Contrary to popular belief I am still alive. Many thanks to surprisingly many of you that checked in on my health and wellbeing, it is nice to be loved even though I haven't seen a lot of you for some time or in fact some of you I have never met. It is appreciated.
I will be briefly back in England next week but only at The Valley and in Eastbourne I'm afraid. I will plan a proper stay towards the end of the season when we will all go out and 'ave it.' Also by then I expect to have some news of a career change too.
The last four weeks has been bloody busy with work, I have done tons of travelling - London, Bermuda, Iowa, Cleveland, Detroit, Canada, Florida (twice), Charleston and Bahamas (the last two purely pleasure mind) - and with Chicago suffering it's 6th largest snowfall in history, then as you can imagine I have spent far too many hours stuck at airports.
I should be able to concentrate on the world's best fantasy league now, but we are a few weeks behind. So thanks for your patience and remember keep the If You's coming.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
If You - Megan McLeod
Brave Megan was first up with the If You questionnaire, thanks to lady from Mt Vernon, the home of the oldest theatre in the United States, don't you know?
Megan a closet gladiator who has some crazy dreams, and by the way have you any photographs of Jessica? More from Megan here:
Name: Megan McLeod
Nickname: Megan
I Support: Man U
Birthplace: Mount Vernon Ohio, USA, Planet Earth
1) If you weren’t in insurance, what would you do for a living?
Sell my artwork.
2) If you could be someone else for the day, who would you be?
Either Crush or Fury (all new season of American Gladiators has begun. Mondays 8, 7 central).
3) If you could be a fly on the wall anywhere, where would it be?
A black wall. I’d want to be camouflaged. People hate flies.
4) If you could have those x-ray eyes that could see through clothing, who would you look at first?
If I couldn’t turn it off, I’d probably end up seeing my co-worker Jessica first since she’s the only person visible from my desk . If I have a choice… I’d go with Barack Obama. For political reasons.
5) If you could be any footballer past or present, who would it be?
Ronaldo’s foot skills would be pretty fun.
6) If you could change the team you support, who would you change it to?
I could and wouldn’t.
7) If you worked at airport security, who would you like to search knowing that you can be as obnoxious as you like?
George W. Bush. I would be very obnoxious. The obnoxiousest, as he might say.
8) If you were the Prime Minister or President, what would be the first thing you did?
Put on a suit.
9) If you won the lottery, what would be the first thing you bought?
Am I still president? Probably a nicer suit.
10) If you could invent anything, what would it be?
Instantaneous Transporter. Goodbye commute. Hello Hawaii.
11) If you could have starred in a movie, which one would it be?
Dead Alive. I’m all about attacking zombies with a lawnmower.
12) If you could have been at any football game, which one would it have been?
One in which nobody was killed or injured.
13) If you could make one of your dreams real, which one would it be?
Not the one where I was chased by aliens, robots and the government. I had that one earlier this month. I do like the flying dreams, though.
14) If you could live the life of any person in history, who would it be?
Mileva Marić. She was married to Einstein. I mean, come on.
15) If you were born again, would you want to come back as the opposite sex?
Only if I could remember my past life and compare the two. If not, then I’d like to remain female. No offense, lads.
Megan a closet gladiator who has some crazy dreams, and by the way have you any photographs of Jessica? More from Megan here:
Name: Megan McLeod
Nickname: Megan
I Support: Man U
Birthplace: Mount Vernon Ohio, USA, Planet Earth
1) If you weren’t in insurance, what would you do for a living?
Sell my artwork.
2) If you could be someone else for the day, who would you be?
Either Crush or Fury (all new season of American Gladiators has begun. Mondays 8, 7 central).
3) If you could be a fly on the wall anywhere, where would it be?
A black wall. I’d want to be camouflaged. People hate flies.
4) If you could have those x-ray eyes that could see through clothing, who would you look at first?
