Well personally I don't get horse racing, but I appreciate that that must just be a "me" thing as many many other people swear by it for a good day out. For me it's more like going to a pub with my mates, getting drunk, but every 15 minutes or so handing random people £20 and watching them walk away with it.

Comedy club in the evening sounds good.

http://www.intotheblue.co.uk/site/pages/-Laser-Wars-475.aspx

Ho ho!

I thought I probably should have a Stag night, not to sure what to do though. Don't fancy going abroad because I do that every December for the football trip. Was thinking about doing a horse racing day somewhere, comedy club in the evening etc etc. Any ideas gratefully received.

I hadn't even thought of that! But it's genius. Snowmobiling by day, Wimbledon activist by night.

You having a stag night Sillsy? If so, I can recommend Milton Keynes. And bring a zippo...

That does sound like a great plan. Only problem with Milton Keynes is all the bloody roundabouts...


Is everyone happy that Shane is suggesting it for the right reasons though? I'm worried that Bellamy's idea of a Saturday activity would be to burn down the MK Dons Hockey stadium...

That sounds wicked! Although A) I hope there aren't any jumps! B) I'll be last as I shit myself going over about 10 miles an hr!

Well when you lot are back we'll have to have a chat about dates and activities - you can do a snowmobile race, private group on the race track, 16 laps for £20. Doesn't say whether there are jumps or not...

Yeah that sounds good. We only have to occupy ourselves for the Saturday daytime as the Friday is usually spent in the boozer for those that head up on the early bus. It's also a lot closer for those that want to work and come up after.

We can always turn bowling into some sort of competition, along with watching Browny trying to ski, it has great potential for being a good laugh!

I quite like clubs with different themed rooms, move variety, so if you want to drink beer to 'boom' boom' boom' you can, or if you want to drink beer, chat and have a laugh - you can!

Just have the difficult task of setting a date that suits the majority...

I have a mate who used to live in Milton Keynes so I asked him what he thought of the place in terms of a footy team weekend away. He reckons it'll be good:-

The Snow Dome is a massive complex with indoor rock climbing, and a ten pin bowling alley too, so you can do a few things during the day.

About 4 mins walk across the road from the snowdome is the Theatre District – this has a load of decent restaurants, and also quite a few pubs (Lloyds is always good). Once you’re done there, you can walk back over to the Snowdome and head into the main big club called Ocean if you’re in the mood for it. It’s not the best club in the world, but it’s got loads of different themed rooms from the Jap bar when you first come in, to the ski lodge for a bit of chill, an 80’s room upstairs and a main dancey room.

There’s a travel lodge about 5 mins away if you want to get rooms.

Sounds okay eh? Choice of pubs and a club with different areas in it, all we need right?

It was kind of gutting but very encouraging at the same time - we flew at Turnpike (4th in div one) from the kick off, were all over them like a rash and then with their first attack they scored. Soft goal too, bit annoying, but we weren't over-worried cos we were playing so well. That was why going 2 down minutes later was a kick in the nuts. Then going a 3rd down minutes later again was starting to take the piss.

Luckily Gareth took a gamble and their goalkeeper screwed up leaving him with an easy finish and then it was our turn for shock and awe as Matty scored a goal very much like Rooney's second, then Miller (who had a great game on his own up front, really caused em a lot of problems and took a string of really dangerous corners) curled one in from a tight angle and then caused a defender to skew the ball into his own net to put us 4-3 up just before half time. Ben even had a chance to make it 5 before the break but the goalie was in the right place.

But then midway through the second half they've had a corner and taken a shot from point blank range straight at Ben's face. Out of instinct he's brought his hand up and it hit it. A lot of ref's would have waved it away for ball to hand but this one gave a penalty. Fair enough I suppose - I know we'd have been screaming for a penalty if it had been up the other end - but then he sent Ben off! Told him that he should have used his face! Cunt! Course that wound us up a bit and they scored the pen and then scrambled in a shit goal to take the lead. We were down to 10 then and a bit knocked off our stride so Crabbeman came closest with one off the bar.

