as "Mrs O’C") who starts to remember things from her early childhood she had long forgotten. The woman had been brought up in a
The Frank Griffith Nonet has a close connection with Chickenshed, which band leader Mr Griffith says, "has got a home feel about it." The ensemble includes both veteran and young performers and features a new singer, Georgia Mancio, who joined the
Barnet, as expected, today completed the signing of Cork City striker John O'Flynn. But the 26-year-old will not make his debut at Dagenham & Redbridge in the JP Trophy tomorrow night. The former Republic of Ireland U21 player has an ankle injury and
Barnet are being linked with a move for Cork City striker John O'Flynn. Some Irish newspapers are claiming O'Flynn will sign for the Bees before the transfer window closes tonight.
Those of you who see me poodling along Totteridge Lane in my Toyota at a steady 30 mph — with cars impatiently overtaking and zooming away over the horizon — probably have me marked down as a boring law-abiding senior citizen. It was not ever thus
Striker Adam Birchall has won the Mortgage Express Barnet player of the month award for August, as chosen by the Times Series of newspapers. Sports Editor Paul Wreyford said: "It has not been the greatest month for Barnet, to say the least, but Adam
Supermarket giant Asda has submitted a planning application for a mixed-use development in New Barnet. The six-acre area on the former Gasworks site, off Albert Road, will comprise a supermarket, shops, 211 apartments, community space and parking
Barnet manager Paul Fairclough will usually do his utmost to protect his young charges from any verbal abuse from fans. Not on Saturday. After watching them meekly surrender to a side who had previously also been shipping in goals for
An elderly couple say they would rather go to jail than pay the part of their council tax used to fund the 2012 Olympics. Pensioners Tom and Rita Glenister, of Darlands Drive, Barnet, have refused to pay the annual £33.33 Olympic precept on
