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Cuckoos Update: Arrow has been taken off Netflix and I am big sad. I really thought it’d move to HBO Max due to inaccurate info. It’s now much harder to work on Cuckoos, as I have to bounce between no subtitles Arrow and a transcript. Expect delays. (If anyone has a better option, let me know?)

I’m also considering opening commissions for fan or OC one-shots. I used to do them on dA years and years ago. I’m finally reliably writing enough that it sounds fun. But I dunno, it’s mostly a “I should monetize my hobbies” thought. It’s also a legal gray area for the fan content, tbh. Just let me know if anyone’s even interested? Yeah.

Well, fellow Cuckoos fans. We made it. We made it to the end of a year that rivalled the Sammy Mould era for off-the-field drama, anger, and accusation.

For one dark weekend, it looked like the club we knew and loved had been killed off when the FA suspended all of the club's teams.

Thankfully, whatever had caused the governing body to take that action was resolved, and despite mixed results since, we have been able to complete our fixtures.

The old committee was replaced by a new one full of new ideas and steady YFC experienced hands. My wish is that they are now given time to put their ideas into place, and for Leading Drove to be harmonious and positive.

Season 2024/2025 ended with a strange run of results. We started the calendar year with the Chairman issuing a statement that all was well financially, but that seemed to prequel a lot of player turnover.

Relegation looked like it could creep up on us, but key members of the squad returned and ensured our step 5 safety.

Despite perceived off-field issues, Wilkins Makate kept his team going until the final day of the season and produced (in my opinion) one of the best seasons by a YFC manager in history.

Although if he keeps us up this season, that might be even better.

The 2025/26 season was barely underway when the suspension was announced, and the club was in a state of soul-searching for its very survival.

But here we are, and the original Yaxley Football Club survives.

We are a long way from the club that won the UCL in 2018, and Step 4 is a pipe dream. Look at how Bourne has started in that league despite their riches.

But let's hope 2026 brings some long awaited stability and success for the club.

UTFC.

A giant coua (Coua gigas) in Toliara, Madagascar.

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