27 days after watching Jez disappear into the rain on a miserable morning in Newcastle to cross off his first two Premier League grounds, we finally watched him arrive at Carrow Road (home of Norwich City FC) on a glorious sunny afternoon. He's been picked up by the police, nearly killed by passing lorries, suffered with many, many blisters and … [Read more...]
Mission 676: Day 26
Day 26 and the penultimate day of the walk saw Jez get to within 26 miles of the end. Tomorrow will be hugely busy with many people joining for all or part of the last stretch including Josh Coulson, Liam Hughes, Luke Berry and Luke Chadwick plus a number of the major sponsors including Peter Reason from R Costings and representatives from … [Read more...]
Mission 676: Day 25
Day 25 and Jez was visited today by a number of people including United Chairman Dave Doggett, Colin Proctor (pictured left) as well as coaches James Cutting and Johnny Herd. Dave bravely completed 18 miles and was feeling sore by the end but at least he didn't pass out like James managed at the end of the day (See how James explained what … [Read more...]
Mission 676: Day 24
Day 24 and Jez left West Ham first thing this morning having stayed in the West Ham hotel overnight which turns out to be an executive box! Today he was joined by some of the CRC youth shadow teams and despite the age difference they struggled to keep up with him and he lost them somewhere around Brentwood. Spare a thought for Jez whilst … [Read more...]
Mission 676: Day 23
Day 23 and all but one of the Premier League clubs have now been ticked off. Prior to the play off win Jez had visited Crystal Palace and Fulham accompanied by members of the Cambridge University Varsity team (who had varsity game wins at both of these stadiums in the past). Today Jez finished London with Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur … [Read more...]
Mission 676: Day 22
First the walk - Jez did 10 miles and 2 more clubs before joining Richard and the team at Wembley......... And now the real news. CAMBRIDGE UNITED ARE BACK!!!! After nine years in the conference a 2-1 win against Gateshead meant the U's finally got back into the football league. Richard Money has said all season that the only thing wrong … [Read more...]
Mission 676: Day 21
Another fine day for walking with the sun shining and a light breeze. The walking is definitely getting easier now that the end is in sight. As promised Jez was joined on the walk by TV Celeb Max Rushden (An avid Cambridge United fan) who left the Soccer AM studios straight after transmission finished to join Jez in Carshalton. Attempts were … [Read more...]
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