I had a chat with the ref afterwards and he said that it would only be a one game ban, not six, which was good news I suppose, but he still got it way wrong to send him off. Smurfy got booked in the ensuing pandemonium and then had a bit of a fracas with one of their strikers - really thought he was gonna go but luckily not, could have been disastrous.

Disappointing that they've only had 5 shots on target in the whole game but they've all gone in, and that for the first time in a while we made a substitution that gave us pretty much nothing, but really pleased with our character to come back and the fact that for 90% of the game we've outplayed a team who are doing well in the division above. We were the better team by far, Turnpike only looked like they were in the same league when we were down to 10 men.

They won't be looking forward to playing us next season if we go up.

Anyway, to sum up, no.

Some weird results in the league as well. Updated table below:-

Oh, isn't this new Blogger wonderful.

Sounds like you were hard done by at the weekend - are you still in the cup?

Just wanted to say how unlucky we were yesterday i thought we dominated the game and couldnt beleieve it when we were 3-0 nil down but we showed great team spirt to not only get back into the game but also to be winning at half time. I really do think we would have won the game if we had not had Ben sent off. Smurf warned me that the ref was bad before the game i just didnt realise how bad and fat!!!!! I thought i had finally shut john sills up yesterday with my wind assisted miss hit cross but then it hit the bar dole!!! last sentence sounds a bit like your goal matt MISS HIT CROSS your claim that you meant it was nearly as bad as when ronaldhino tried to claim he meant that lob over seaman in the world cup. Hope everyone going skiing has a great time and make sure no one breaks there legs!!!!!

Berks Arms 4 - 2 Coopers Arms

Blue Ball 2 - 4 Waggon & Horses

Bucklebury 5 - 3 Shalbourne

LMP 4 - 3 Paggies Bar

Newbury Post Office Reserves 1 - 2 Meadway

Weird.

I certainly let a little bit of poop out when I saw Smurf stamping on that guy's chest. I had visions of myself in goal for the last 30 minutes and the next 6 games...

You'd have been fine if you had that shit by the goal post. I'm sure that would have released some of the anger....

Matty i'm glad it was not just me that was having problems getting this thing to work.

I must hold my hands up a bit about yesterday as i completley lost the plot and got a bit side tracked from the game and just went into Mr Angry mode.I should know better than that and was very lucky not to be looking at a ban so i will try and control myself a bit better.

I've finally got the new blogger working - bloody Google account bollocks!

I'm still angry about yesterdays game, although it's only a cup game I was desperate to win after our comeback and the shocking decision from the fat pie eating twat of a ref. As we said yesterday and in Shane's previous post, just a little common sense should have used. It would be interesting if that happened in the Premier League - I'm still not sure a player would have walked.

If we'd lost 3-0 and hadn't performed as well as we did, it would be a lot easier to take.

Although looking back, I had two half chances on the edge of both sides of the box that I really should have done better with, so it's swings and roundabouts I guess.

But there you go, there is still a lot to be taken from the game and the performance. I can't think of another occasion where we have bounced back from 3-0 down to take the lead, and everyone was full of hunger and gave 100%. And back to the league we go....

Really, genuinely bad luck today boys. The more I think about it the worse the ref's decision was - if the ball hadn't hit Ben's hands it would have slammed off his face and still not gone in, so a penalty is a harsh enough punishment for that and a sending off is just wrong. But take that out of the equation and we were the best team by quite a way. They only had five shots on target in the whole game whereas we completely bossed them in the first half.

To go 3 down in such bizarre fashion and still finish the first half 4-3 up was great to see. If we'd sparked out of that funny moment sooner we could have ridden with the bad ref decision but sometimes games just go against you like that - the main thing is to remember that we outplayed them for long periods of the game and even when we were a man down, a goal down and virtually 3 at the back they still didn't trouble Smurf. Whereas we scored 4 quality goals, played some quality football and had other chances, including hitting the woodwork. Shows what we're capable of.

