View from The Kingsland: Reflective Ramblings

By Nick Mabey. With relegation pretty much assured (if not mathematically certain yet) I found myself in reflective mood when taking my seat for the recent home game with so-called local rivals AFC Bournemouth. Reflecting on the strange feeling of having no pressure and expecting to lose.  Reflecting on...

Suburban Safari: Winter Sun on the Shore 

By Katie Isham. In the midst of a cold, dark winter, any bright, sunny days are heralded like the returning hero after a battle; the second coming of a messiah. Any appearance of the sun from behind the great, grey shroud we currently live under, and we must make...

Suburban Safari: A tree is for life

By Katie Isham.  There’s been so much tree exposure over the past few weeks. The shiny ones, the sparkly ones, the pink ones. But it’s all unearthed a deep-rooted need to commune with some more natural trees. Do you ever get the urge to walk among the trees? Drop...

View from the Kinsgland: Sad inevitability

By Nick Mabey. Russell Martin’s unsurprising sacking as our manager this week gave me no pleasure at all.  Optimism has always been a superpower/Achilles heel for me and I really wanted Martin to turn things round at Saints.  I’ve been fighting myself about this for most of the season,...