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Post by bringbacklenwhite on May 14, 2014 12:48:02 GMT
Felicitations, fellow football fanatics.
Fabulous fables and fond fraternal fulminations further fulfil fluent flights of fancy. Flout your flowing figments of frippery. A fiesta of filched fermentations festooned with feeling and fearlessness are fondly foreseen. Filled with frivolity of fiction and friction, fire away the freaky, the flamboyant and the fractious with fondness and folly.
Guess what ? It's Week F.
Appropriately Fudge is the Judge of the Mantle of Brilliance.
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on May 15, 2014 17:52:03 GMT
Fairly quite out there !!!
Surely someone has a footie related tale to tell !
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Post by offertonhatter on May 15, 2014 18:26:20 GMT
Fulham
A close friend of both myself and MHH, is a passionate Fulham fan. We first met him over 23 years ago up in the Lakes during a Weekend of walking and drinking. Obviously the subject turned to football, and ironically Stockport were down in the smoke to play Fulham the following weekend. So of course we agreed to go to London the next weekend. A few beers before hand and met up with some more (now) friends who were Fulham fans too. After the match the others were going to a party, asked if we wanted to go, but declined, instead rather going to the pub with our Fulham mate. This we did. Later on, we hopped on the train to go to where we were staying, and just about to get off the train further down the line, but who was about to get on? Yep the others from earlier. In the end we did go to the party not leaving until the early hours......
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on May 15, 2014 19:10:59 GMT
Football - Walking Variety
Blackpool Old Gits entered but did not win the Le Tissier Cup, we were not disgraced though (named the Le Tissier Cup after England's Greatest Ever Walking Footballer).
Most other teams have been playing a couple of years, outdoors, larger pitch and allow some quick walking !
We started with a 2-0 victory over the hosts Glossop which led to a false sense of achievement as we then went down 2-0 to Grimsby "Professionals" which included a very harsh penalty when I totaled the centre forward as I came for a punch on the edge of the area. Took him and the ball as he "walked under me". 30 years ago he wouldn't have got up. It also turn out that he knows one of our best friends who lives in Grimsby and used to work with his wife !!!! Small world. I did shake his hand as I pulled him back to his feet.
A 1-1 draw in the play-offs saw us go out on sudden death penalties despite saving their first two. Sadly we missed our 3.
Two friendlies to finish with (both 0-0) brought a wonderful event to a close. Rotherham the overall winners, captained by Tommy Charlton the least known of the Charlton brothers !!!
The good news was - yours truly was presented with Player of the Tournament prize !!! A copy of "The Stupid Footballer is Dead" by Paul McVeigh.
I can tell you, the stupid footballer is very much alive and living in Blackpool !
Onward and upward.
For some members of the team the highlight of the day was stopping at Betty's Baps in the Mottram Moor lay-by for second breakfast after a 7.30am start
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Post by hatter_in_macc on May 15, 2014 21:09:38 GMT
For some members of the team the highlight of the day was stopping at Betty's Baps in the Mottram Moor lay-by Sidney... are you there?!:-) |
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on May 16, 2014 8:26:15 GMT
Should have read ......... "stopping at, and sampling, Betty's Baps at the Mottram Moor Lay-By"
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Post by Admin on May 16, 2014 12:41:57 GMT
Flags
Flags can mean alot of different things to a lot of people. National Flags can bring out feelings of pride or hatred in people. Sports flags can be a great or depressing sight in a parade depending on if you like the successful team or not.
There are 5 flags that proudly fly at Edgeley Park. Each of which tells it's own story.
Union Flag of Great Britain - Simply shows the land in which we are from.
St. George's Cross of England - Simply shows the nation in which we are from.
The Skrill flag - A Depressing monument to our fall from footballing grace as we now find ourselves in the regional section of Non-League football. A sad reminder to anyone who'd like to pretend it didn't happen.
The Cheshire Flag - A show of pride at the true county of Stockport. None of this nonsense about trying to lump us in with the Mancs up the road. Being from Cheshire is a real mark of pride for a lot of County fans, not because it's Cheshire but in protest of Greater Manchester.
The Uruguayan Flag - The flag with the biggest and best story to tell and probably the most confusing to away fans. Of course this flag is flown in honour of our greatest ever manager, Danny Bergara. The man who turned the club around from top to bottom, revolutionising the training methods of the club and took us from perennial relegation candidates to four Appearances via a promotion to Division 3 for the first time in a long time. We were rubbing shoulders with the likes of West Brom, Bolton, Birmingham, Wolves, Wigan, Bradford etc. all teams much bigger that we never thought we'd play with. Whilst other managers like Gannon and Jones have done very well indeed all of them owe their success and even affiliation with County to the little Uruguayan.
