Showing posts with label Football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Football. Show all posts
9 January 2009
31 October 2008
Football Crazy
More hilarity from the far east.
I think I have played with some of these guys and they were just as bad without the binoculars!
17 October 2008
The Green Green Grass Of Home
The story of the pensioner getting bollocked by his local council for cutting the grass verge outside his house would be laughable if it wasn't so typical of the attitude of councils in the UK.
My football club complained recently about the cutting of the grass on the football pitches we use at the weekends. Basically the grass had not been cut for about a five week period and had grown extremely long. The council then cut the grass the day before the games were due to take place and just left the overlong cuttings all over the place. The coaches and parents had to spend over an hour before the game clearing the playing surface to make it safe.
The mindless excuses responses we got from the council were priceless and included this absolute gem!!!
As I thought, Landscape services have confirmed that they are unable to collect grass. 600,000m2 of grass is cut by xxxxx depot staff every 10 working days so there is too much to be disposed of but since most of grass is water it soon naturally dries up.
Unfortunately on this occasion the grass at xxxx Park happened to be due a cut just before the weekend so didn't have much time to dry out.
I have also, for the first time, been made aware that the staff from the xxxxx depot who do the grass cutting are the same personnel who bury the dead and there has been an increase of those instances over the summer.
Unfortunately, for park users, burials need to take priority over grass cutting.
You couldn't make this stuff up...
3 February 2008
What's It All About, Ashley?
Classic line from the commentator on the Portsmouth v Chelsea game last night.
"Ashley Cole has been getting stick for the whole game. That's what you have to expect when you're playing away from home!"
Chortle Chortle...
23 January 2008
'Is this me or Dead Shot Keen?'
Strange how things just pop into your head sometimes isn't it?
Today I was walking to a meeting in another building when out of nowhere I started thinking about the old football comic strip 'Billy's Boots' which originated in 'Scorcher' comic in 1970. This used to be a particular favourite of mine but I have no idea why it suddenly rose up out of the dim and distant past.
Anyway, doing some quick research on the interwebthingy turned up this old but fine article on the 10 best comic book footballers . How does this list compare to your top ten?
Today I was walking to a meeting in another building when out of nowhere I started thinking about the old football comic strip 'Billy's Boots' which originated in 'Scorcher' comic in 1970. This used to be a particular favourite of mine but I have no idea why it suddenly rose up out of the dim and distant past.
Anyway, doing some quick research on the interwebthingy turned up this old but fine article on the 10 best comic book footballers . How does this list compare to your top ten?
29 November 2007
Bring It On
Blogging from Madrid today.
Got here last night after a fairly tortuous journey, place is jumping with Dons fans.
Been around the Bernebau this morning and bumped into the Aberdeen squad who all seem in good spirits.
Only downer so far is one of our party getting his wallet robbed by some minker when boarding a crowded Metro train. Some other guy had his wallet lifted out of his sporran too. Bastards.
All the Aberdeen fans are to gather in one area tonight before the game, should be a fantastic atmosphere.
Let´s just hope we get a decent result...
Got here last night after a fairly tortuous journey, place is jumping with Dons fans.
Been around the Bernebau this morning and bumped into the Aberdeen squad who all seem in good spirits.
Only downer so far is one of our party getting his wallet robbed by some minker when boarding a crowded Metro train. Some other guy had his wallet lifted out of his sporran too. Bastards.
All the Aberdeen fans are to gather in one area tonight before the game, should be a fantastic atmosphere.
Let´s just hope we get a decent result...
21 November 2007
Absolutely Motty
Not sure what I enjoyed most about tonight's game.
Was it Motty and Lawro clutching at straws by hoping against hope that Andorra would beat Russia?
Or was it Gary Lineker's saaaaaaaaaad face?
Jury's out...
Was it Motty and Lawro clutching at straws by hoping against hope that Andorra would beat Russia?
Or was it Gary Lineker's saaaaaaaaaad face?
Jury's out...
17 October 2007
Sheet Georgia Maroon
Well, the balloon may not have exactly burst, but it is deflating and will soon look like an OAP's scrotum.
Tonights less than perfect performance leaves the Scotland team with a bit of a mountain to climb.
If clothes maketh the man is it any wonder that if you dress like Hearts you end up playing as badly as them...
I wonder how many of the limited edition "claret" coloured (cursed) strips will fly off the shelves now?