After an FA disciplinary hearing today, the club has been informed that AFC Wimbledon have been removed from this season's FA Trophy competition and Gravesend & Northfleet have been reinstated. The club will also have to repay £7,000 of prize money from the first round and the third qualifying round.

The committee concluded that further FA sanctions would not be appropriate and therefore there has been no fine imposed and the club is free to enter the FA Trophy in future seasons.

The decision is a consequence of an unfortunate administrative error and AFC Wimbledon is suffering a a result of an FA crackdown on such situations as evidenced by the sanctions imposed on Bury in relation to this season's FA Cup.

The decision is final and binding and there can be no appeal.

The club has also been informed that the Ryman Football League is charging us with a breach of league rule 6.1 in fielding a player before having obtained an international transfer certificate.

The club will make a further statement at a later time.

Schoolboy error lads. Smurfy's admin skills would have come in handy there.

If you phone in sick Crabbeman be very ready for the good old "just how sick are you?" question...

Just pull a sicky Crabbman - I'll confirm your 'sick'.

I'm a doctor.

I will probably not be at training as i have another boring meeting at work which will probably drag on but i will see what i can do

Unfortunately I'm unable to make training again tonight, I'll be keeping fit as I'm playing in a 5v5 for work as they are short of players.

A nice sunny day again. Hopefully the council will give the pitches plenty of time to dry out before making a decision on whether they are going to cancel the games or not, but knowing the idiots that works here they'll call it off cause Jacko said so.

Sadly, I spend my Sunday's at Wedding events, driving to relatives, and going to the tip. Except last Sunday, which I spent drinking and going mad at the Emirates. Which will also be the case next Sunday. And the 11th of Feb. Hmm.


Now, here's a picture of Shane and his brother. Or as they are more commonly known, 'The Bellamy Brothers'...

Nice 'tash.

It's Google Image time again - this time, Matt Atkins...



And don't laugh, the man's a doctor. And an Aussie! I didn't think the two ever combined. Probably specialised in something nasty like the sphincter muscle or something.

My mate who plays for Kennet reckons that Turnpike play at Henwick which would make sense cos they've hardly played over the last 6 weeks...

As there's no rain predicted between now and Sunday there's a chance that the game would still be on - but you know how they like to protect Henwick until they know the games won't ruin the pitches for the rest of the season, so there's also a chance that we won't play that cup game for some time.

It's a good question - mebbe Crabbeman or Smurf might be able to tell us?

And you're right about Sillsy. John you're spending Sunday mornings in bed with a cute Welsh lass, you're wasting your life mate.

I guess your alternative is to get fit, play - run around a lot and keep warm!

I'm not sure why Sillsy is commenting on it, he spends his Sunday mornings in bed now. Girl.

Have you got any idea where Turnpike play their matches? I really don't want another week to be called off.

One of the FAQs is "what happens in strong winds?" and the answer is to turn it facing away from the wind - which either means trapsing the fucking thing around to the other side of the pitch or (far better for some of our games) turning and facing away from the pitch.

Can't see it proving particularly popular with any club that has an ounce of self-respect. So, one for Blue Ball then.

That's awesome - as long as you're winning! You need to be good to carry that off.

I'm not convinced it would hold up in the wind. Or hold certain people's weight...

http://www.touchlinepro.com/index.html

We're getting one. No arguments.

Yeah, and he'll word it "I want you to put your penis on my back". That's how he got the nickname Browny in the first place.

Ha ha! That is superb!

I might recommend a good tattoo parlor in Tottenham to Browny. Although there's a fair chance he will ask for a penis.

An Argentinean football fan is suing a tattooist who drew a penis on his back instead of his favourite team's badge.

The teenager, who cannot be named, asked to have the Boca Juniors logo on his back.

But the tattoo artist was a supporter of rival team River Plate and decided to have some fun at his young customer's expense.

The victim told Terra Argentina: "I could not see what he was tattooing because he didn't have a mirror. I only saw it when I got home and showed it to my parents."

