Great turnout last night gents. Shit training (if you were on my team) but good turnout.

And a healthy discussion afterwards. I spoke to Smurf afterwards and I'll leave it to him to update everybody with how things are going to be.

C'mon England!

I dont mind it being talked about behind my back some people may find it easeier to talk about without me being there.
It's fine i insist you discuss anything regarding it

Guess we'll see how many turn up Smurfy and who. As current manager though it makes sense for not too much conversation to happen without you either being there or knowing about it, don't want any bad feeling hanging around. I'll 'splash' you a text later :-)

If you wish to discuss management for next season at training tonight and if there is an interest from anywhere so be it,let me know after.Don't worry i wont be upset!

Cool numbers are looking healthy enough for tonight - see you there at 7pm...

How are the numbers looking for tonight then? Anyone know who's coming/not coming? In fact, fuck it, I'll send a text...

Give me your details, and I'll transfer it over pal...

Got the CD through - some classic shots on there so anyone who wants a copy bring your fivers tomorrow night...

I'm afraid it's me, Ad and Hilly who come out best in terms of looking like we might have an inkling of what we're doing, but there are some great shots of everyone else too.

Anyone doing anything decent for Saturday's game?

Looks like it might be a nice night for training on Thursday too. No footy on the telly and the weather improving.

If you guys can check with the other people who don't come on here we can hopefully get a turnout of more than 6...

I vote we have a sit down chat on Thursday...please text in your replies...........

Sorry gents, in what will hopefully be a one off, I cant make Thursday. When are we going to have a sit down chat? Not sure via text is the right way...

im up for training. Been a while since ive done anything. Might end up doing a becks if i have to run more than 20 yards though.

Adildo? I'd love to hear the commentary in that game...

I seem to have lost some of my memory of the England game yesterday. I know we scored, I didn't see Becks spew, saw Ashley Cole give as good as a goal clearing up from Terry's bad header.

Think that was pretty much it. Portugal game was far more entertaining, though apparently Figo got booked for the headbutt after the event so it's unlikely he'll be sent off in retrospect. Should be a good game on Saturday!

Everyone okay for Thursday night gentle introduction to training? There's no footy on, I made sure of it. If England win on Saturday they play next Thursday so we'll have to wait and see on that one...

Mine was Sito...

ADILDO.....Nice.

Try putting "Christopher Brown"...

Ha ha...

Ronaldinho

Whats your brazillian Name!!!!

http://www.minimalsworld.net/BrazilName/brazilian.shtml

Mines PAILDO

Shaner count me in on the photo's.

Yes...?

Lovely reading your conversation tonight gents, and I agree. I'm not going to say on which point, but I do agree. Anyway, as for next season, whatever happenes we all need to muck in more and take more responsibility. Great idea to have a sit down, discuss it, then go out, get bladdered, and forget it. Any suggestions for dates?

We don't have a clue what the new teams will be like, but as the saying goes, if you concentrate on your own game...

Looking forward to it already Shane, i'll sort out the tickets nearer the time. The away game is on New Years day, oh the fixtures we have to look forward to this season! I can't wait.............

Check out the content-relevant ads delivered by google at the top of the blog! A few mentions of newquay and we've got stag and hen parties in newquay on offer. Very clever.

Hookers, lapdancing, prostitution, FREE

Let's see what that brings...

CD ordered. I figure that if everyone who wants a copy gives me a fiver then that'll cover the cost of the CD's and anything that's left over I'll buy some footballs for training/matches...

Hilly Swindon v MK Dons on Tuesday 12 September. Reckon we get boozed up and crack some MK heads.

Obviously you'll have to do the head cracking, I'm a lover not a fighter.

You need to go very careful mate, perhaps while we do a bit of running you can bounce a ball...

Yea, Count me in, I think a bit of light stuff would be ok, think me knee could take it!!

Well with my job change (and notice period - you may have noticed I have a bit more time on my hands these days) I'm hoping to get some of my life back so I'm more than happy to take training - even if only in the interim until decisions are made. That would get us to a decent point of fitness if nothing else.

Thursday nights okay for everyone? Starting next Thursday, Northcroft? Strike while the iron's hot and all that. Bit of gentle exercise to break us all in and a kickabout amongst mates...

Totally agree with you shane, Listen to alot of teams last night they all seem to have large squads, and have been training for some time now some as much as the last SIX WEEKS, I think we need to get something in place and get training as soon as possible, If we are to get a good start to the season, that we all want to have, We need to be getting some hard work started and get back to the way shefford was!!

Simon also has a new player who is wanting to sign, He is very good, very quick, not scared of a tackle and can finish too, I think he can play at the back middle and up front, He is only young, But very good!!

Agreed - I think we struggled because there was no training, so that would need sorting. Lets all have a chat about it at some point.

I would Gladly like smurf to carry on, I think he would need assistance with certain issues, and I would be happy to put my Name into a hat to help him with the running of the side, Quite liked taking part in dealings with shefford last night, and would be happy to help the weekly running of it with smurf!

I think there would also be a good emphasis on other people maybe helping out, we all have a voice and all care about Shefford so we all need to have our say!!

Cheers Beeny, very informative - it's funny how some of the teams are just lapdogs to the committee. I never want to argue for the sake of it but I hope we never become that sterile - it's only Sunday football gents...

Gutted though, kind of had a hope that we'd be allowed to stay in Div 1 somehow but that hasn't happened. We'll have to see what the quality of Div 2 is like - though I know we'll all whip ourselves up into a frenzy about how we're gonna win it easily... No point saying we shouldn't do that cos we will anyway.

And obviously at some point we need to work out what's going on with ourselves. I haven't had a conversation with Smurf to see whether he wants to carry on and don't know whether there's anyone else wanting to stick their name in the hat.

Going by unwritten rules the team should vote each season, but we could be in a sticky position if Smurf doesn't want to do it again this year and there's no one else wanting to either.

I know there was some discussion on the Friday in Newquay but I wasn't there and I guess it was interspersed with "I fucking love you", "You're a complete fuck" and other such drunken ramblings :-)

Maybe shortly after the World Cup has finished we should have a night out beginning with a quiet sit down somewhere where we work it all out. Been a long time since we all sat down in Uncle Henry's and voted Dave Jones in...

Not to much to report from the AGM, Never been to one before and found it to be very "Clicky" as certain teams where more for voting for the commitee on certain issues!!

What I can Report is as Follows,

1, Referee Fees will be staying £23 for the season, They wanted a raise of £2 but we voted (along with me to stay the same as I felt we where Being Hod winked into giving them more money for not having ref's for some games).
Obviously shane Jim Wild was not happy with this, But Tough Shit!!

2, Our Fine's for last season were £52.50 Adding to a £900 Fine total for the leaugue all season so pretty good, But we dont owe any money!!

3, We are still in div 2, There were two Ideas put forward for how to reshuffle the leagues, One was, Have three new teams start in premier, one in div 1, and one in div 2, This was the one that was voted in and as we were relegated it didn't concern us, as the president said teams promoted stay promoted, teams relegated stay relegated.

4, There are Five new teams Going to be entered into the leagues and one got re-elected, and one not re-elected These teams are as follows,

Re-elected

1. Blue Ball (div 2)
Not re-elected

1. Falmouth Arms

Voted in to the football league,

1, Coopers Arms
2, Cross Keys
3, Red House
4, Turnpike Sports
4, WKD FC

5, The Football season will run fron the 1st Sunday in September to the Last sunday in may, This may also Include a benevolent cup, Which will be at the end of the season depending on if the league fixtures allow, It is for the first round losers of the bowness cup.

Any thing else you can think of to ask about last night Just ask!

Oh now i have also said that, there may not be a football league this season as the registration secertary has resigned, the league doesn't have one, and if they don't find one we won't be playing any football.

I am happy to donate and would also like a cd.

Cool - sounds like there'll be enough people interested so I'll go ahead and buy the CD before too much time passes. I think the weather helps the photos look better.

Thanks to Beeny for attending the AGM last night in Smurf's absence - much appreciated cos it would have been a lot of hassle for me to get there in time.

So what's the update? Are we definitely in Div 2 next season or are they doing some shifty rearranging which allows us to stay up or be promoted into the Prem div? Any new teams joined? Any big names dropped out? Did you get into a fight with Jim "Little Boys" Woild...?

Gents, following a brilliant weekend of comedy, I feel it has been followed up with the greatest 3 days of Bloggering ever.

Truely hilarious photos of Browny, although I like the way you slipped in a real one too.

I'll def pay up for the CD, they look pretty good, and my bankers belly isnt too obvious.

Oh, and I'll still be on the Blogger enough to see who is saying what, and plan my revenge...

Yeah I'll give you whatever you want Shane (in sterling of course gayboy) just let us know.

I'm afraid that since a stern letter from her solicitor I am forbidden from whacking it up outside Browny's mum's house.

I suggest that we leave all mum references out of the blogger from here on in for fear of causing serious offence. I've left this one in cos a) it's mine and b) it's not particularly derogatory to Browny's mum who, in my opinion, has done a wonderful job of raising the young man.

As long as that includes an A1 size copy of browny outside the "gay surf lodge"! Whack it up outside his mums house...

£75

I'll chip in whatever it costs for a copy of the cd. Let us know how much you want shane.

Speaking of photo fun - we have an option to purchase a CD of the photos from Saturday's surfing, samples below...

There are 120 photos available (they won't have the "Photography" text stamped over them obviously) but the CD costs £52, which aint cheap. I'm happy to throw in a tenner as I should think I'll keep the CD in the end, tends to work that way with these things. But if call my contribution £12 and we can get 8 people to chip in a fiver each that covers the cost - anyone interested? They'll be good enough quality for print outs if anyone wants to do that and I can do some replica CDs for people if they want them...

Love the one of Smurf - I know he's just about to fall over but he looks like he's lording it over the ocean, conducting the waves to take him home...

Superb. The last one should be our new badge. Surely there's a linemans picture you can edit.

Okay I promise this is the last...

And this rather worrying one from "Gay Surfing Times" which someone pointed me at as it's not something I would normally read...

Hey John! Look at this photo which was claimed World Photo Of The Decade by "What Piccy" magazine. It's amazing...

That's it Beeny, kick him when he's down. Good lad.

John Sills Is a good upstanding citizen of the local borough of Berkshire, his work in the community is unsurpassed and for the tireless and effortless work he should be rewarded with the highest honors!!

That's the ticket.

John Sills is a straw sucking, banjo playing yokel from the murkiest depths of essex who pimps in his spare time.............is that alright Shane?

Sillsy started his new job yesterday - meaning he'll probably not be spending much time messing about posting on the blog.

Which means, he's open to abuse.

John Sills wears girls pants.

Ha. That was fun.

By the way - I found that photographer girl's contact card so I've got in touch. She's going to send me some sample photos from the surfing and if they're any good we can see how much they cost...

Yep fantastic weekend lads, can't wait for the next 1! I took to surfing like a duck to water and beat you all at killer pool, I was just wondering if there is a sport that I'm not good at.....nope can't think of 1 at the moment.......and don't bother saying football as a Sillsylike witty comeback.
Also I don't think I've met a more unlucky person than Crabbeman...he managed to get completely wasted on vodka /redbull on Fri night, had his false tooth knocked out by some reckless bird, he then went on to collapse in MY BED (much to my dissatisfaction!). On Saturday Smurf, JT and myself awoke to the pleasantries of hearing Crabby yak up in the toilet, he then sheepishly stumbled to the cafe for a hearty brekky which he nervously nibbled for fear of barffing again. To complete his weekend of fun he managed to endure approx 45 mins of surfing before retiring to the beach with Mr Lewis for a well earned kip where he managed to get sunburnt!!..........the entertainment was 2nd to none!

I had to send Smurf a text last night saying "You got a cheesecake on your head" just to get it out of my mind...

I so forgot about the seaweed incident and the Paul Grundy " the waves are to big for me to see". I'm still chuckling about loads!!!

This gets better...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wimbledon/5091984.stm

For this who can't see the link, QPR and a Southern League side have now also cancelled friendlies against MK Dons after fans told the clubs they didn't want to play them. I love it.

Did anyone else ache like mad yesterday? It hurt to change gear last night in my car. Not quite so bad this morning though so I must be quite fit after all.

Good pre-season fitness that pushing out through the waves. We'll have to up our match subs and buy ourselves a heated indoor pool with a wave machine.

Gutted I missed out on the Friday night but thanks for not rubbing my nose in it on Saturday it was much appreciated. Same as Beeny it's been a while since I've laughed that much. Seems to be a theme though...

Browny burger incident
Browny seaweed incident
Browny spinning chair incident

God bless him.

See you boys all soon, we'll have to have a night out sometime soon - see how England get on tomorrow night and when they're playing the next round...

Great weekend boys really enjoyed myself hope everyone else did

Quality Pics Sillsy!!! And sheer Quality to shane!!

And this picture is going to the Police. Driving at 120mph, in the outside lane, tired, hungover, on a busy motorway. Eyes on whats happening on the road ahead?

Also, how cramped does Tony look?!

Also, a bonus point to Shane for sneaking in this picture without me realising...

A quick check on Google Images identifies this man as the mysterious Andy G...

I know it was last week, But I thought This ain't to bad!!
James Beeny: At age 41, you will be hunted by a strange apparition resembling Andy Griffith, and subsequently commit suicide after the stress proves to be too much.

Who is Andy Griffith??


Anyhow, What a Supurb, Mind Numbing, Gut wrenching, Side splitting, Teeth losing, burger eating, twin seeing, alchohol Fueled, Sea swimming, curry eating, Straw chewing, Hill walking, Pool Playing weekend at the Surf Lodge!!!!

Great weekend Guys, Havent laughed so much in ages!!!

Thought That even tho we where all Kinda Fucked by saturday night that It really was one of the best weekends!!!!

So I take it I'll be the only person on the blogger today then? Seeing as you lot are happily heading towards Newquay?

Anyone?

Fine. Sod you all.




Anyone?

Does Hilly have a Myspace account? Whats his address?! Does anyone else...?

Hilly. Myspace. Am I missing something?

Hilly actually posted this himself on his myspace account. I think it shows him in a good light.....I hope he agree's!

You're a brave man Ad!

Hillys Packed his best going out clothes for Newquay....

You've got far too much time on your hands.

Still, I will to when Browny and I are cruising down to Newquay tomorrow in a lovely spacious car, preparing for two great night out...




If I don't speak to you before, have a good meeting.


I'm off to the pub...Come on England!

http://stacey.vox.com/library/post/teen-wolf-wang.html
beat ya!

Bless you and your fresh-faced-just-out-of-college-still-wear-pants-with-my-name-on-the-label-and-have-a-slight-panic-when-I-have-to-cook-my-own-tea view on life...

See if you recognise this shark...


Look strangely familiar? Yet where is the helicopter? Oh, here it is...


Then we get a clever designer guy to comp the two photos together and we can all get very excited. Much the same skill set as when I took a photo of a billboard and wrote "Vote Shefford" on it which was enough to overcome the intellect of a Radio One DJ. You can only ever manage half a smug smile for that...

www.snopes.com - a great resource for finding out if what you're mate has sent through is actually a load of bull. Try this particular link http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/surfer.asp for some proper closure.

If you can find out whether it's true that at the end of Teen Wolf someone has their knob out in the background, I'll be impressed.

To have that happen once in your life is bad, but they rekon it's going to happen again?!

How do you know it's a dolphin? How about this one...

steve taylor: At age 43, aliens will abduct you and use your body for sick and often anally-oriented experiments before dropping you off outside of a local homeless shelter smelling of beer.

Fortunately - that photo is of a dolphin. That said, dolphins have been known to attack humans in exceptional circumstances. 15 Shefford players pissing alcoholic urine in their sea could be considered exceptional...

Weather looks superb - not too hot to kill, but hot enough for Browny to get sunburnt and have his heavily applied aftersun reacting with the UV lights in the bars on Saturday night. Should be good.

Some good news...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=3753

And some not so good...

Green!

Well, I've already won £8 on vouchers on CDWOW, you predict the results and get money for everyone you get right - although you can only use one voucher per transaction :-(

Oooh red. I've got £10 on the following group winners:-

Germany
England
Argentina
Mexico
Czech Rep
Brazil
Switzerland
Spain

As an accumulator to win £320. Just thought you might like to know.

Losers: I'm outliving the lot of you...

John: At age 80, you will fall into a tank at a large aquarium and be eaten by suckerfish.

Although I like the sound of being sucked to death.

Boom, and indeed, Boom.

32 years left! But it's almost as if they know me....

Matthew Atkins: At age 56, you will fall from the fifth floor window of a hotel while under the influence of alchohol.

I've got 11 years to go, but some damn safe steak-eating in the meantime...


Shane Bellamy: At age 44, you will choke on a piece of steak.

Great I only have 8 years left!!!!!

paul david grundy: At age 38, you will be struck by lightning while trying to move the antenna beside your mobile home.

Find out when and how you will die here...

http://evil.berzerker.net/death_predictions.php

I thought it was quite amusing.

adam davies: At age 47, a large monkey will beat you to death, using the antiquated art of fisticuffs

What...Thick and looks bigger than it actually is!!!! lol.

Sillsy think your more of a Twix man......2 fingers and your done!!!!!

Yorkie. Just for Men.

Isn't that right, Crabbeman? Crabbeman once compared himself to a Yorkie bar...

Now I thought I told you and neil curtis to stay away from the gramby!!!

Always thought you had a funny look about you Jon!!!

Yeah they do, Brownys coming along.

This time tomorrow I would have been in a pub for 3 hours waiting for waiting for Reg Dwight to stuff a Yorkie bar.

Have I said that right?

This Time tomorrow when you read this I will be sat in a pub in newquay getting ready to watch England Stuff Dwight Yorke. Hmmm Have I said that the right way??

Do they have linesmen in 6 a side then Sillsy?

Didnt we play Killer Darts as well?

I'm playing 6 a side in the Shefford kit again tonight Matty, I'm going to get the No.7 shirt and turn it into a hat to wear on the weekend.

I'm shit at pool. Wasn't Rob down to his last few quid and then cleaned up at pool to give himself some beer money....

If the weathers nice we'll have to have a kick about on the beach. Hopefully it'll be cleaner than Blackpool a few years ago. We walked for 10 minutes to get to the sea and it was fucking black!

Oh yea!! I forgot about that two especially as I was told to let matt beat me at it to make him feel like he belonged to the group, Nothing like peer pressure to make you do something you don't want too!!

Fuck me! i was that rough last year i even forgot we played killer pool until you just bought it up Matt,it was that shady pub with the sticky floor,
I've decided im not going to drink as much as i did last year..................
I'm gonna drink more

Spot on, glad to hear your still coming despite your injuries mate. I didn't stand a chance of winning 'Killer' pool without you there....

Although you don't really stand a chance of winning with me there.

Forget sarcasm, I'm gonna get straight to the point, See all you lot when you arrive on friday, (except shane) Gonna be warming up the pubs for you guys on thursday afternoon!!!

Roll on the Grundy Bus!!!!

Sarcasm is hard to pick up on the Blogger, especially if you're thin and handsome.

We'll still have a great time, look at the plus points:

- Easier to get a table in the Pub
- Food will come quicker in the Curry House
- The rounds will be cheaper
- I'll only be the 12th worst surfer, rather than the 18th

I think that's the point Sillsy is making Smurf!

Oh well. It's a shame people are pulling out, but it's them that's losing out.

Short Notice ?

I organised it in March!!!

What is it with all these dropouts? To be fair though, it has been organised at short notice...

Still, the good thing is we started with a large number, so we'll still have a good amount of people left and plenty of spare beds for Crabbey to sleep in when he is throwing up.

Lads it is with regret that i have to inform you that i'll be going to Newquay!!!! Oh but crooky has now dropped out as well.

Sadly I have already quit and am working my notice period now - however I have a nice bonus due at the end of June which is worth keeping my job for. If I walk out I get fired and get no bonus, basically, so no can do.

It's a shame but it's not disastrous as I only really miss out on one night and I still get a full Saturday in the sunshine (not hungover and a relatively good night's sleep before hand) and the Saturday evening curry or whatever we do, football if we watch Italy v USA and pubs/clubs once you guys have found out where the best places are this year on the Friday night.

The downside is having to listen to you lot go over and over about what happened on the Friday night while I wasn't there! So I'll do you a deal, I'll listen to every incident, every shenanigan, every "guess what we did" once each and will enjoy hearing about what you got up to. After that each person who tells me a story that either they or anyone else has already told me, buys me a pint - it is my choice whether or not I drink that pint, just in case anyone gets clever and buys a pint of whisky, vodka, etc...

Expensive weekend Smurfy :-)

But the surfing will be class, especially if the weather is good. I aim to get there between 8am and 9am - give me chance to get in the room, grab some brekkie with you lot and get on the pop!

That's a shame Shane. Can't you just quit on Thursday?

Most people will probably be up pretty early if the weathers good (which is it meant to be), got to make the most of weekend.

I think Smurf said it was 2pm for the surfing. Although I'm not 100% sure.

I'm looking forward to it now. I've been wanting to give surfing another go. Just hope the waves are bigger this year!

I think Browny and Taylor should have a race. We're start with first to get on it...

Smurfy what time is the surfing booked for? Is it a morning or afternoon thing?

I'll try not to arrive too early on the Saturday so that I'm waking you boys up, but I don't want to arrive too late to miss the surfing. Plus I want to avoid the traffic.

Oh and I won't be answering my phone to you fuckers on Friday all phoning up telling me that you've just got there, just got to the pub, just got laid (haha as if), etc...

Yeah cool save me a space - but I don't want you doing anything "loving" to my bed either if you know what I mean...

Shaner, there's no such thing as a 'meeting you can't get out of', that's why God invented illness, and forgetfulness.

I'm gutted pal, partly for you not being able to come down until the Sat, but more for me being on my own with Browny for 5 hours. Want us to save you a space in our room still?! We wont do anything nasty to your bed, I promise...

Does anyone else feel like it was two years ago (at least) that we went to Newquay? That surfing lesson feels like it was donkeys years back.

Can't wait now - even looking forward to getting up at 4am Saturday morning to drive down...

Things you don't hear Smurf say very often...

Good cos you aint getting none

I'd pop over but it means having to either crash over and go into work on Friday morning (bad option) or drive home (worse option altogether). If you boys lived somewhere decent, like, er, Highclere, then that'd be better. I'll take a look at some property sites for you.

Semi-disaster strikes for me as well on Friday. Got a meeting in the afternoon that I can't get out of, meaning I'll not be coming down in the coolsmobile with Browny and Sillsy. Leaves me with the choice of either driving down late Friday night and meeting up with a whole load of pissed up ninjas - or leaving it and driving down early on the Saturday morning and meeting up with a load hungover ninjas all explaining that they're still pissed and didn't get to sleep til 7am cos Smurf shagged a goat or something.

Considering that I can then go all out on Saturday, I think I might go for option B. Means missing the Friday night which is obviously not ideal, but looking at the bigger picture an early Saturday start might be better.

(Smurfy obviously I'll still pay my bit for the Friday night room and stuff, I'm not after any rebates...)

I had a thought: for Browny's Newquay shirt, we should have put 21 on the back and 12 on the front.

The more I think about it, the more I cant work out why Sven took Jenas, Hargreaves and Carrick.

What's everyones plans for Thursday? I'm on holiday and Crabbey has the day off so we'll be in the pub in Reading early doors if anyone fancies it.

Trouble was, that when paul robinson saw it, He thought he would play the long ball up to him, only for the ball to crash into it causing mayhem!!!

Yeah we did have a game - we didn't tell you cos, well, you know...

Part of a report from BBC Sport:-

"England's fans gave Rooney a rapturous reception when his face flashed up on the giant screen, suspended from the roof during the game against Paraguay. "

What the fuck was Rooney doing suspended from the roof? Sure fire way to break another metatarsal. Craziness.

Sounds like a shefford post match report, Did we have game yesterday??

Oh well 1 - 0 good start to the season, onwards and upwards!!!

Yeah, there's been a few 1-0 results already where you'd have expected higher scores, so we're not alone. Portugal looked superb last night against Angola but only put the ball in the net once.

The only thing that winds me up is that Sven is so inanimate. When things could be going better, he doesn't seem to do much about it.

I think Paraguay were awful and possibly pulled us down to their level, but a lot of the players were doing stuff that they'd never do for their clubs. Still, 3 points in the bag lets move on.

We'll be stopping every few minutes with Browny - he likes to watch the telly.

Not a great performance, but a betgter start to a tournament than in 86, 88, 90, 92, 96, 00, 02 and 04...

No worries :-)

Am currently on the train on the way home trying to watch the BBC online live video of the Germany v Costa Rica game. Think it would work well if it weren't for the speed the train is moving - the signal drops in and out so the game is a bit stop start. I saw the build up to the Costa Rica goal and the celebration, but not the goal itself. I then missed the Germans' second while I was trying to switch to full screen. Sure it's good stuff if I was stationary.

This time next week, I'll either be pissed in a bar in Newquay or pissed in a car on the way to Newquay. No need to stop Browny, roof is down and I've got an empty can...

Cheers Shane.

Here is the final list of attendees for Newquay.

Smurf
Hilly
Crabbe
Taylor
Ad
Matt
Lewis
Tony
Browny
Shane
Sillsy
Beenie
Grundy
Crookie

Surfing is booked for 2pm on the saturday £5 per person to pay on the day.

Anyone else who needs a lift, me,Hilly,Crabbe and Taylor have a 7 seater and will be leaving Newbury at 9am on Friday.

Yeah probably best to avoid the surfing - Smurf tried it with pins in his leg and now look at the way he walks...

I think cisse did his way before i encountered my knee numbing experience, I'm hoping i will heal in time for newquay, definatly won't be surfing dude!!!

Just trying to rest so i can be there!!

Gutted for you Beeny, that sounds like a nasty one! Hope it's not too long term an injury. Wonder if you did it at the same time that Cisse broke his leg?

Good Afternoon Gentlemen:-

Hope your all well and looking forward to newquay, I have some sad news on my behalf, I have torn my cruciate ligaments playing five-a-side last night and I am looking doubtfull to be able to make it.

Grundy I will call you and let you know if i am still going by next week.

If i dont make it I hope you all have a bloody good time!!

Are we doing the prediction 'game' for the World Cup?

From the news today:

'GENGHIS GOES GLOBAL: Genghis (Khan) has been hailed been a group of academics as the true founder of globalisation. The experts, gathered in China to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the foundation of the notorious warrior's empire, said he contributed more to the concept than any ruler before him: "We think of globalisation as selling Coca-Cola in Calcutta and Starbucks in Shanghai but the process dates back to the time when Genghis Khan was building his empire," reported the China Daily.'

Big gathering at the Crabbe's house, should be good, as it is also a chance to celebrate my 24th Birthday, which takes place on Friday. It's a coup for me, as Crabbey's employers, Halifax, are paying for loads of food and drink as a 'Sports and Social' event, so essentially, the rivals to my company are paying for my birthday celebrations! Losers.

Shaner, if you need a place to stay....there's a Travelodge down the road.

Okay I'll see what we can do about getting there/back and let you know. Cheers.

Its in Reading Shane. Me and Lewis arew going along as well, think theres a good few of us going.

Reading or Newbury mansion?

Crabbeman is having a bit of gathering at his mansion house, bit of BBQ and fun, games. So he wont mind if I invite more im sure. There wil be a fair number so if anyone fancies it. !!

Chaps,

Where is everybody watching England v Paraguay on Saturday? Anyone going anywhere decent/interesting?

Fuck walking Smiler....we've hired a 7 seater for the trip down...ha ha!!

Great minds eh Shaner - I've done a similar thing at work, with England beating the Argies in the final, and Brazil vs Czech Rep in the Semis.

I'll send you an email with some bits on, if it helps to organise.

Errr POT....KETTLE....BLACK!!!!!

Always thinking of food you are....