Hopefully this will be the death knell to an overtly cynical marketing ploy.
Tonights less than perfect performance leaves the Scotland team with a bit of a mountain to climb.
If clothes maketh the man is it any wonder that if you dress like Hearts you end up playing as badly as them...
I wonder how many of the limited edition "claret" coloured (cursed) strips will fly off the shelves now?
Hopefully this will be the death knell to an overtly cynical marketing ploy.
3 October 2007
The Bootiful Game
What the hell is wrong with Scottish football?
The national side beating France home and away and rising to 14th in FIFA's world rankings...
Rangers handing Lyon a three goal beating away from home...
Celtic beating AC Milan, repeat AC Milan 2-1 at Parkhead...
Hopefully the Dons will take heart from this and do the business against Dnipro!
This surely cannot be right.
Bring back Bertie Vogts before its too late!
On a serious note the villain of the piece tonight is not Dida for the most ridiculous, sustained bit ofcheating acting since Rivaldo. No, it is the wee ned fan who ran on and presented the cheat goalkeeper with the opportunity.
The national side beating France home and away and rising to 14th in FIFA's world rankings...
Rangers handing Lyon a three goal beating away from home...
Celtic beating AC Milan, repeat AC Milan 2-1 at Parkhead...
Hopefully the Dons will take heart from this and do the business against Dnipro!
This surely cannot be right.
Bring back Bertie Vogts before its too late!
On a serious note the villain of the piece tonight is not Dida for the most ridiculous, sustained bit of
30 September 2007
Doo Doo De Doo Doo
At Pittodrie yesterday myself and the Wee Fella were sat in front of an elderly couple.
A lot of discussion had been going around about the lack of household names in the Gretna squad.
Midway through the second half Gretna made a substitution.
The announcer came over the P.A. "Coming on for Gretna is Colin McMenamin".
"Ah" said one of the elderly fans "At least we know that one".
"True" said his elderly pal "That's the lad the used to play for Liverpool".
A lot of discussion had been going around about the lack of household names in the Gretna squad.
Midway through the second half Gretna made a substitution.
The announcer came over the P.A. "Coming on for Gretna is Colin McMenamin".
"Ah" said one of the elderly fans "At least we know that one".
"True" said his elderly pal "That's the lad the used to play for Liverpool".
20 September 2007
Footie Faces
I'm just loving this football quiz at Chicken Dinner
Loving it but not doing very well at it would be a better description...
14 September 2007
Scolari, oh oh oh...
And this is the guy that England wanted to have as the manager of the national side...
Looks like he would have fitted right in!
Looks like he would have fitted right in!
27 August 2007
We Are The Champions Continued
Have to give much respect to the guys from Grampian Police who organised saturday's finals. They really went out of their way to make it a special day for all the boys involved.
The teams had to line up in the tunnel before the match before being led onto the pitch by a piper, there were p.a. announcements of the teams and scores, and at the end of the matches the medals and trophies were handed out at the back of the stand.
As I said in the previous post we fell 3-1 behind which was a shame as we were playing all the football and at one point forced about 12 corners in a row. The opposition had a great young lad playing up front for them, he was fast, could move the ball well and could finish, and their tactic of choice was to hoof the ball up to him and hit us on the break.
Once we got into the second half our boys managed to get a grip on him and snuff out the threat, meanwhile we were passing the ball well and creating, and taking, a fair few chances.
It was a close fought game right to the end and the final whistle was met with a mixture of euphoria and relief. Our boys were over the moon to have won but it was a shame to see some of the opposing players reduced to tears.
Still, not too bad winning a trophy at the end of our first season. I am sure that this will give the team a bit of confidence going into the new season.
I have cobbled together a fairly amateurish video memento of the day. I have only one thing to say about the mistimed tackle half way through the action - that's my boy!
The teams had to line up in the tunnel before the match before being led onto the pitch by a piper, there were p.a. announcements of the teams and scores, and at the end of the matches the medals and trophies were handed out at the back of the stand.
As I said in the previous post we fell 3-1 behind which was a shame as we were playing all the football and at one point forced about 12 corners in a row. The opposition had a great young lad playing up front for them, he was fast, could move the ball well and could finish, and their tactic of choice was to hoof the ball up to him and hit us on the break.
Once we got into the second half our boys managed to get a grip on him and snuff out the threat, meanwhile we were passing the ball well and creating, and taking, a fair few chances.
