Yeah it'll probably be ok, I'd imagine one eye Jack saw the opportunity to get a few days off, so has cancelled everything.

Hmm... Surely there'd be some room somewhere at Henwick just to do a few shuttle runs and set up a small pitch?

Maybe we see how the weather goes tomorrow and get someone who lives nearby to take a look as early as they can in the evening...

My 5v5 league has been moved from the astro to the grass at Henwich while the new astro-turf is being done. But it's been cancelled tonight due to being flooded, so I don't know what it'll be like tomorrow night if it continues to rain.

Can't remember which of you it was that said that Hermione was cute - but look what Harry's doing to her...

DAVE!!!!

How Jonny Lamb surprised Megan on the first night of their honeymoon...

(anyone who has never seen League Of Gentlemen won't understand this)

Superb videos, I was struggling to spot Neil, but the giant finger really helped...

Nice!

We should go see em somewhere soon and make a night of it.

(Who did the puppies belong to?)

Paul's Band Video 3

There's a cameo from Neil Curtis in this one. See if you can spot him.

Paul's band were actually very good and I recommend that you all go and see them.

(Listen out for the singer shouting "TWOOO" after about 20 seconds. He did this when they were sound checking and then once or twice through every song!)

Paul's Band Video 2

Its bad quality video i know but it shows Paul playing the guitar very well.

Paul's Band Video 1

(Yes the lead singer is wearing a jacket and sunglasses inside a dark pub that was about 300 degrees)

Pauls Band 2

Pauls band 1

Here are the pictures i promised of Paul Curtis's band that i saw just over a week ago. I forget what they were called. Just a pre warning, by the time his band came on (11pm) i was quite pissed. So what i thought was great videoing skills were not quite as good as i remember!

You should probably put your energy into enjoying life with Megan, mate, rather than worrying about who you want to marry next.

Hello Guys,

Thanks for the messages on the wedding day. It was all reyt good as Shane said. Obviously now I am a married man I have to retire from football and do some DIY but maybe I'll be allowed out to watch one of your games in the not too distant future.

My money's on Tony to be next...

That was much better - 13 of us there tonight and much easier to do decent training when you've got the numbers so it was a better run out than recently as well. And well done to Lewis who won the lap-sprint at the end.

On my turn (I think I was amongst the slowest) I get off to a good start but felt myself flag after 2 or maybe 3 steps. The rest was pretty much agony. I beat an 11 year old though. Get in.

Hopefully we'll get a better turn out next week so we can start doing some more 'training' training - I know the mini game last night was quite a good run out but we've seen that just playing footy isn't that good in the long run...

I'm not too bad at all other than my ongoing tight hamstring and groin, but even that isn't as bad as it has been.

Well I don't know about you boys, but I ache after last night. Didn't feel too knackered during it, but thighs and calf muscles are rebelling this morning...

Or knee breaker!

Apparently they are resurfacing Henwicks astro-turf as off next week for 5 weeks - however I play 5v5 up there and they haven't told us it's being stopped for 5 weeks, but one-eye keeps on about the amount of work it's going to create him... So who knows what's going on.

So it might be worth giving Trinity school a call Smurf and seeing if there's available.

Further update on the presentation evening will be given tonight after I've spoken to people at training.

As for friendlies, I know Crabbeman's mate at work has a team who are up for a friendly so he's put him in touch with Smurf to sort out a place/time. I think we're looking at the astroturf at Henwick for that one so it will be quite a gentle friendly which will be a good icebreaker.

You could have come up with something which was at least remotely believable...

Cheers John Boy. Yeah it's all true, I really did play for Barcelona.

Matty boy, is it true what Tony put on the Facebook page about you? Unbelievable...! Good work fella.

As far as I'm aware there aren't any actual dates for arranged friendlies, but Smurf said Partick have asked him for our annual friendly and there was another club interested, but I can't remember who!

As for blogger being replaced by 'facebook' - I hope not because I haven't got a facebook account, and don't really know what it is. I just have loads of invites to join other peoples but can't be arsed to look into it.

Any updates on the presentation night Smurf/Shane?

