Dean Howell Feature Piece

I wrote this at the beginning of November as part of an assignment to hand in to uni; National School Meals week, therefore, is not this week and Junior Brown has scored another three goals since then. But the rest is still relevant, so read on!

Just missing out on my little gold badge...

Tomorrow won't be the first time I'll have missed the opening home game of Villa's season, but it'll certainly feel the strangest.

Almost a fortnight later...and I'm pining for Barcelona

It's over a week since my easyJet plane landed at Luton airport from Barcelona and I began the long journey back up to Preston, trying to remember what my own bed was like after experiencing the W Hotel's heavenly offerings.

Ironically, my sister arrived back from a school trip to Barcelona on Friday night. It got me looking through my photos again and wishing I'd been coming back at the same time as her after an 11-day stay, albeit with a few days of rainy weather thrown in.

48 hours and out: my Barcelona story so far

The first two days of my stay in Barcelona have been incredible. I've met a lot of fun people, seen some beautiful sights and taken part in some exciting activities. I would go as far to say it's been indescribable, yet I'm going to contradict myself and attempt to sum it all up in one post.

I'm going to Barcelona!

I'm sitting at home watching highlights of Chesterfield vs Swindon, surrounded by Barcelona guidebooks and listening to my mum make the last cup of tea of the day in the kitchen. My dad is driving me to Southend airport and wants to leave at 3am to make sure we get there in plenty of time. Is there any point in going to sleep?

No. And I'm far too excited to try!

Fleetwood Town 6-2 Ebbsfleet United

A magnificent Jamie Vardy hat-trick inspired Town to a 6-2 win over Ebbsfleet United, as they maintained their place at the top of the league.