A police spokesperson said: "The tattooist supports Boca Junior's rival, River Plate, so he got annoyed when the teenager asked him to tattoo Boca's symbol and decided to tattoo a penis instead. Unbelievable!"

You're right - if I had put 'interesting', you would have been expecting it. As it was, I left it as a lovely surprise...

I'm glad you didn't say "Here's an interesting fact"

Sounds like a lovely forest to visit. I shall go, sans gun.

Here's a fact for you:

'Arsène Wenger's side have an outstanding record in the final 10 minutes of their Premiership home games since the start of last season. During that time Arsenal have outscored their opponents 20-0. This represents nearly a quarter of their goals scored in that entire 17-month period.

To put Arsenal's prolific late scoring rate in perspective, their closest challengers over the same time frame is Liverpool with nine goals. And while the Merseysiders have shipped goals in the final 10 minutes of home games, Arsenal's defence has not been breached.'

Some good predictions there, nice and accurate, as always. Shalbourne gave W&H a bit of a tonking eh? Wonder if they've got players out or have just decided that they can't be arsed anymore...

Either way, here's the updated league table. Cup game next week and then W&H themselves. We'll have a few players out but finally our squad size comes into play and we can still put out a very decent side against them.



Good stuff, let's keep it up.

ACTUAL RESULTS

Bucklebury 3 v 5 Newbury Post Office Reserves
Coopers Arms v Blue Ball [ Postponed ]
Meadway 3 v 6 Q Associates
Paggies Bar 0 v 2 Berkshire Arms
Shefford v LMP [ Postponed ]
Waggon & Horses 2 v 8 Shalbourne

Mine are:

Bucklebury 2-2 Post Office
Meadway P-P Q Associates
Wagon Horses P-P Shalbourne

These are only predictions.

Bucklebury 3 5 Post Office
Meadway 3 6 Q Associates
Wagon Horses 2 8 Shalbourne

My Predictions

Who?

Thierry Henry Thierry Henry Thierry Henry Thierry Henry Thierry Henry Thierry Henry

We should also note that the last 5 posts have all started with the letters "W" and then "E".

Well I can't do you a match report but I can tell you a little bit about Turnpike. They've hardly played for the last 2 months, literally 3 games - won 2 lost 1. The one they lost was 3-2 against Kennet, who we beat 2-1 (a strangely comfortable 2-1) at the beginning of the season. So to me that says we're in for a hard game but one that we have as good a chance of winning as they do, it'll be down to how both teams play on the day.

I did consider going to watch Meadway v Q Associates this morning but figured a) it's one of the most awkward pitches to get to and b) it was probably gonna be rained off anyway and c) Meadway are so bad that it would be hard to tell much about Q Associates.

So I had a lie in and then went for a walk in Savernake Forest. Savernake Forest is shit. It's just trees. I know that sounds obvious but I was hoping for more, like wildlife and stuff. But no, just some trees, and a fair few of them were dead. Some of them are named, like Saddle Oak and Saddle Oak 2, so obviously named by a naturally creative person.

Interestingly, Savernake Forest was where Michael Ryan (Hungerford shootings) claimed his first victim, before driving back along the A4, trying to shoot the cashier at the petrol station (but didn't cos his gun jammed) and then on into Hungerford where it all went bad. At one point, he got in his car but it wouldn't start so his spree was limited to the area around his house. No one knows where he was heading when he got into his car.

So no match report, but some useful information for you - don't bother going for a walk around Savernake Forest.



And Lewis sealed the points with a quality strike midway through the second half...

Well someone better come up with something, because I'll be expecting to log on on Monday to read a match report...

Well congrats at least for putting yourself in your customers' shoes. They hate you too.

That sounded a little harsh above - I'm gonna leave it in, but try reading it again to yourself in a Dale Winton voice, it takes some of the sting out of it.

Our game is off this weekend already. Can't imagine there'll be many played at Henwick either given the state of the place last night at training, so maybe the other teams won't get their chance quite yet to catch up a few games on us. Fuck em.

We wouldn't have got relegated if I'd been playing on the right wing either...


I'm a cool bank manager, friends to everyone, dancing to the music we play and making people go 'wow, is he really the manager? That's cool, you guys must have loads of fun and be really successful'. Or something like that...

I also say the word 'guys' a lot. Hey guys, how's it going guys? Everything alright guys? Thanks guys.



I hate myself.

And finally for today. Thanks to good work from Mr Ilsley, evidence that Fortress Northcroft has been further strengthened with the addition of its own moat...

Bet you're gutted your club doesn't have news items like THIS on the homepage...

Classic Genghis quote from training last night:

I was explaining to the youngsters that they still had a lot to learn and would improve as they matured, as at the moment they're just young, dumb and full of cum. Genghis turned up and I explained that they'd now be a better team cos Genghis was mature, experienced and had no cum whatsoever. Happy to be complimented for once, Genghis chipped in with...

"No, I've used it all on my children"

Don't judge him, they're really cute-looking kids.

What type of Bank Manager are you Sillsy? Are you the type in the Nat West ads where they're all funny and putting shredder clippings on their heads and telling the young, cool guy to chill out? Or are you more like the other Nat West ads where the guy tries to moonwalk and explains that you can't really do it cos of the carpet?

I reckon the second one.

Why can't you be more like this John Sills?



He looks like a go-getter, a real jack-the-lad. I don't think we'd have got relegated if we'd had him on the right wing.

I would just like to say, I agree totally.

p.s. no idea why Blue Ball are highlighted in that league table...

Latest league table. Looking pretty healthy. Most goals scored (especially considering Post Office had that one big 18-2 result against LMP) and least goals conceded, even though most teams have games in hand on us.

A 12 point gap too (although you could go for a 9 point gap if Q Ass and PO Res win their games in hand). That said, after that performance by PO Reserves I wouldn't be surprised if they drop more points before the end of the season too - I think we just shellshocked them a bit.

Happy days.

I can't make training tonight, annoying cause i could do with a good fitness session.

Q Associates dropped more points with a 2-2 draw with Bucklebury which is top news for us. Berks Arms 5 - Shalbourne 0 and LMP's 3-1 win over W&H were the only other results. Good weekend for us...

Yeah that's a bit of a mini-surprise result - not so much that Berks Arms won but that it was by that amount.

Bit worried about the game this week if it's at our pitch. Pretty wet week again this week and the river was already up. Would have been good to take our strong form straight into the next game rather than having a rest, but if it's off it gives the other teams a chance to catch up on games played so we can see what state the table is really in.

Wet and windy tomorrow night so we'll do some decent fitness stuff to keep us warm. Nothing over-strenuous but just to keep moving...

I thought Shalbourne might have given them a game. I haven't had a chance to get out to look in the paper for the results, we'll have to wait till Friday for that web site to be updated! As we were saying yesterday, there aren't any games that have a massive affect on us anyway.

Berkshire Arms 5 Shalbourne 0

Yeah it was a big win, maintains the gap at the top and it's vital we beat the teams around us, also shows other teams in the league that we're not just top because we've only played the sides in the bottom half of the table.

Although they were pretty poor, when you look at their results and they have beaten Q Assoc... 3-1 (and lost 2-1), beat LMP 18-2, as well as Shalbourne - who gave us a game. It shows how important is was to beat them.

Another tough one next week, with LMP getting their first win, they going to be looking to get some sort of run going.

I'll try and get out at lunch to get the other results in the league.

Great game yesterday gents. I wasn't that impressed with them but I think a lot of that was cos of how we pummelled them in the first 10 minutes. That allowed us to pummel them for the next 20 minutes, and with our dedense bang on form that meant the game was pretty much over then.

Isn't time the most valuable commodity in the world?

Deep.

Hang on a sec, you want Matt to give you lots of money for your time? Matt gives you money, you give him time.

Disgusting.

Cool - Everton v Reading has the potential to be a good game. Guess it's all back to Broadways then although we'll have to see how busy it is seeing as it's Reading. May have to go somewhere bigger.