If I couldn’t turn it off, I’d probably end up seeing my co-worker Jessica first since she’s the only person visible from my desk . If I have a choice… I’d go with Barack Obama. For political reasons.
5) If you could be any footballer past or present, who would it be?
Ronaldo’s foot skills would be pretty fun.
6) If you could change the team you support, who would you change it to?
I could and wouldn’t.
7) If you worked at airport security, who would you like to search knowing that you can be as obnoxious as you like?
George W. Bush. I would be very obnoxious. The obnoxiousest, as he might say.
8) If you were the Prime Minister or President, what would be the first thing you did?
Put on a suit.
9) If you won the lottery, what would be the first thing you bought?
Am I still president? Probably a nicer suit.
10) If you could invent anything, what would it be?
Instantaneous Transporter. Goodbye commute. Hello Hawaii.
11) If you could have starred in a movie, which one would it be?
Dead Alive. I’m all about attacking zombies with a lawnmower.
12) If you could have been at any football game, which one would it have been?
One in which nobody was killed or injured.
13) If you could make one of your dreams real, which one would it be?
Not the one where I was chased by aliens, robots and the government. I had that one earlier this month. I do like the flying dreams, though.
14) If you could live the life of any person in history, who would it be?
Mileva Marić. She was married to Einstein. I mean, come on.
15) If you were born again, would you want to come back as the opposite sex?
Only if I could remember my past life and compare the two. If not, then I’d like to remain female. No offense, lads.
We wuz Robbed
Breaking News 88888 Manager of week 25
in a low scoring week Rob Munden collected his 3rd MoW fiver with 52 points. Just pipped for the cash was Huw Thomas by a point and Mark Simmons by two.
Other good scoring weeks were had by John McGowan, Soozie, Barry Plummer and Chris Wright.
Last but not least was Emma Wylie with 6.
in a low scoring week Rob Munden collected his 3rd MoW fiver with 52 points. Just pipped for the cash was Huw Thomas by a point and Mark Simmons by two.
Other good scoring weeks were had by John McGowan, Soozie, Barry Plummer and Chris Wright.
Last but not least was Emma Wylie with 6.
Back Inter the race
Breaking news 8888 Division 1 - week 25 news
A quiet week in 25. Not much change at the top of Div 1 back in week 25. Pk's Tally.Wacker.co.uk still lead with Egg & (Stevie) Bacon in 2nd. Inter Thepub moved back into 7th, replacing OldhamTightly.
Soozie's Sausages rolled into 9th and at the bottom Rooney & Ronaldo's Revenge escaped the relegation zone for 7 days anyway.
A quiet week in 25. Not much change at the top of Div 1 back in week 25. Pk's Tally.Wacker.co.uk still lead with Egg & (Stevie) Bacon in 2nd. Inter Thepub moved back into 7th, replacing OldhamTightly.
Soozie's Sausages rolled into 9th and at the bottom Rooney & Ronaldo's Revenge escaped the relegation zone for 7 days anyway.
No sweat
Breaking news 8888 Division 2 - week 25 newsThe top 6 remained unchanged in week 25 but it was PLG is a Fud that made the headlines skipping into the promotion race. Sweaty has been on quite a run and fully deserves his moment of glory. Can he push on?
Megan & Hannah's Bears, top after week 1 and in the top 8 all season fell out of the race after a week low of 10 points. What the hell moved up to 9th.
Meanwhile at the (rather attractive) rump end of the table we now have Emma's Wylie Coyote's in the penultimate place, taking over from Megan's Nancy Lollygaggers.
Put the rates up
"People from across large parts of England have reported an earth tremor. The BBC has received calls from people in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Manchester, Berkshire and the West Midlands about a earthquake."
More from the BBC.
More from the BBC.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Rant over
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were young. Sharing a bed, black and white televison, jumpers for goalposts blah, blah, blah....
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!