It was a close fought game right to the end and the final whistle was met with a mixture of euphoria and relief. Our boys were over the moon to have won but it was a shame to see some of the opposing players reduced to tears.
Still, not too bad winning a trophy at the end of our first season. I am sure that this will give the team a bit of confidence going into the new season.
I have cobbled together a fairly amateurish video memento of the day. I have only one thing to say about the mistimed tackle half way through the action - that's my boy!
25 August 2007
We Are The Champions
Just a quick post to let all those readers waiting with baited breath know that we won our final.
As usual we did it the hard way, having to come back from 3-1 down, to win the game 5-3.
Will post in more detail later in the week, at the moment I am a bit drained and have to get the car loaded up for a trip south to see the wee fella's grandparents - hoping to drop in on Big Rab, Mrs Big Rab and the two lovely Big Rabettes as well.
As usual we did it the hard way, having to come back from 3-1 down, to win the game 5-3.
Will post in more detail later in the week, at the moment I am a bit drained and have to get the car loaded up for a trip south to see the wee fella's grandparents - hoping to drop in on Big Rab, Mrs Big Rab and the two lovely Big Rabettes as well.
23 August 2007
Scotland, South Africa, And The Torn Faced Old Git
Took the wee fella to Pittodrie to see some international football action last night, Scotland v South Africa.
We entered the back of the stand and tried to find our seats. We quickly identified that we were sitting in the back row and were at the end of the row.
I checked the seat number for the vacant seat at the end of the row.
"This will be where we are sitting wee man, yep, this seat is number 11" I said, checking the seat number.
"Aye, and this is number 10" piped up the elderly gentleman who together with his grandson were occupying the adjacent two seats.
"Good" I replied politely and with a smile "That will be my seat then"
Theelderly gent torn faced old git then came out with what is an unfortunately common opening gambit in these parts, "Ah dinnae think so!"
Sighing, but still managing to force a smile, I produced my tickets and showed him, "Here's my tickets. As you can see I have Row Y seats ten and eleven".
Still torn faced he produces his crumpled tickets from his pocket and, with the air of someone explaining a simple fact to a retarded child, waved them under my nose saying "Well look, I have Row Y, seats nine and te....uh....er....eight........move along son"
Shuffles along to next seat, no word of apology, spends the whole game pretending we don't exist. Twat!
As for the game, it was probably the most tedious 90 minutes of football I have ever watched. South Africa moved the ball about well without really threatening to score whilst Scotland were hopeless except for the one moment of inspiration when they scored.
Out of all the football he has watched the wee fella says he still prefers watching Dumbarton. Poor bugger.
We entered the back of the stand and tried to find our seats. We quickly identified that we were sitting in the back row and were at the end of the row.
I checked the seat number for the vacant seat at the end of the row.
"This will be where we are sitting wee man, yep, this seat is number 11" I said, checking the seat number.
"Aye, and this is number 10" piped up the elderly gentleman who together with his grandson were occupying the adjacent two seats.
"Good" I replied politely and with a smile "That will be my seat then"
The
Sighing, but still managing to force a smile, I produced my tickets and showed him, "Here's my tickets. As you can see I have Row Y seats ten and eleven".
Still torn faced he produces his crumpled tickets from his pocket and, with the air of someone explaining a simple fact to a retarded child, waved them under my nose saying "Well look, I have Row Y, seats nine and te....uh....er....eight........move along son"
Shuffles along to next seat, no word of apology, spends the whole game pretending we don't exist. Twat!
As for the game, it was probably the most tedious 90 minutes of football I have ever watched. South Africa moved the ball about well without really threatening to score whilst Scotland were hopeless except for the one moment of inspiration when they scored.
Out of all the football he has watched the wee fella says he still prefers watching Dumbarton. Poor bugger.
22 August 2007
When Saturday Comes
Oh, the trials and tribulations of being a football manager!
Now I know how Fergie and Jose feel...
As I mentioned before, my youth team were playing a semi final of a local tournament last night.
The pre match team talk was tricky: how to relay the importance of the game, encourage the boys, but not make them overconcerned and nervous - needed to try and get the balance right.
Three minutes into the game I was beginning to think we had got the balance all wrong. The boys were not in the game at all and were already two goals down...
Thankfully they rallied and a couple of quick goals from our "midfield general" brought us back level and banished the nerves.