So gents, any pre-season friendlies planned?

And more importantly, will the Blogger be eclipsed by Facebook...?

I think it was throwing in the surfing that got it. I also think that enough people wanted to do stuff that they kind of shared it out so there might be a few people there!

I just read that some guy high up in the Church Of England has said that all the rain recently is God's punishment for new pro-gay laws being introduced. If God is so powerful why didn't he just write "No poofs up here" in the sky or something? He's always got to be so ambiguous about it.

Dunno why he focussed on Sheffield especially. Perhaps he'd just watched The Full Monty.

No sign of the weather improving by Thursday evening either...

Spot on. Sound like a great day was had by all, more importantly husband and wife, who I'd imagine are glad the stress of organising it is over with.

Glad to hear the weather didn't spoil anything as you'd normally expect some decent weather when booking a wedding at the end of June, not a build up of 2 weeks rain! Not that they care now they're off to the Maldives.

The calendar idea is a good one, very unique. What was your winning statement as to why you should go away to the seaside?

The debate of who's going to get married next has been argued to death amongst us lot, and my name has never been mentioned once - unsurprisingly! (The good money is on Lewis, as he's already doing the sit ups to get himself in shape). So if I was next it would come as a bit of a shock. Most of all to my lodger....

It was excellent mate, and JL's a legend, sitting down for a curry and beers the night before his wedding at about 9.45pm...

The weather wasn't too much of an issue in the end. The place they got married was suitable for indoor and outdoor photos and the rain held off enough for some outdoor shots to be taken.

They were both really smiley right throughout (the photo below was probably the saddest they looked all day). Megan's eyes looked a bit "filling up" as she walked up the aisle (as were mine of course). And John apparently filled up a bit during his sister's reading and then definitely filled up during a part of his speech where he was saying how much Megan loves her mum, but he recovered well and saw it through.

I've got a great shot of Megan, in her wedding dress, holding up a big gravy boat full of gravy (they had pie and mushy peas as the wedding meal - it 'were right nice' and very welcome after a few drinks on an empty stomach).

As for funny stories, the DJ got set up and started the tunes and the lights - "Merry Christmas" being projected onto the walls, but I'm not sure many people spotted it. At one point all the guys from the stag trip to Valencia were all up on the dancefloor dancing to the Grange Hill theme tune (an in-joke but it must have looked rather bizarre to the old 'uns).

I think other than that it was a fairly respectable evening. There was some bloke dancing who took his shirt off but most people just kept their distance from him. Johnny Lamb did the MC Hammer "running man" move on the dancefloor for the entire duration of "Unbelievable" by EMF and Cat (John Sills' woman) made one bottle of Bud last from about 5pm through til midnight but still danced like a crazy fool.

The happy couple are off to the Maldives tonight, leaving me sat in a jealous stupour.


John's sister had a really good idea for a wedding actually, for if you're planning one in the near future (with your lodger). On each table for the meal was a calendar of the next 12 months with one activity per month that people could 'bid' for to do with John and Megan (I scoured that list VERY closely) - to 'bid' you just had to write down why you should be chosen, then later on they gave out little slips to say who was going to do what. So in August I get to share a trip to the seaside with them, so was thinking of a Cornwall surfing trip. They both snowboard so hopefully will be able to pick it up easily. Thought the calender thing was a really good idea and I'd not seen it done before.

I'm not gay.

So, your turn next...

Ha ha! You've taken the defeat very well Shane!

He certainly looks very happy in the photo. Was it a good day? Obviously the weather wasn't to kind to them but I'm sure that wouldn't have spoilt anything other than a few outdoor photos.

Any funny stories, including ones about yourself....!

Gents - you know how competitive I am. You know that while I like to enjoy the competition, the cut and thrust of the duel and the ebb and flow of sporting adversary, that above all of that I like to win. Fair and square, outright win.

Well this weekend I am proud to say that I finally, and willingly, conceded defeat...



Can't argue with it, he's played a blinder.

Thanks to those of you who sent your messages through, I passed them on to Mr Lamb at the reception.