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Machel St Patrick Hewitt
@mashstpaddy.bsky.social
Host/Founder of Caribbean Cricket Podcast, From Bromley with Love and The Game is the Game.

Vice Principal and Politics teacher in the day, sports freelancer also in the day and night.

Words and Sounds for PA | talkSPORT | BBC and many others
MATCH PREVIEW✒️

Bromley play their last home league game of 2025 vs Grimsby Town.

Can they keep the unbeaten home run going?

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Preview: Bromley vs Grimsby Town • From Bromley With Love on CounterPress • Bromley independent news
MACHEL HEWITT: This season, Bromley have made headlines by being the only League Two side with an unbeaten home record, and are one of just five teams in the entire ninety-two to create a blemish-free...
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December 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
From Bromley with Love 🎙️

I talk a lot about Bromley football club

Here's a quick snapshot of August - December 2025
December 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
NEW ARTICLE 🖋️

Bromley 'B' are potentially one win away from a place in the final 16 of the Premier League Cup.

It's quite an achievement for a side that is the only Category 4 Academy in the competition.

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The B Side: History in the making • From Bromley With Love on CounterPress • Bromley independent news
MACHEL HEWITT: Bromley are the only Category 4 academy in the Premier League Cup. Let that sink in for a moment.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
MATCH PREVIEW✒️

Two of the top three in form sides in League Two go head to head on Saturday.

Accrington Stanley vs Bromley

Who has the upper hand?

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Preview: Accrington Stanley vs Bromley • From Bromley With Love on CounterPress • Bromley independent news
MACHEL HEWITT: This game will not be easy for Bromley, especially when you consider that all four of the games the Ravens have lost this season have been away from home.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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December 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
NEW ARTICLE ✒️

Bromley got over a sloppy start to defeat Crawley Town at a canter on Tuesday night

I took a look at The Good, The Bad & The Ugly from the 3-1 victory, a win that moves Bromley up to 4th in League Two.

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In Review: Bromley 3 -1 Crawley Town • From Bromley With Love on CounterPress • Bromley independent news
MACHEL HEWITT: This performance was a perfect showcase of how Bromley can beat you in myriad ways. Overcoming a lacklustre first half, they found a way to score three goals from three different player...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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🚨 CCN vs FAST BOWLING 🚨

The Caribbean Cricket Network headed down to NET in South London to record a guide to playing fast bowling.

I am certain many of the West Indies players watched this ahead of their New Zealand assignment

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Caribbean Cricket Network vs fast bowling
YouTube video by Caribbean Cricket Podcast
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December 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🚨THE VERDICT🚨

I deliver the FBWL post-match verdict following Bromley's 3-1 victory over Crawley Town.

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The Verdict: Bromley 3 - 1 Crawley Town
YouTube video by From Bromley with Love
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December 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
MATCH PREVIEW✒️

Return of the old boys.

Three former Bromley Boys return to Hayes Lane as Bromley take on Crawley Town tonight.

Will it be a revenge tour?

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Preview: Bromley vs Crawley Town • From Bromley With Love on CounterPress • Bromley independent news
MACHEL HEWITT: Even the most churlish and curmudgeonly among the fanbase surely respect that Neil Smith laid the foundations for where Bromley are now.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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🚨NEW CCP EPISODE🚨

West Indies break all kind of records as they secure an improbable draw in the first test match vs New Zealand.

@mashstpaddy.bsky.social & @santokie.bsky.social look back at a stunning final day & test match.

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West Indies pull off improbable test match draw in New Zealand
YouTube video by Caribbean Cricket Podcast
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December 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
NEW ARTICLE ✒️

Bromley have four strikers at the club but it is Marcus Dinanga who is currently on the outside looking in.

I take a look at what is next for The Bear.

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Caged Bear: The Marcus Dinanga puzzle • From Bromley With Love on CounterPress • Bromley independent news
MACHEL HEWITT: Numerous National League clubs will be shopping for a proven goal-scorer when the winter transfer window opens, and it would be surprising if Marcus Dinanga’s name isn’t on their list.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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NEW FREE ARTICLE ✍️

@mashstpaddy.bsky.social takes a sharp pen to the issue of insularity in West Indies cricket.

No holds barred. Time to call it what it is.

