Sorry I culdn't make it to training last night lads - Genghis took great pleasure in dropping me for this week's match (even though I can't be there anyway).

Good luck on Sunday against Travellers Friend, just remember it's a 90 minute match. You saw how they reacted to going a goal down, but you know their strikers will keep plugging away at you for the full 90 no matter what. You know you can score against them and you know you can keep them out for long periods of time too, so just try and stay switched on and do not under any circumstances let them get you riled. If they're winding you up then you won't win by having a go back at them, you'll win by not doing that. Once you get into the whole "You're gay" "No you're gay" argument it's hard to see a clear winner, but if you get the "You're gay"...









...argument then you'll find you come out on top. I couldn't care what scum like that think about anything, let alone me or anyone I know, in fact if they're having a go at something about me, that makes me happy cos I'd worry more if any of them liked me. So let it go, it's only 90 minutes and if you can get through it without reacting to any of their comments then you're a better person.

The other thing to do is keep telling people when they've done something good, if one of their attacks has come to nothing, be vocal about our good defending, good passing, etc... As that keeps our spirits up and knocks theirs down a bit each time. You can see it happen from the side lines, cos the same happens if they start doing it. Congratulate each other on the good things and motivate each other if they start getting cocky. Do not shy away from it, you don't have to confront them or fight them, you just don't need to hide either.

Paul will already be there, 2nd floor in the 18th Century department in a glass case.

Neil cant bring his Grandparent,will Paul do ?

Browny where are these bloody pictures ?

Cheers Browny (literally) and yes I'll still be here for a few years to come yet, still helping out organising Newquay/Blackpool/wherever and definitely still going to those things too!

For this year's Christmas do for example I was thinking of maybe a day up at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, then maybe a walk around St Pauls. Partners not invited but bring a grandparent. Fun.

I reckon that must be the hardest level to manage. Sod the pressures of the Premiership, I could handle that with a 7-figure salary, but you think the pressure is any less if you manage Walton & Hersham FC and earn £17,000 a year? You end up in the same place if you're 2nd from bottom at Christmas, you just don't have as much dosh to spend to cheer yourself up.

Give me the role of turning around Blackburn's fortunes at the bottom of the Prem anyday above taking over AFC Wimbledon 8 points clear in the Ryman Div 1 with 2 games in hand... And give me the accompanying paycheque too. Even if Hughes gets sacked after 3 games he'll still have earned more than Dave Anderson (successful AFC boss) gets in a year.

The real money these days is in sex. I'm off to shag David Beckham and sell my story to the paper.

Absolutly gutted to hear that you are calling it a day as manager mate, Have to say though in the 6 years that I have been playing for Controlware/Shefford, we have never had anyone who got the team working together as unit and playing for each other like you have.

I may have dragged alot of players along to training when we were at college but they all have been brilliant, and you got us all playing well together. The divison 2 chapionship and Cup final shows that.
Glad to hear that you are not packing it in completely and are still playing.

As for the future Im sure Mike will also do a fantastic job and we will all give him our full support. (As he has learnt from the best)

Three cheers for Shane, hip hip, HORAY,
hip, hip, HORAY, hip, hip HORAY.

Bellamy For AFC Dons

I think the league win kudos should be shared by everyone, as I really didn't think we would do it and everybody else did. And bizarrely Browny should take some credit as it was him who introduced most of today's squad to the club. But the team spirit thing I am quite proud of as it's maybe the hardest thing to quantify and explain, in the end you can get promoted/relegated or stay mid-table but as long as you've got a good team spirit it doesn't really matter. Helps to win leagues though eh?

AFC drew at the weekend in the league to the team in 2nd place. That's the worst run in the club's history, played 2, lost 1, drawn 1. Sack the board...

Mr Sills it is a well known fact that the majority of United's are from the south probably as all the teams down here are all shite.

Well what can I say, gutted that you wont be managing anymore, but at the same time really pleased that you're still planning to stay around. You can concentrate on your playing career again now...! You have to take a hell of a lot of credit for turning a 2nd division mid table team into a title challanging 1st division team, and being able to keep the team spirit as well.

And Smurfy, lots of Man Utd fans seemed to be heading back south on the M6 and M1 on Sunday evening. Odd That.

The game was pretty poor - Rooney dived but Ronaldo should have had a penalty anyway. Arsenal played better footy but overplayed it. Neither team deserved to score, neither team deserved to win, United won 2-0. Funny old game.

God knows how Neil got his pound to stay in the hole after he twatted it at the ceiling like that.

Very quiet on here today are all the Arsenal boys in hiding.
Can i be the first to say well done and what a great job you have done during the years of your reign,Ghengis will be fine the lads just need to give him the chance and i will give him my full backing using all the experience i have gained over the years.

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONEY.

Morning gents. Just wanted to explain my announcement yesterday in a little more detail. It basically comes down to the fact that this is my 5th season in charge and the fact that I'm finding other demands on my time which have always been there beginning to naturally take a bit more priority - evident in the number of games I've not managed to make this season so far, or have left half way through, etc... I think that me taking my foot off the gas has resulted in the team as a whole not hitting the same pace as we have for the last few seasons.

I think also that where we have been quite successful that there's a danger that given everything above, I'm maybe sat back on it a little bit. So I came to thinking that maybe it was time someone else took the reigns and drove the club on from here. Once I found that thought had entered my head, I was pretty much assured that it was therefore the right thing to do. I was going to keep hold of things for a little longer in the season, maybe til the New Year, but then it looks like I'm going to be missing quite a few games over the next 4 to 6 weeks and didn't think it was fair to desert the team like that, then come back for 2 games and retire then. That's why yesterday was the day.

As for the future, all I'm doing is retiring as manager, and other than the next 4 weeks, I shall be around just as much, training and playing/running the line/dressed up nice and warm... and here for Genghis to use to his discretion. I'll also be acting as a financial buffer until the end of the season, but everybody is going to have to get used to bringing subs with them on Sundays cos it's not fair to expect Genghis to sink the cost of the pitch and the refs like I have been - it's been my choice to do that, I'm not moaning, just saying that that's one thing that will have to change.

And as for Genghis, I had no trouble in deciding to retire cos I knew that he was there ready to carry on, he's seen the way I ran the club and worked bloody hard alongside me, you can't argue about his commitment or his will to win and with everybody's backing and input I think he's the right choice to inject a bit of urgency back into the club which I think I've let slip this season. He'll no doubt make some fuck-ups, as I did, but he'll learn from them, as I (sometimes) did, but you know him, he knows you, so there's no reason you can't move on from here. The league is still wide open, but we're still not quite firing on all cylinders, so there's an opportunity there but work needed to take it. I'm going to be around for Genghis to discuss options/decisions with me, so if you find yourself doing a lot more running in recent weeks at training and maybe even after matches if we don't start looking a bit fitter, you can call that the Bellamy Legacy...

And yes, on Thursday nights I will still be there, still shouting as much as normal and still moaning if people aren't putting the effort in or playing the simple balls, just now you can tell me to fuck off...

I thought it was out next Friday? Ive cancelled my order so I can afford Barcelona!

Shane has that woman confirmed a time for today,and what is her name?

Just a reminder gents that GTA San Andreas is out today! I'm literally vibrating in anticipation...

And Mr. Green, lets not forget that those 'part time window cleaners', as you called them, are the Double Winning Champions from the Best Footballing Country in Europe...

Luckily, I am trained to deal with a man who comes at me with a Banana, or attempts to attack me with a whole host of other fruits, for that matter.



Monty Python, 'And Now For Something Completely Different', 1971

Can everyone bring a banana tonight please?

Are you sure that wasn't saint and greevsie that said its a funny old game, game of two halfs, a goal at each end??