Dad on the Line . I’m playing in this big game New kit, great pitch Proper goals with proper nets All of a sudden With rattle and scarf And a flask of tea … there’s Dad Come on, my son! says Dad Square ball! says Dad We are the champions! says Dad Que sera, sera. […]
You Tell Me . Here are the football results League Division Fun Manchester United won Manchester City lost Crystal Palace 2 Buckingham Palace 1 Millwall Leeds nowhere Wolves 8 cheese roll and had a cup of tea 2 Aldershot 3 Buffalo Bill shot 2 Evertonil Liverpools’s not very well either Newcastle’s Heaven, Sunderland’s a very […]
No, the bugle sounds no more, And the twanging bow no more; Silent is the ivory shrill Past the heath and up the hill; There is no mid-forest laugh, Where lone Echo gives the half To some wight, amaz’d to hear Jesting, deep in forest drear. From “Robin Hood” by John Keats (1795-1821) . . […]
Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, That on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect The landscape with the quiet of the sky. William Wordsworth (from “Lines composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey: 1803) Wednesday 31st July 2013 Westerby Challenge Cup k.o.:- 7.30pm Coalville Town […]
I am not a religious man I place my faith and loyalty. Like any other football fan. In the demi -gods I see. Performing minor miracles of ball control and football skill In overcoming obstacles. To score the goal which will fulfil. My ambitions for my team Which is to see them win again The […]
My mind’s frustration weighs Heavier than failure. Alas, my heart and I Know not how to endure. – Sri Chinmoy Tuesday 12th February 2013 Blue Square Bet North k.o.:- 7.45pm Histon 2 […]
Holiday Jinx Decided to take in a week’s holiday in a cottage just outside Colne, Lancashire, at a place a little indelicately named Foulridge. We had rented a cottage called “Toad Hall”, although the only connection with toads was a small stone effigy outside the front door. I had hoped that I might get five […]