Shaner Count me in as well. Lets make it tasty though!!!!!

Yep - count me in.

Are we doing via the BBC prediction thing? Or are we just posting what we think the final league tables from the groups will be on here?

It's a shame about people pulling out of Newquay. It certainly won't be the same without the Genghis bus - turned car.

Smurf, Hilly and Crabbman better start walking.

I'd be interested in that mate, sounds like i can't do any worse as in my office sweepstake i got Trinidad and Tobago and Ivory Coast. Brilliant.

Gents,

I'm thinking of running an inter-Shefford World Cup competition "football predictor" style. Basically predict the positions of every team at the end of the group stage. Then after the group stage we'll revisit and predict the next rounds through to the final (so if you've been a dufus and lost more than half the teams in the group stage you're not completely out of it...)

It can be respect based or a little bit tastier with, say, £5 each and winner takes all?

Let me know if you're interested and if any Shefford-ite who's not on the blogger might be interested. (And before people ask, let's keep this within the club, even good mates not allowed, as otherwise if someone walks off with all the money from outside the club we'll take it as a sign for next season...)

And while I may not go with it, my own stab at the BBC's World Cup Predictor resulted in England winning, Argentina runners up and France beating Brazil to 3rd place. Fucking get in.

No Genghis? That's a crushing blow. Apparently it's down to a lack of funds, which I can appreciate given my current level of skintness. That said, I'm still going, but may have to resort to the Browny tactic of drinking left-over drinks in nightclubs. Should be a good weekend.

There were always going to be drop outs with that many people booked up - Smurfy I hope you're getting the drop outs to cover any lost deposit money so it doesn't leave you short...

This page has taken so long to load up that I've forgotten what I was going to say. Hopefully, at some point through this I'll remem... Why have they cancelled? WHY NO GHENGIS?!

Neil has not responded to any of my texts so dont know yet,as for Miller we will just have to wait and see.

Dropouts!!!!! Boooo.

Smurf is Curtis going? And think Miller may drop out yet as well.

A couple of drop outs to confirm,Ashley and Ghengis

I don't pal,but I'm thinking you've got the kit, and a digital camara, so...

And as for the trip down, I think Shaner and I should go in the front with JT in the back and Browny in the boot. Any disagreements? If I don't hear by 11.59pm tonight, I'll assume thats cool.

And that's legally binding.

I take it you mean the gold/blue kit? If so, no. Why do you want it? Are you sorting out sponsorship? Good lad.

Has anyone got a picture of our shefford kit, if so e-mail me c.brown@huxley.co.uk!! ta

I dont do being sick. Im sure Taylor won't mind sitting in the back the whole way. he is cool about being crammed in, just as long he gets there. He just e-mailed me and told me that.

How's that gonna work with the agreement that Sillsy and I had about front seat? JT's come in and f*cked the whole thing up good and proper, like only a Taylor can. Ah well, I guess that means Sills and Taylor in the back gaying it up and me in the front there and back.

Who drives while Browny's being sick?

Ok no change of plan, aparently I can't pick my car up until the end of june. So we are craming in to the BMW. Fingers crossed for the weather, as we can cruise with the roof down when we get to Newquay.

Taylor if you still want to jump in with Silsy and Shane, you are more than welcome. But can someone let miller know as I wont be able to fit him in.

Screech, of course, being the sound the Car would make as it pulled to a halt to pick me up. And the circle is complete...

In the words of U2, 'It's a Beautiful Day', lets hope it stays live this for a few weeks.

I'd be happy with weather like this for Newquay, warm enough to sit out in a beer garden but not too hot to burn us to death and give us red-neck wetsuit marks from half a day in the sea...

Okay, and the hairstyle would explain the likeness to the popular US sitcom character, "Screech" - it's almost poetic.

Zoiks!

That would explain his hair style....

You've obviously never been in a car with Browny. He doesn't use the brake, he simply glides to a halt, opening his window and stiking his head out to act as a sail, which turns the car left and right.

Yeah right, with Browny behind the wheel I can already hear the screech of the brakes.

Indeed, otherwise it's likely the car will drive straight past without noticing.