And I have too much time on my hands but you've got wads full of dirty cash. Swap you.

Very clever! Though you have far too much time on your hands! Look at the colour of the swimming pool!

RFC are playing on Sky at 1.45pm on Sunday, a few of us will probably watch it in the boozer if anyone is interested.

As we are away on Sunday, that probably means we'll come back into Newbury to watch it, as I don't think that little pub we normally go to in Echinswell has a TV/Sky. Just cheese on the bar.

Was just messing about on Google Earth and decided to see what Fortress Northcroft looked like from the air.

Got to this image (below). But I noticed something a bit strange. If you look closely you can see that the photo must have been taken just after a Dave Lewis took a shot...

As long as it's in the sell-by date I'm quite happy with it. Though it's better on draft than in the bottle anyway.

Had to.

But anyway... Gut reaction is that it's just not that big a story. He was an excellent player, but he's getting older and he can't cut it at the top level anymore.

Sympathy is non-existant though as his options are not so bad when he accepts that he's hit that stage:-

Stay at top club and play less and less, collect fewer thousands of Euros per week than previously, but don't worry too much about going out boozing.

Move to lower level club and be a temporary hero but also someone that people moan about behind your back for not being as good as you used to be, collect as many thousands of Euros/Pounds as your agent has been able to squeeze out of Bolton or Porsmouth.

Punditry.

Management.

(I pity the poor club that Beckham tries to manage, and I pity the poor channel that tries to get Beckham to analyse games at halftime.)

Move to US league. Collect many many dollars. Walk on part in top US drama. Walk on part in film. Speaking part in film. Suicide in LA hotel room.

Bolton suddenly doesn't sound so bad eh?

Not looking bad - but if you study it then there are plenty of weak points in what looks like a strong lead from our point of view. So we'll need to keep our momentum up (and build on it if possible) for a fair while yet. So really no point looking at the league table yet.

Look away.

So, what do we make of old Becks?

Certainly PO Res losing can't be a bad thing, but it does mean that we can't take Q Associates for granted now if you look at their performances so far (and the fact that they're now 2nd in the league).

Also, Waggon & Horses had a decent victory against Berks Arms, who haven't been tonked much this season. So it just shows that for us to think that the big games are PO Reserves and Blue Ball would be taking things too lightly. Plenty of tough challenges left yet. As some of us know, we can be surprised completely out of the blue right at the end of the season when you least expect or need it.

Bastards, the lot of em. They're all out to get us.

I reckon we just stick to what we know, hard work, discipline and effective football no matter who we're up against. And if not you'll be hearing my voice in your sleep.

Only three games this week, and all three went our way!

Q Associates v Newbury Post Office Reserves 2-1

Shefford v Paggies Bar 4-0

Waggon & Horses v Berkshire Arms 6-1

'We are top the league....'

Okay - I'll go for 4-1 to Blue Ball.

I've cancelled training tonight cos we were way down on numbers. Can't wait for Sunday though to get stuck into PO Reserves and see how we get on...

I'm convinced it's going to be Shalb 5-4 Blue Ball. I'll have a bet if you like? A pint for the exact result.

Do you know any of the other results Smurf?

I think training is going to be a little wet and windy tonight!

Haha - you c*nt :-) I was convinced Shalbourne had turned them over as well. Ah well. A man can dream - and it could still happen. So, Shalbourne 2 Blue Ball 0 and Isla Fisher on my D.

Shane, Shalbourne P P Blue Ball
Sorry have known since monday

Anyone seen the paper/results? That fucking website is getting on my tits. I know it's not the site's fault cos someone from the league obviously updates it, but I just want to know how Blue Ball got on against Shalbourne... It's not too much to ask.

I blame Jim Woild. Too busy using his internet connection for "other purposes" I'll bet you.

I missed the paper yesterday, so I haven't any results this week - sorry! Hopefully that website will be updated soon. But my predictions are:


Coopers Arms v LMP 3-3
Meadway v Bucklebury 5-2
Q Associates v Newbury Post Office Reserves 2-1
Shalbourne v Blue Ball 5-4
Shefford v Paggies Bar 4-0
Waggon & Horses v Berkshire Arms 3-3

I don't take money off the poor people they all want to pay in postal orders, monthly.

Also, Matt's a gayer. No reply within 8 hours means it's true, and he fancies Smurf.

I'm such a child.

Oh dear.

p.s. does anyone know any of the other results?

I don't like your new job Matt, you used to have the results up by now. Now you're too busy taking envelopes full of cash from poor people who are only trying to block out their neighbours' sunlight and create parking problems by turning their garage into a room that they'll never use anyway.

No reply within 60 minutes means you agree.

It was a lovely result and, bar some moments in the first half, a pretty strong performance. Any negativity in the first half though was all due to our own play going forwards as we still held them off very well with plenty of numbers getting back behind the ball.

In the second half our passing and movement got better and the fresh legs of Macca, Gareth and Adam really told on their tiring legs. I noticed as well that (once again) bring subs on gave us the same quality but renewed energy and their subs meant that they dropped in terms of quality. So while I know the size of our squad has it's down side, it's a great advantage to be able to make proper substitutions that add to how we're playing, rather than just having to give people games.

And I know that Q Associates beat Post Office Reserves 2-1 yesterday which could be great news for us. Still a long, long way to go yet though and some massive games to come. But a comfortable and strong 4 against Paggies with only one shot on target for them is a great way to start the year. We'll have a good run out on Thursday at training and hopefully we'll be mentally prepared to run PO Res ragged on Sunday.

Great result yesterday chaps, nice to see a clean sheet too, be good to keep in the habbit of having them.

According to the website for Lakeside league, below are our up coming fixtures.

http://www.football.mitoo.co.uk/TeamHistAll.cfm?CI=38883&TblName=Matches&LeagueCode=NDSFL2006&DivisionID=3659

Division Two
Newbury Post Office Reserves - Sunday, 14 January 2007

LMP - Sunday, 21 January 2007

Bowness Knock Out Cup Round 3 - Turnpike Sports - Sunday, 28 January 2007

Waggon & Horses - Sunday, 04 February 2007

10.30 this morning mate. And 90 minutes later we'd put 4 past Paggies Bar and let 0 in. Not our finest performance but a solid one and quite encouraging for first game back after the break. Smurfy only had one save to make and we not only took our chances well (particularly good goal from Dave Lewis) we had at least 3 other very good chances as well.

But the best thing was the clean sheet as we leaked silly goals a bit in the first half of the season so it was really good to see us shut a team out. Clean sheets are addictive so we'll be pushing for more of them.

And it turns out that Post Office Reserves lost as well which is great news - depending on whether it was because they were shit or whether Q Associates (who beat them 2-1) are quite good. We shall see.

I think my 95 year old Nan is fitter than me at the moment.

When do the mighty Shefford re-start their quest then?

For me it's more the breaking of the habit of drinking. Got back from work last night and all I wanted to do was crack open a beer. Need to get running outside so that I'm nowhere near a fridge...

Training is on tonight - probably won't go mental but will try to keep active for an hour just to blow some cobwebs away.

I need to work off some beer, I didn't eat a great deal of turkey this year for a change, although I'm obviously still fitter that Sillsy. But not Hilly, I'll never be fit enough to time those tackles so perfectly.... ;o)

Please can somone text me if there is training tomorrow. I have a new job and haven't got a computer yet to check on here. Ta.

Also, a few of us are away if there is a game on the 4th Feb. Ad, Tony, Lewis and I are all off skiing.

'Also' - it's quite possible we all might be unavailable for three to six month after that....

It's all to do with split second timing Sillsy....have you not noticed my precision tackling?

Why is it that Hilly always gets the good Blogs? The 5000th, the first of the year etc...

Happy New Year all

When do we start training? I need to work off some of that turkey!!

This is the 1st blog of 2007 i believe..........