But now that I'm an old geezer, I am getting more like my old man everyday, the hairy ears included. Kids today have it fucking easy don't they?
1. When I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves or look at one of those crappy encyclopedia books that Auntie Nellie used to buy for my birthday.
2. There was no email! We had to actually write somebody a letter....with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the postbox and it would take a week to get there, maybe two.
3. There were no MP3's or Ipods. If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and the end.
4. We didn't have fancy stuff like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it!
5. And we didn't have fancy Caller ID on the phone. When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mum, your paperboy boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a bird you last saw whilst you crept out of her bedroom window last night, you just didn't know. You had to pick it up and take your chances!
6. We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari With games like Space Invaders and Asteroids, You actually had to use your imagination! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like life.
7. When you went to the cinema, there were no fancy spancy seats on different levels, all the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just screwed!
8. And there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait all week for cartoons!
9. And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove or go build a fire in the park.
10. And finally, yoof. When we were on the phone with our friends or a bird and our parents walked-in, we were stuck to the wall with a cord, a 2 foot cord that ran to the phone - not the phone base, the actual phone - so we had our parents listen to it all, whilst our Dads tapped their imaginary watches on their wrists.
Pah, kids of today.
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!
But now that I'm an old geezer, I am getting more like my old man everyday, the hairy ears included. Kids today have it fucking easy don't they?
1. When I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves or look at one of those crappy encyclopedia books that Auntie Nellie used to buy for my birthday.
2. There was no email! We had to actually write somebody a letter....with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the postbox and it would take a week to get there, maybe two.
3. There were no MP3's or Ipods. If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and the end.
4. We didn't have fancy stuff like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it!
5. And we didn't have fancy Caller ID on the phone. When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mum, your paperboy boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a bird you last saw whilst you crept out of her bedroom window last night, you just didn't know. You had to pick it up and take your chances!
6. We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari With games like Space Invaders and Asteroids, You actually had to use your imagination! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like life.
7. When you went to the cinema, there were no fancy spancy seats on different levels, all the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just screwed!
8. And there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait all week for cartoons!
9. And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove or go build a fire in the park.
10. And finally, yoof. When we were on the phone with our friends or a bird and our parents walked-in, we were stuck to the wall with a cord, a 2 foot cord that ran to the phone - not the phone base, the actual phone - so we had our parents listen to it all, whilst our Dads tapped their imaginary watches on their wrists.
Pah, kids of today.
The Brits
No excuse for me being away from Britain too long but was last night's Brit's Awards a repeat of an old one? Take That, Kylie and Paul McCartney. Really? What happened to that up and coming band Dire Straits or REO Speedwagon for best International Band? And how about Alison Moyet for best Female Artist? Oh and surely the Spice Girls should have won something, oh that's next year is it....
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
The Busby Babes
3.04PM, FEBRUARY 6 1958Services marking the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster were held today in England and Germany to remember the 23 people, including eight Manchester United players, who died in the crash. The services were timed to coincide with the exact anniversary of the tragedy - 3.04pm on February 6 1958.
Eight Manchester United players - part of the team known as the Busby Babes - died after a refuelling stop in Germany on the way back from a win in a European tie against Red Star Belgrade. The players who died as a result of the crash were Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor and Liam Whelan.
On Sunday, there will be another minute's silence prior to United's home Premier League game against Manchester City. United players will wear a 1950s-style kit, free from sponsorship and numbered one to 11, while City will also wear a special strip. Lets hope that people offer their respects not their ignorance.
Monday, February 04, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Huw are ya?
Breaking News 88888 Manager of week 24
Huw Thomas was rewarded for a fantastic season in week 24 with a share of the manager of the week spoils. His 93 points was identical to leader Greg Foulger, who proved his fantasy expertise and belies mine and other ex-pats gripes that not living at home hinders our fantasy football prowess.
Greg & Huw pipped John McGowan to the MoW by a solitary point, Johnny Mc despite a great season is still looking for his first weekly prize but he did blow the rest of the Div 1 players away with his big score and moved into 3rd.
Outside title hopefuls Mark Wenman and Shay Reddy kept up the pressure with fine week 24’s. Ryan Saveall stormed back into the top 6 after a long absence with a 74, the same as Ian Kennett who broke his season’s best.
Back in Div 2 kudos to Dom Barrett, whose recent transfer activity is starting to show dividends. Howard Grace and Danny Rose both gained ground as did his old mucker Pete Godfrey.
The biggest surprise in week 24 was the excellent score out of the Endurance stable. Managed by Martin Lee they have had a bloody awful season, making the penultimate place their own but a 63 on the back of a 65 two weeks ago finally showed us that they can handle this league.
Other manager’s worth a mention for decent scores in week 24 were Ben Graves, Soozie, Francey, the Barwick & Higgs double act, Alex Byatt, Dewbs, Hilary Ryan, Nobby, Steve Black, Peter Doyle, Mark Simmons and Tatters.
The week’s worst manager was Paul Long – come on Mutley, you’re giving us ex-pats a bad name!
Huw Thomas was rewarded for a fantastic season in week 24 with a share of the manager of the week spoils. His 93 points was identical to leader Greg Foulger, who proved his fantasy expertise and belies mine and other ex-pats gripes that not living at home hinders our fantasy football prowess.
Greg & Huw pipped John McGowan to the MoW by a solitary point, Johnny Mc despite a great season is still looking for his first weekly prize but he did blow the rest of the Div 1 players away with his big score and moved into 3rd.
Outside title hopefuls Mark Wenman and Shay Reddy kept up the pressure with fine week 24’s. Ryan Saveall stormed back into the top 6 after a long absence with a 74, the same as Ian Kennett who broke his season’s best.
Back in Div 2 kudos to Dom Barrett, whose recent transfer activity is starting to show dividends. Howard Grace and Danny Rose both gained ground as did his old mucker Pete Godfrey.
The biggest surprise in week 24 was the excellent score out of the Endurance stable. Managed by Martin Lee they have had a bloody awful season, making the penultimate place their own but a 63 on the back of a 65 two weeks ago finally showed us that they can handle this league.
Other manager’s worth a mention for decent scores in week 24 were Ben Graves, Soozie, Francey, the Barwick & Higgs double act, Alex Byatt, Dewbs, Hilary Ryan, Nobby, Steve Black, Peter Doyle, Mark Simmons and Tatters.
The week’s worst manager was Paul Long – come on Mutley, you’re giving us ex-pats a bad name!
The 1,000 point barrier broken
Breaking news 8888 Division 1 - week 24 news
Tally.Wacker.co.uk became the first team this season to break the 1,000 point mark in week 24, actually despite my bitching, this is two weeks earlier than in both of the last two seasons and the reason is obvious.
During the last 4 weeks the scoring in both divisions has been phenomenal. Pk walloped another 75 points in week 24 and remains 30 points ahead of his nearest rival, Egg & (Stevie) Bacon.
Runningoutofroubles slip into 3rd place with Coming from behing again joining them in their tailwind. Ajax Treesdown slump two places, Flighty Feet stay 6th and Oldham Tightly clamber into 7th for the first time since early October.
Incredibly there are 142 points separating the leader from 7th.
Obeonekanobenil are still on the rise, but Soozies Sausages lose grasp of Oldham Tightly’s bits and drop to 11th, a place behind Obafemi & the Femidoms. Further down Pure Irish make some ground, predominately over NY Eagles who lose some.
In the relegation mire Lovejoy jumps out of danger at the expense of Rooney & Ronaldo's Revenge. Lamb to the slaughter who fall a place whilst Brighton gay boys Blues and Keep the faith swap places.
During the last 4 weeks the scoring in both divisions has been phenomenal. Pk walloped another 75 points in week 24 and remains 30 points ahead of his nearest rival, Egg & (Stevie) Bacon.
Runningoutofroubles slip into 3rd place with Coming from behing again joining them in their tailwind. Ajax Treesdown slump two places, Flighty Feet stay 6th and Oldham Tightly clamber into 7th for the first time since early October.
Incredibly there are 142 points separating the leader from 7th.
Obeonekanobenil are still on the rise, but Soozies Sausages lose grasp of Oldham Tightly’s bits and drop to 11th, a place behind Obafemi & the Femidoms. Further down Pure Irish make some ground, predominately over NY Eagles who lose some.
In the relegation mire Lovejoy jumps out of danger at the expense of Rooney & Ronaldo's Revenge. Lamb to the slaughter who fall a place whilst Brighton gay boys Blues and Keep the faith swap places.
The Boyz
Breaking news 8888 Division 2 - week 24 news
A massive week for Greg Foulger, extending his Boys on top lead at the top of Div 2 to an incredible 50 points. Incredible because it was only 4 last week over 2nd place 2Infinity and beyond.
Get him big Dave become the new challengers perhaps to Greg’s dreams as Huw’s huge score took him into 3rd place. Barretts the bollocks stay 4th, Student Uprising drop to 5th and the rest of the pack stay the same down to 12th, where Carnarvon Kickers up 2 places.
The big change at the bottom is that The Wise Prankers moved out of the prized penultimate place after 16 weeks of ownership and Megan’s Nancy Lollygaggers taken their place.
A massive week for Greg Foulger, extending his Boys on top lead at the top of Div 2 to an incredible 50 points. Incredible because it was only 4 last week over 2nd place 2Infinity and beyond.
Get him big Dave become the new challengers perhaps to Greg’s dreams as Huw’s huge score took him into 3rd place. Barretts the bollocks stay 4th, Student Uprising drop to 5th and the rest of the pack stay the same down to 12th, where Carnarvon Kickers up 2 places.
The big change at the bottom is that The Wise Prankers moved out of the prized penultimate place after 16 weeks of ownership and Megan’s Nancy Lollygaggers taken their place.
Gasheads to play Saints
Our boys Bristol Rovers were drawn at home to Southampton in the 5th Round, a game to be shown live on BBC television at 12.30pm on Saturday 16th February.Only 6 Premier League sides are left in the competition, and Man U were drawn against Arsenal. The full draw:
Bristol Rovers v Southampton
Cardiff City v Wolves
Sheffield United v Middlesbrough
Liverpool v Barnsley
Manchester United v Arsenal
Preston v Portsmouth
Coventry City v West Brom
Chelsea v Huddersfield Town
Cardiff City v Wolves
Sheffield United v Middlesbrough
Liverpool v Barnsley
Manchester United v Arsenal
Preston v Portsmouth
Coventry City v West Brom
Chelsea v Huddersfield Town
Road to Wembley - Big Bristol's
There are 26 league positions between these two sides, but it was League 2 Barnet who were played the better football. Midfielder Josh Wright, an 18-year-old on loan from Charlton, controlled the play with his outstanding technical ability and allowed Barnet to create the early openings over Bristol Rovers.
In the 26th minute Cliff Akurang should have done better. Just last month, the 26-year-old forward was training to be a plumber but manager Paul Fairclough has given him his first professional contract and will have been disappointed to see a 21st-minute header from Nicky Nicolau’s left-wing cross hit straight to Phillips.
Akurang had another headed chance on the half-hour mark. This time his effort appeared to strike the arm of Craig Hinton but Bennett waved away appeals for a penalty. After a spell of domination Barnet manager Fairclough must have harboured growing concern that his side were not taking advantage. And as Richard Lambert drilled a shot wide of goal, his concerns would have increased. They managed to survive until half-time though, and Barnet would have entered the break the happier side.
Barnet got to this stage last season before being beaten by Plymouth. The prospect of reaching the fifth round for the first time in the club’s history was undoubted motivation as the second half began. But Rovers had obviously been given a half-time roasting as they took just four minutes to move in front.
Midfielder David Pipe did well to produce a dinking cross from the right and RICHARD LAMBERT arrived in the six-yard box to bravely head home for his 12th goal of the season and fifth in this season’s FA Cup.
Barnet refused to lie down though, and on 54 minutes came close to working an equaliser. Quick feet from Neal Bishop helped him through the penalty area but his shot was off target. Phillips was then almost caught out as Carew charged down a clearance, but the ball did not reach as far as the goal line.
Barnet have never beaten Bristol Rovers and, as time wore on, their passing began to go astray and it looked less likely they would turn the game around. Fairclough introduced substitutes Adam Birchall and Anthony Thomas to help them. Their presence added new energy to the side, but Rovers were refusing to rest on their one-goal lead.
Sammy Igoe was introduced as a second-half substitute by Trollope, and he sent a fierce effort past the left-hand post. Lambert also hit a long-range strike towards goal, but his effort was way off target.
Barnet were next to try their luck on goal with eight minutes remaining. Midfielder Wright attempted a right-footed volley from outside the penalty area, but again the effort did not manage to hit the target.
Barnet introduced Giuliano Grazioli, who was once an FA Cup hero for Stevenage Borough, late on. He had the chance to shower himself in glory with four minutes left here, but Phillips held on to his powerful shot. As time ran out, it was Rovers who had the final effort on goal. Igoe probably thought he had scored two minutes from time, only to see ex Charlton youngster Harrison pull off a great save from his stinging drive. Unfortunately for Barnet, there was no time to capitalise with an equaliser.
Barnet: Harrison, Devera, Bishop, Yakubu, Nicolau (Birchall 69min), Puncheon, Porter, Carew (Thomas 69min), Gillet, Wright, Akurang(Grazioli 82min)
Att: 5,190
In the 26th minute Cliff Akurang should have done better. Just last month, the 26-year-old forward was training to be a plumber but manager Paul Fairclough has given him his first professional contract and will have been disappointed to see a 21st-minute header from Nicky Nicolau’s left-wing cross hit straight to Phillips.
Akurang had another headed chance on the half-hour mark. This time his effort appeared to strike the arm of Craig Hinton but Bennett waved away appeals for a penalty. After a spell of domination Barnet manager Fairclough must have harboured growing concern that his side were not taking advantage. And as Richard Lambert drilled a shot wide of goal, his concerns would have increased. They managed to survive until half-time though, and Barnet would have entered the break the happier side.
Barnet got to this stage last season before being beaten by Plymouth. The prospect of reaching the fifth round for the first time in the club’s history was undoubted motivation as the second half began. But Rovers had obviously been given a half-time roasting as they took just four minutes to move in front.
Midfielder David Pipe did well to produce a dinking cross from the right and RICHARD LAMBERT arrived in the six-yard box to bravely head home for his 12th goal of the season and fifth in this season’s FA Cup.
Barnet refused to lie down though, and on 54 minutes came close to working an equaliser. Quick feet from Neal Bishop helped him through the penalty area but his shot was off target. Phillips was then almost caught out as Carew charged down a clearance, but the ball did not reach as far as the goal line.
Barnet have never beaten Bristol Rovers and, as time wore on, their passing began to go astray and it looked less likely they would turn the game around. Fairclough introduced substitutes Adam Birchall and Anthony Thomas to help them. Their presence added new energy to the side, but Rovers were refusing to rest on their one-goal lead.
Sammy Igoe was introduced as a second-half substitute by Trollope, and he sent a fierce effort past the left-hand post. Lambert also hit a long-range strike towards goal, but his effort was way off target.
Barnet were next to try their luck on goal with eight minutes remaining. Midfielder Wright attempted a right-footed volley from outside the penalty area, but again the effort did not manage to hit the target.
Barnet introduced Giuliano Grazioli, who was once an FA Cup hero for Stevenage Borough, late on. He had the chance to shower himself in glory with four minutes left here, but Phillips held on to his powerful shot. As time ran out, it was Rovers who had the final effort on goal. Igoe probably thought he had scored two minutes from time, only to see ex Charlton youngster Harrison pull off a great save from his stinging drive. Unfortunately for Barnet, there was no time to capitalise with an equaliser.
Barnet: Harrison, Devera, Bishop, Yakubu, Nicolau (Birchall 69min), Puncheon, Porter, Carew (Thomas 69min), Gillet, Wright, Akurang(Grazioli 82min)
Att: 5,190
If You
Some of you more senior N&R FL figures will know that Nobby & Ready used to issue a little questionnaire every season, well what better time to bring it back we thought as we have gained so many new players over the last couple of season’s.
I will send each of you the 15 questions, entitles If You, and would love it, absolutely bloody love it, if you spent 30 minutes of your valuable time completing the little ditty, explaining answers wherever you can.
I know that you all worry that it won’t be as funny as my stuff, but please don’t. If it is not funny, then simply I will throw it is the trash, as they say here, if it passes the test, then it will published on the Nobby & Ready Fantasy League blog.
I hope as many of you share your secrets, I promise that they will not be sent onto your bosses, the Post Magazine or Insurance Insider. Don’t worry you haven’t got much of a career to ruin anyway.
Thanks and good luck
Nobby & Ready
I will send each of you the 15 questions, entitles If You, and would love it, absolutely bloody love it, if you spent 30 minutes of your valuable time completing the little ditty, explaining answers wherever you can.
I know that you all worry that it won’t be as funny as my stuff, but please don’t. If it is not funny, then simply I will throw it is the trash, as they say here, if it passes the test, then it will published on the Nobby & Ready Fantasy League blog.
I hope as many of you share your secrets, I promise that they will not be sent onto your bosses, the Post Magazine or Insurance Insider. Don’t worry you haven’t got much of a career to ruin anyway.
Thanks and good luck
Nobby & Ready
60 points from Old Trafford!
Breaking News 88888 Manager of week 23
60 points from one game is we reckon a bit of a N&R FL record, that was the incredible amount of points Mark Simmons picked up from the Man U v Newcastle game. The Red Devils beating the then manager-less Geordies 6-0. Those 60 points pretty much awarded Mark the week 23 MoW award, his 2nd of the season.
Just one point behind Mark’s Incredible effort was Sweaty, who will be hoping to put together a run into the promotion places together.
Not far behind them was the consistent John McGowan, who has spent the majority of the 23 weeks so far, mixing it with the title contenders. The even more consistent Miami based Greg Foulger who hammered 70 points, one more than challenger Barry Plummer and just a few more than promotion rivals Barry Plummer, Dom Barrett, Chris Wright and Huw Thomas. The top 5 in Div 2 showed a remarkable run of scoring and proved that they are the most worthy candidates for promotion to the big time.
Likewise in Div 1 Paul Kelleher notched another 65 following his top score in week 22. Soozie kept the heat on her rivals and is now in 9th place as did Rob Munden.
Other worthy scores in need of a mention were Peter Doyle, Steve Black, Pete Godfrey and dear old Nobster. Ben Graves and the girl on girl team of Barwick & Higgs also had very good weeks.
60 points from one game is we reckon a bit of a N&R FL record, that was the incredible amount of points Mark Simmons picked up from the Man U v Newcastle game. The Red Devils beating the then manager-less Geordies 6-0. Those 60 points pretty much awarded Mark the week 23 MoW award, his 2nd of the season.
Just one point behind Mark’s Incredible effort was Sweaty, who will be hoping to put together a run into the promotion places together.
Not far behind them was the consistent John McGowan, who has spent the majority of the 23 weeks so far, mixing it with the title contenders. The even more consistent Miami based Greg Foulger who hammered 70 points, one more than challenger Barry Plummer and just a few more than promotion rivals Barry Plummer, Dom Barrett, Chris Wright and Huw Thomas. The top 5 in Div 2 showed a remarkable run of scoring and proved that they are the most worthy candidates for promotion to the big time.
Likewise in Div 1 Paul Kelleher notched another 65 following his top score in week 22. Soozie kept the heat on her rivals and is now in 9th place as did Rob Munden.
Other worthy scores in need of a mention were Peter Doyle, Steve Black, Pete Godfrey and dear old Nobster. Ben Graves and the girl on girl team of Barwick & Higgs also had very good weeks.
Status quo
Breaking news 8888 Division 1 - week 23 news
Despite another excellent week of scoring remarkably the top 7 in Div 1 all remained unchanged all the big difference was that Tally.Wacker.co.uk extended their lead at the top of the pile over Egg & (Stevie) Bacon, in fact the top 7 now spread out over 142 points, which is a serious gap, only put into context when to measure the same difference outside the top 7 you would have to look from OldhamTightly in 8th down to Lovejoy’s Luvvies in 21st. Come on you lot below 7th, lets make a game of it.
Despite another excellent week of scoring remarkably the top 7 in Div 1 all remained unchanged all the big difference was that Tally.Wacker.co.uk extended their lead at the top of the pile over Egg & (Stevie) Bacon, in fact the top 7 now spread out over 142 points, which is a serious gap, only put into context when to measure the same difference outside the top 7 you would have to look from OldhamTightly in 8th down to Lovejoy’s Luvvies in 21st. Come on you lot below 7th, lets make a game of it.
Dom-inant
Breaking news 8888 Division 2 - week 23 news
Only 4 points between the first two Boys on Tour and 2Infinity and beyond. In 3rd stay Chris’ Student Uprising but Barrett’s the Bollocks show a bit of class moving into 4th with their 3rd consecutive excellent scoring week.
Get him big Dave also jump into a higher spot in the table, knocking No Hopers and Helen’s hotties down a peg or two and Megan & Hannah's Bears hang in 6th place.
PLG is a Fud continue their rise up the ladder and are into 7th, just 3 points from the promotion zone. What the hell remain in 8th and Arsene Knows slip to 9th spot. Last train to Seaford gather some momentum into 12th but Emirates fall 5 places to 17th.
There was no change in the bottom four.
Only 4 points between the first two Boys on Tour and 2Infinity and beyond. In 3rd stay Chris’ Student Uprising but Barrett’s the Bollocks show a bit of class moving into 4th with their 3rd consecutive excellent scoring week.
Get him big Dave also jump into a higher spot in the table, knocking No Hopers and Helen’s hotties down a peg or two and Megan & Hannah's Bears hang in 6th place.
PLG is a Fud continue their rise up the ladder and are into 7th, just 3 points from the promotion zone. What the hell remain in 8th and Arsene Knows slip to 9th spot. Last train to Seaford gather some momentum into 12th but Emirates fall 5 places to 17th.
There was no change in the bottom four.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Travelling
I am in the middle of a punishing travel schedule at the moment, in fact for the umpteenth time I am currently typing this whilst sat at an airport. Therefore I have got a bit behind with the scores and blog since Christmas, and some of you have even noticed. Blimey, but please accept my apologies for that. Week 22 is below and week’s 23 and 24 are in the works.
A lot of stuff has happened in the football world in these early week's of a new year, some of which I will rant about shortly. Meanwhile please turn off all electronic equipment, put your seat belt on, and put away your tray table and relax.
A lot of stuff has happened in the football world in these early week's of a new year, some of which I will rant about shortly. Meanwhile please turn off all electronic equipment, put your seat belt on, and put away your tray table and relax.
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