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Insularity: Why inward-thinking is killing Caribbean Cricket • Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news
MACHEL HEWITT: As a collective, it is high time our region rejects insularity, levels up on emotional intelligence, and understands that approaches that worked in the 1970s and ‘80s are no longer rele...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
🚨THE VERDICT🚨

I deliver the FBWL post-match verdict following Bromley's 3-1 defeat at League Two leaders Walsall.

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The Verdict: Walsall 3 - 1 Bromley
YouTube video by From Bromley with Love
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November 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
MATCH PREVIEW✒️

1st vs 3rd.

Walsall vs Bromley.

Most now accept Bromley are the real deal. Win at Walsall and it will be the final piece of evidence everyone else will need.

Game of the day in League Two.

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Preview: Walsall vs Bromley • From Bromley With Love on CounterPress • Bromley independent news
MACHEL HEWITT: With the game being a top-of-the-table clash, will Andy Woodman pack his midfield with the ‘dogs of war’ to garner a robust defensive foothold, or will he spring a surprise?
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November 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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NEW ARTICLE ✍️

@mashstpaddy.bsky.social explains why Shai Hope should be considered West Indies greatest ever ODI player. Time to give him his flowers.

Subscribe to Caribbean Cricket News the outlet that matters in WI cricket

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Shai Hope: Time to recognise his greatness? • Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news
MACHEL HEWITT: Despite a litany of stats and achievements, some would turn their nose up at the suggestion that Hope is a great of the West Indies’ game.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
ICYMI:

Ahead of Bromley's top of the table clash with Walsall this Saturday.

Read how they got on last Saturday.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly from their 2-0 win over Salford City.

Four wins in a row and up to third.

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In Review: Bromley 2-0 Salford City • From Bromley With Love on CounterPress • Bromley independent news
MACHEL HEWITT: It is no secret that opposition managers in League Two consider Bromley one of the hardest teams to play against, and after seventeen league games, that doesn’t look like an exaggeratio...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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I mean, you could just look at his present to make a judgement call
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🚨THE POST-MATCH🚨

Bromley 2-0 Salford City

I caught up with Andy Woodman for the FBWL post-match interview.

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Bromley 2-0 Salford City: Andy Woodman interview
YouTube video by From Bromley with Love
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November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
NEW ARTICLE 🖋️

There is no doubt that Bromley are having a great season but when the January transfer window opens how could they improve?

I explored the conundrum with help from James Morgan-Snowley (formerly head of scouting - Swansea City)

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Ask the Scout: Bromley’s January transfer window from a pro’s perspective • From Bromley With Love on CounterPress • Bromley independent news
MACHEL HEWITT: Bromley's positive start to 25/26 has only served to heighten expectations ahead of the January transfer window, with the main question being: Yes, Bromley are good, but how do they get...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
FREE ARTICLE ✒️

Bromley made it four wins from five with a 2-1 home win vs Barrow. A victory that cements them as the in-form team in League Two.

I took an in depth look at the match & why the Ravens are now 5th in League Two.

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In Review: Bromley 2 - 1 Barrow • From Bromley With Love on CounterPress • Bromley independent news
MACHEL HEWITT: This season, Andy Woodman has options on the bench that allow him to play multiple ways, but you still have to make the right changes at the right time. Against Barrow, he did that perf...
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November 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🚨THE POST-MATCH🚨

Bromley 2-1 Barrow

I caught up with Andy Woodman for the FBWL post-match interview.

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Bromley 2-1 Barrow: Andy Woodman interview
YouTube video by From Bromley with Love
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November 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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"If you don't let me punch you in the face, the other guy will kick you in the nuts" doesn't seem like a sustainable political message.
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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NEW ARTICLE ✍️

@mashstpaddy.bsky.social looks at the decision to cut Super 50 to a six team, 10 day tournament.

Is less really more as financial cuts kick in?

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Super50 cutbacks: Is less really more? • Caribbean Cricket News on CounterPress • West Indies Cricket independent news
MACHEL HEWITT: When was this mythical time that our domestic Super50 benefitted the West Indies men’s senior side? If the answer is ‘it didn’t’, then what are we really doing here?
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November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Bromley 1-2 AFC Wimbledon

A heavily rotated Bromley side saw their Vertu Trophy campaign come to an end with a 1-2 defeat at home to the Wombles.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly from the encounter

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In review: Bromley 1 - 2 AFC Wimbledon • From Bromley With Love on CounterPress • Bromley independent news
MACHEL HEWITT: Bromley crashed out of the Vertu Trophy on Tuesday night, but did anyone really care?
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November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM