Not had many people's voting forms back yet - I know it's not an easy season to pick people out, but if you just imagine your standards lowering steadily then sooner or later somebody starts to look good... If anyone doesn't have the form then just email me at shane.bellamy@talk21.com and I'll send you a copy.

I think the key word in that post was "we" - It's always good to play friendlies, but I can't be fagged organising them anymore. My advice is to just pick a date, tell everyone when it is to see what initial nucleus of a squad "you" can get together, then book a pitch. That's it pretty much done.

Noooooo! Because after mentioning it on here twice and emailing a few of you the details, thats the first comment I've recieved about it! Do we want to do it then? If we do then I'll email the chap and say yes, and then we can book a pitch etc, but if not I'll just tell him, 'no thankyou, kind sir', and we shall go our seperate ways.

John Sills - you organised this friendly yet?

That double save from Dudek was inspired, a contender for one of the best ever saves - how he had the strength in his arms for the ball to go over the bar rather than into the net from that follow up I have no idea. Great game, proper game of footy, total humiliation for Liverpool in the first half, then a true British performance in the second half refusing to admit that they were the worst team in the competition and instead winning the bloody thing. Much respect.

Liverpool need to go at them all guns blazing fro the off, AC don't like it up them as PSV showed in the 2nd leg. It should be a an entertaining game, although on paper it's hard to see Liverpool winning. But the same was to be said for the Chelsea game.

We haven't any Liverpool fans amongst the Shefford camp.

I suppose because Arsenal only won the FA Cup and Utd won nout, next season Sillsy, Crabb, Browny, Smurfy, Neil will all have there Chelsea shrits on... 'Starting supporting them when they were shit' there being saying. I'll let Crossey off because he drove from Newquay to Manchester!

I'll take my shinners when training starts.

Shane - A weekend away surfing again sounds good. Not looking for a hardcore clubbing weekend, although a few beers are a must. I'll have to look at the bank balance nearer the time you decide your going though. I need to pay off my summer holiday first !!

That or penalties is their only chance of winning. The class of AC Milan will show through, but those lazy Italians and their "football was never meant to be entertaining" attitude run the risk of getting caught out if Liverpool can once again forget that they're actually rubbish. As long as it's more interesting than the FA Cup final I'm happy. A goal, for example...

Spooky Or What...

1981 - Utd won Fack all

2005 - Utd won Fack all....

Liverpool 1-0 Ac Milan

Risse 7th minute.

SPOOKY OR WHAT

LIVERPOOL IN EUROPEAN CUP FINAL

1981 2005
prince charles marries . prince charles marry.
ken & Deirdre marry . ken & Deirdre marry. (corrie)
liverpool finsh 5th , liverpool finsih 5th,
win 17 leauge games & win 17 leauge games
New Doctor who. new doctor who.
Palace and Norwich Palace and Norwich
get relegated. Get relegated.

can liverpool do it again????

before any one says it we were robbed but if you dont put the ball in hte back of the net you dont win............. so after starky and hutch great offer to burden man utd with 700 million debt do you think o neil may come over to take furggie place (shane for man u manger)((make sure they bloody pratice penatlys))

Just wrote a massive blog and it got deleted. I'll summerise...

Hotel, wireless, bored, manager, presentation, training, kent.

Work the rest out for yourselves.

Not only has stron just destroyed me on the blogger but i have found out i am 30per cent gay!!!! oh well i better go now i have got to get my nails manicured!!!!

Listen Must add one thing to the arckla institute of love, It wasn't me banging on the door!! It was Crabbe man asking for brownies hand in marriage or some wierd sayonce they were taking part in with the lads downstairs, not at all anything to do with me! i was trying to get to get into bed and crabbe man was in my way, Fucking rug!!!!!!!

A tenner eh? Good luck buddy. I've put £20 on all in all, but spread across a load of stuff which'll never happen. Seems daft now.

Matty I'm going to a place called Croyde later in the Summer if you fancy it. Won't be a big weekend session or anything (will be) so if you want I'll let you know what weekend I settle on and see you there! A surfer mate at work recommended it, much quieter than Newquay but plenty of places to stay and already found a surf school...

20% gay as if. Send em a vid of you dancing and then see your score.

Took the test, 20% gay, so very much a big shock to what you were all expecting.
I agree with you mate, im going to Dubai on Sunday, but i doubt I will get any waves at all, as it is 40 degrees out there and fucking hot.

Moving to the football cup final tomorrow, pires to score first and Arsenal to win 1-0 - 47-1, thats gota be worth a tenner.

Ha ha!! That's quality!

I wanna go surfing again in the next couple of months. As you were saying Shane the waves might not be very big in the summer. I went to Bude about 10 years ago on a family holiday and the waves we're so big they wouldn't let the public in the sea! But then I didn't have to watch two men snog.

Lifes all about hit and misses i guess.

It's quite a bonding experience isn't it - you're just watching and waiting, with your team mates around you. Then you see something looming up in the distance, grumbling towards you, building up as it moves. As it gets closer you can see the definition better, watch it tower up, so you turn and get ready. You can feel it pick you up, the pressure as it pushes you, you try to control it but all you can do is ride it out. You try to get up but you're unsteady and the pace is faster than you expected, so you get as high as you can then sit into it and half ride half get driven on til it begins to subside and lets you off. Then all you can do is lie there and wait for the next one. Still, that's what you get for sharing a room with Smurf.

I've put a load of different bets on tomorrow's game - including a Pires hat-trick (125/1). Should make it a little more interesting.

I'll be putting together voting forms today and emailing them out to people, so anyone who doesn't have email is gonna struggle... Ha.

The name "Browny" wasn't enough of a clue?

Greetings Mr Cross.
Thinking back, Browny kept banging on about how 'that's the best £20 pound I ever spent' (Smurf being gay) which surely means he enjoyed it. He's never said that when stumbling out of Sinless.
Browny - Take the test.

Wet and cold enough for ya? 

Arkela is Crossy - I invited him on this morning after he earned his stars by a) surviving Newquay, b) not being the first one out of the water and c) not kissing any men.

He was mildly put out by Beeny banging on his door at 4am on Sunday morning, considering he had to get up at 7am and drive to Manchester... Beeny will get his come-uppance when he next stands at the bar expecting service.

Browny, stay off my wave.

Arckla... Who the fucks that? Sign him on, he stays in 4* pent houses.

How the hell did you only get 60%, when you have taken part in one gay act in the past week...

I haven't taken it as out internet usage is monitored, and I'd rather the IT dept didn't think I was wondering how gay I am.

Who ? and what the hell was that last blog all about.

nice photo it doesnt really show the rain and cold. Has any one spoke to Beany as Grand Arklea has wrote to his parents about the disturbances made on saturday night at our 4 star deluxe pent house.
love arkela

How the hell is 60% gay "happy and well adjusted hetro"? Surely 0% gay would be hetro, any positive move in % is a step towards evenings at the Blue Oyster Bar and a dip in Barrymore's pool?

I don't get it myself, I don't wash my face with soap or a cleansing solution and I wouldn't want to be either a cat or a dog. I think the fact that I took the test in the first place was enough to give me 30% gayness.

Did you know you can get 45/1 for Pires first to score and Arsenal to win 1-0? I don't know what the odds are if you picked Ljungberg but I know that it adds a staggering 80% onto your gayness...

I'm feeling gnarly today. Got 3 weeks in Oz booked in October so am gonna take Julie for a weekend to North Devon over the summer so she can have a surfing lesson too. Then I guess it's time to contact Red Bull for sponsorhip - I don't go out unless the waves are 3.5ft

I have just taken the test and the outcome being 60% the report " Congratulations you scored right in the middle and are a happy and well adjusted hetro man ".

I am the only gay in this village.

Brownie get off my wave

We don't have to relive it do we? It's hard enough trying to get the images out of my brain, but reliving it??? Not gonna happen.

Crabbeman I can't make it to your b'day mate - I'm sorry I have to go diving so I'm hoping for slightly better weather than last Saturday.

30% mate - less gay than Sillsy - though I think we all knew that already from what everyone was saying in Newquay.

http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/G/gayometer/gayometer.html


Lads Try this out to make yourselves feel better about seeing smurfy Kiss a man!

As for you smurf I bet you get a high Percentage!

I scored 46% and got a full over the top i'm very hetrosexual!

Thank god i didn't see smurf kiss that man, must be awful having to relive that!

Awsome weekend chaps, it was just Gnarly.

Just so everyone is clear it was an ice cube, which turned out to be worse than a lemon and could have blinded me.
Best weekend for a long time, seeing Smurf kiss a man (priceless) unfortunately that is an image that will never leave my mind. Sailors good, being hammered on Friday and not Puking (result).

I must have spent about £10 at least on those texts in central, sent far to many picture messages to it.

Im off to the Cup final on Saturday and then Dubai on Sunday, so wil hopefully see most of you out for crabbeman's b'day. (hopefully wont need a mouth guard this time around, as we will be going to separate houses)

For those not going, see you all at the presenataion evening.

Crabbeman's birthday eh? Browny bring your gumshield.

Great Game at the weekend lads thought all sixteen of us put in 110%, Thought we came away with the right result!

Here's looking towards the end of season presentation and towards a great start to the new shefford season!

Can i bring my boyfriend ?

Cant remember who i told so i thought i would invite everyone out for my birthday on saturday planning on watching the footie in reading from 1 and going for a few beers in town later anyone that fancys it can stay at mine

Bizarre... Look at this photo I found of a surf team back in 1885... 

Shefford FC Surf Pro Competition Newquay 2005 

Anyone Got any Idea how much they spent on posting messages on the text board in Central??

Could've just told em!

I've got pizza for sale but my prices have risen!!!

Jon Loves Ashley do do do do do

Along with oral thrush that you caught off your fella....

Great weekend all i think i may have alcohol poisoning

No worries on the organisation - thanks for everyone being so cool with the money seeing as it all got swapped round a bit.

Just so everyone knows they weren't ripped off, you all gave me £30 in the end, which was £15 per night for 2 nights accommodation. Then you all paid £20 for the surfing as I didn't give them any deposit in the end. So people that had paid their £25 deposit up front (meant to be £15 for the accomm and £10 for the surfing) gave me £5 extra there to make up the £30 for the accomm and then just paid the surfing themselves. £20 for the surfing was a complete bargain - although I'd have happily paid another £20 just for some boots.

Luckily Jamie didn't lose any deposit on the surfing, they seemed quite cool and never really mentioned the fact that there were 15 not 16 of us.

Thought the accommodation was pretty good - basic but good - warm water in the showers certainly a bonus on anywhere we've stayed in Blackpool... Beds that felt like they really could take your weight and near enough to a greasy spoon cafe for breakfast.

No peace for the wicked - voting forms coming your way soon...

Any One Know of any Cheats Editor hacks or anything For CM4?

It was a man... I may have to think very carefully before making my vote for the next manager!

I am absolutely knackered. Customers keep getting big pauses in there phone calls while I yawn.

Great weekend. Cheers for organising it Shane.

Didn't sleep well last night, keep having flashbacks and waking up screaming "IT WAS A MAN!" and "YES TONGUES".

Just about got the feeling back in my feet, but at least it was an off-wave which was cool and made my day.

Culture shock going from farting with you lot, listening to Crabbeman puking (note spelling please) and feeling the bunk vibrate gently from Genghis' covert masterbation... - to a Sunday afternoon entertaining my 6 and 3 year old nieces. Most intelligent conversation I had all weekend.

I enjoyed that - wish I'd had more energy for the Saturday night, but Central was pretty cool in the end - just could not be arsed to queue up to get in anywhere. So, thoughts turn to next year and what to do to better that... Astronaut Training anyone?

Defining Numpty


1. Four People Sprinting for four seats in a cab
2. Four people walking back from the surf shack leaving four seats free in a minibus
3.Pukeing
4.Sleeping on the sofa due to 1.Annoying fucking phone 2.ash snoring
5.Going to the wrong Surf shack
6.getting Slapped for no reason
7.Surfing
8.Being Smurf on Saturday
9.Being Brownie (sorry mate token gesture)
10.Having the worst Shakes of my life from no alcohol

CROSSY FOR LEGEND STATUS!

Surf's up dudes, we're all numpties. Top weekend lads, did someone kiss a man?

I think it was a Lemon.

Got this email from a guy from Kent...

'Hello John,
further to our telecon of today, my Sunday football team
'Masters FC' of the Bromley & Orpington league in Kent,
have just finished this year's season, by gaining promotion to the 2nd div.
and reaching the final of one of our cup competitions
which we unfortunately lost 1-0.
However, we are travelling to the Reading area on the weekend of July 30th
& 31st and are trying to arrange a game for each day.

As discussed, it would be highly appreciated if you/a friend could organise
the following -

1. Opponents for either day or even both,
2. A pitch for both days (which we are happy to pay towards) &
3. If needed, a referee (except for Pierluigi Collina)

Should you wish to verify our credentials, pls see - www.obdsfl.com div. 3
Your earliest reply would be appreciated in advance.
Cheers - Michael'


Thoughts, anyone?

That was a quality weekend boys puking and all well somebody had to be sick and it was always gonna be me after all the stick i gave browny!!! ashley you are a machine beany you are in the wrong proffesion mate if you can sell that shocking slice of pizza for £3!!! saying that you do look a bit like zobro my local kebab man better sign off now thinking of kebabs is making me feel sick again
ashley is a very tall man D DOO D D DOO DENNIS WATERMAN LITTLE BRITAIN WILL MAKE SENSE TO SOME OF YOU IF IT DOESNT I DONT GIVE A FUCK

Quality Quality Quality, Crabbe man pukeing, paul sleeping on the sofa, me selling the smalliest peice of pizza for three quid to Ashley, Tobasco sauce and the texting screen at Central, Still feel really weird about enjoying myself so much in bar called Sailors, but hey, Excellent weekend cheers lads!!

Thats all from me.

Gary. x

Tomorrow we're in two rooms of 6 and one room of 4 so you can sort yourselves out as you arrive. No need to pay the lady anything when you arrive, we'll sort out all the cash when I arrive later on - she's happy with that. She doesn't know what time she'll have everything ready for people to go into the rooms, so don't be surprised if if you turn up too early in the morning that you get bounced away for lunch somewhere to go back a little later in the day. Might be ready, might not, just be aware.

As I write there's a load of actual schoolgirls walking around the square here, dressed as slutty schoolgirls, it's very confusing.

See you all tomorrow.

just stay off my wave

Kowabungu dude that is totally narlly feel like there could be a load of wipeouts cool bud

Had a call from the surf school last night - he asked how I was so I said "fine" and I asked how he was and he said "yeah, contemplating dude"

So cool.

Anyway, sounds like all we need to take with us on the Saturday is a towel and a pair of shorts for under the wetsuits. The weather, while nice at the moment, is set to deteriorate over the weekend to gale conditions on the south coast! So should be some interesting surfing!!!

I have typed up a simple route planner to Newquay if anyone wants me to e mail it to them. I have collated a load of info from the RAC and AA route planners and converted it into Smurf format.It might even get us there.

I will still try and go for it

Smurfy you might have to make do with bodyboarding - but then if we all suck or there are only small waves then we all might end up doing that anyway...

My bet is Browny will be best at surfing.

Made myself laugh there.

I'd like to bet I wont be the best. I think Rob should be good, but his new Ethiopian looks might mean if the wind catches him, he will fly off his board.

Counting down the days...

I'm sure your just be able to stay led on the board when your catching the surf 'dude'. Probably what the rest of us will be doing after falling off 15 times in a row. That'll still be good fun and there shouldn't be much strain on your leg that way.

Who do you think will be the best surfer on the day? I'm going with Rob S. He must have rode a few big ones while on his around the world adventures.

I am still having doubts if i am going to be able to do it or not,as you have to spring up from led down to stand up quick and that is where i am going to have problems i am not sure if my leg will hold up.

I'm quite chuffed that you think I'll be able to get on my board !!

I can see Browny getting hurt just practicing getting on and off his board on the sand!

There will be some decent waves when Matty falls off his board, Newquay will have its own Tsunami.

Light drizzle, with 14mph winds.... So there should be some waves. It's gunna be bloody cold! But bloody funny!

I have an infection in my arm (no idea how I got it) so I look like I've been bitten but a shark. Just need to dye my hair blonde again and learn the lingo.

I'm dropping Julie off at Torquay on the way down, leaving here at midday - it's about 2.5 hours to Torquay and then another 2 hours to Newquay!!! Bleedin hell.

On Saturday for our surfing - weather forecast - light drizzle...

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Good work, should be nice and easy to find being so close to the road...

Who's bringing the inflatable sheep?

Newquay Reef Surf Lodge - 5/7 Springfield Road 01637 878 088

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Its gonna be good boys. Sounds like there will be a good early crew going up, who else is going with you Matty?

I'd imagine we will be leaving around the same time, and I will be located in a nice watering hole looking over the picturesque beaches and sea views... and any decent totty bathing on the beach.

I shouldn't worry too much about the wetsuit, no point looking really cut in it and then still being a complete wazzock on the board...

I'll phone the place and check but I should imagine we're all okay to check in as soon as each person arrives. If not there's always the pubs around to while away the day in til the last person gets there. They've had the deposit so I figure as long as you pay them your £15 then you should be clear to check in...

Mr Atkins we are apparently leaving between 9 and 10 and for your information it will not be an early wave i will be seeking it will be an early pint i will be located a nice watering hole close to our accommodation.

'King of the Spewers' Classic! We should have made up a T-Shirt! I can't say I'm looking forward to the wetsuit either. I'm just going to stand next to you Smurf! Dead arm....
Are we waiting for everyone to get there, or can we check in when we get there? I've got no idea what time we're leaving yet, haven't even discussed how we're getting there yet!
What time is the Gheninator mobile leaving Smurf? Will you be there to catch some early morning waves? !!

I have come to the conclusion that i am not looking forward to the wetsuit as i have put a little bit more weight on and i can only breathe in for so long.I might put a pair of socks down my wetsuit to give me a bit of a pouch.
I am looking forward to newquay should be a good crack Browny is king of the spewers.
What time are most people leaving ?

What sort of training has Browny been in? Leaning over the sink going "Huey!"

Typical of Reading to run out of beer at a beer festival. I spent last weekend drinking cider, to the point where my shit smelled of apples. That was odd.

Really looking forward to Newquay now, even if just to see jungle boy stronach with long grey hair like Tarzan.

By the way, if any of you lot are going to Weymouth again this summer, I know one of the girls who's gonna be dancing in Goldfingers. She's gorgeous, trouble is it's £20 a dance!

Guys don't forget when you get there next Friday you'll need to have money ready for a) the deposit you owe me (£15) and b) the other £15 for the accommodation, then c) £10 deposit for the surfing to me and d) £10 on the Saturday for the rest of the surfing. So for those who haven't paid any deposit yet, that's £50 just for starters...

does everyone no that stron is back he looks like an euthiopian and has grey hair!!! Mind you he was on good form last sunday as my wingman. We were going to go to the reading beer festival but we found out that it ran out of beer!!!!! Rumour has it that browny has been in training for newquay!!!!

Id rather look fat and be warmer I think! I don't think I can lose any weight until we start training again. Haven't been doing any exercise and can't seem to motivate myself to run around the roads.

Looking forward to it now.

I can do 6lbs for you, but it involves no alcohol, a satsuma for breakfast (after at least 30 minutes exercise), vegetable soup for lunch, satsuma afternoon snack and as healthy a meal as possible in the evening (after at least 30 minutes exercise).

It aint easy, but it is possible. Trouble is, if you do that this week when you come to have 2 pints in Newquay you'll be rolling all over the place.

Alternatively, just select a wetsuit that's slightly too large for you, you'll freeze but it won't show the folds...

Did I tell you all that the surfing has been changed to a 2pm start? Gives us a bit of time in the morning to get down the beach and ask girls where they're going that night - help us decide where to go...

Is everyone sorted for transport?

Any tips on how to lose 2 stone in a week?

Was good to watch his face - I've got nothing against the players so much (except Carvalho, who blatantly spat at Baros the other night and nobody seemed to notice) but it was great to see Mourinho's sour-puss face as he realised he had nothing left to give and he'd put on a player at 25% fitness to try and win the game. Ha ha ha. 180 minutes of football, one save out of Dudek, and that was from a dead ball. Not Champions League winning stuff is it?

By the way gents, if you're carrying any extra pounds at the moment you've got just over a week to burn as much of it away as possible - there aint no hiding place in a wetsuit...

Classic

All quiet on the Shefford blog.... calm before the Newquay storm?