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Post by hatter_in_macc on May 16, 2014 21:56:30 GMT
FA Cup Final: May, annually.
How sad it is that what was once a grand showpiece-event, an exciting climax for the people's game, and - well - simply unmissable, now feels little more than a footnote to the a_r_s-end of a greed-fuelled party for the privileged - who, themselves, have little interest in winning a competition that, in the great scheme of things, doesn't cut it enough these days when it comes to ticking financial Key Performance Indicator boxes.
Television has played its murky part in the Cup's decline as a national treasure. The 5pm start of nowadays is just plain wrong. And yet, the box, once upon a time, did much to raise the profile of the spectacle on Final Day. with pre-match hors d'oeuvres broadcasting that kept a nation's kids (including this one) glued to their sofas from mid-morning until the traditional, and proper, 3pm kick-off. Then, following the main course game and post-match dessert presentations, we took ourselves off with a ball to the local rec, and delighted in re-enacting the earlier afternoon's highlights.
I didn't bother with last year's Final, and certainly shan't be watching tomorrow's. What I will be doing instead is cheering on Macc Junior as he plays in his first-ever junior squash tournament.
Now, THAT is going to be simply unmissable.
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Post by gazz on May 16, 2014 22:06:56 GMT
FA Cup Final: May, annually.How sad it is that what was once a grand showpiece-event, an exciting climax for the people's game, and - well - simply unmissable, now feels little more than a footnote to the a_r_s-end of a greed-fuelled party for the privileged - who, themselves, have little interest in winning a competition that, in the great scheme of things, doesn't cut it enough these days when it comes to ticking financial Key Performance Indicator boxes. Television has played its murky part in the Cup's decline as a national treasure. The 5pm start of nowadays is just plain wrong. And yet, the box, once upon a time, did much to raise the profile of the spectacle on Final Day. with pre-match hors d'oeuvres broadcasting that kept a nation's kids (including this one) glued to their sofas from mid-morning until the traditional, and proper, 3pm kick-off. Then, following the main course game and post-match dessert presentations, we took ourselves off with a ball to the local rec, and delighted in re-enacting the earlier afternoon's highlights. I didn't bother with last year's Final, and certainly shan't be watching tomorrow's. What I will be doing instead is cheering on Macc Junior as he plays in his first-ever junior squash tournament. Now, THAT is going to be simply unmissable. Brilliant, mate. When I was a kid (jumpers for goalposts and all that) we never dreamt about winning the league title when we had a kick about. It was always the last minute of extra-time in the FA Cup final and the next goal was the one that clinched the Cup, complete with the mad celebrations to the imaginary 'Wembley' crowd. Nobody dreamt of scoring the goal that won the League in my day, it was always the FA Cup. It was the greatest day of the season and the FA sat back while Ferguson and the Premier League killed it, along with Football as we knew it. Speaking of old 'watch tapper', if it wasn't for the 1990 FA Cup, Ferguson wouldn't have had a bloody job the following season.... ... t*sser.  |
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Post by gazz on May 16, 2014 22:08:46 GMT
P.S. I genuinely didn't know it was the final tomorrow, now that is bad.
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on May 16, 2014 22:58:56 GMT
spot on macca. there was so little live football on the telly that it was something you'd watch from 10.30 in the morning through all the build up.
for the first time in a few years though, i'm going watching it in some pub i've not been to before that does 'craft' beers. one of my mates from work is from the sh*thole that is bransholme in hull so tomorrow has become an excuse to sit in the sun drinking for a few hours and then watch the game.
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Post by hatter_in_macc on May 16, 2014 23:29:53 GMT
P.S. I genuinely didn't know it was the final tomorrow, now that is bad. I suppose that this influenced my penning a few words in the first place, gazza. I still read a newspaper daily, but have been struck by how very little has been reported about preparations for the match. Nothing at all to speak of, so far as any 'build-up' is concerned! Enjoy watching the game, exile. As a complete neutral, I should be pleased for The Tigers if they were to win. It would, at least, mean something to them... |
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Post by gazz on May 16, 2014 23:33:23 GMT
P.S. I genuinely didn't know it was the final tomorrow, now that is bad. As a complete neutral, I should be pleased for The Tigers if they were to win. It would, at least, mean something to them... |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2014 1:45:49 GMT
Why is it a 5pm kick-off?
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Post by hatter_in_macc on May 17, 2014 7:57:59 GMT
Higher viewing figures than a mid-afternoon start would bring for the television companies concerned - so we are led to believe, Downy.
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