The boys were growing in confidence with every passing minute and soon started to play some great attacking football.
At this level there is a lot that can be done with brute force and direct play i.e. get the big boy at the back to knock people over, lump the ball up the park and hope that somebody gets a scoring touch in amongst the confusion. However, I don't like to play this way, our boys are encouraged to get the ball down, pass and move, and to use our pace down the flanks whenever possible - I firmly believe that playing good technical football wins out every time.
This proved to be the case last night as, despite a great deal of effort and application from the opposition players, our boys linked up well and gave the opposing midfield and defence a torrid time.
We eventually ran out 17-2 winners, the most pleasing aspect of which was that just about all the squad managed to get on the scoresheet. Actually, being honest, the most pleasing aspect was that the wee fella had a great game, scoring 5 goals and setting up a few of the others, I guess I'm a dad first and a coach second!
The final of the tournament is on Saturday and will be played at Peterhead's Balmoor Stadium. The boys are excited about playing on a proper pitch at a real league ground and I am sure that with all the parents, brothers, sisters, aunties and uncles etc crammed into the main stand we can generate a bit of an atmosphere.
Just need to hope that they can pull off a similar performance in the final, it would be great if they could win the thing!!
Now I know how Fergie and Jose feel...
As I mentioned before, my youth team were playing a semi final of a local tournament last night.
The pre match team talk was tricky: how to relay the importance of the game, encourage the boys, but not make them overconcerned and nervous - needed to try and get the balance right.
Three minutes into the game I was beginning to think we had got the balance all wrong. The boys were not in the game at all and were already two goals down...
Thankfully they rallied and a couple of quick goals from our "midfield general" brought us back level and banished the nerves.
The boys were growing in confidence with every passing minute and soon started to play some great attacking football.
At this level there is a lot that can be done with brute force and direct play i.e. get the big boy at the back to knock people over, lump the ball up the park and hope that somebody gets a scoring touch in amongst the confusion. However, I don't like to play this way, our boys are encouraged to get the ball down, pass and move, and to use our pace down the flanks whenever possible - I firmly believe that playing good technical football wins out every time.
This proved to be the case last night as, despite a great deal of effort and application from the opposition players, our boys linked up well and gave the opposing midfield and defence a torrid time.
We eventually ran out 17-2 winners, the most pleasing aspect of which was that just about all the squad managed to get on the scoresheet. Actually, being honest, the most pleasing aspect was that the wee fella had a great game, scoring 5 goals and setting up a few of the others, I guess I'm a dad first and a coach second!
The final of the tournament is on Saturday and will be played at Peterhead's Balmoor Stadium. The boys are excited about playing on a proper pitch at a real league ground and I am sure that with all the parents, brothers, sisters, aunties and uncles etc crammed into the main stand we can generate a bit of an atmosphere.
Just need to hope that they can pull off a similar performance in the final, it would be great if they could win the thing!!
21 August 2007
Gooooooooaaaaaaaalllllllllll !!!
Even when Brazil play route one football it somehow looks elegant.
This goal by Fabinho against New Zealand in the U17 World Cup set a new record for the fastest goal scored ever scored in a Fifa finals tournament : 9 seconds.
To see how he felt about scoring this record breaking goal read the interview with him here.
This goal by Fabinho against New Zealand in the U17 World Cup set a new record for the fastest goal scored ever scored in a Fifa finals tournament : 9 seconds.
To see how he felt about scoring this record breaking goal read the interview with him here.
9 August 2007
Fans Chant The Funniest Things
Spotted this on the BBC Sport Quotes Of The Week page.
"Small nasty pickle, you're just a small nasty pickle!" AND "Liked in McDonalds, you're not even liked in McDonalds!"
Liverpool fans to Colchester's Dean Gerken in a pre-season friendly.
Kerwallity!!!!
"Small nasty pickle, you're just a small nasty pickle!" AND "Liked in McDonalds, you're not even liked in McDonalds!"
Liverpool fans to Colchester's Dean Gerken in a pre-season friendly.
Kerwallity!!!!
We Have A Semi On
The youth team I coach has been playing in a cup competition over the past few weeks.
The league section they are in has teams from both Primary 4 and Primary 5. My lads are all P4 and have been struggling a bit against the bigger lads in the P5 teams, however, this week they played another P4 team and finally got a chance to play the way I know they can.
A 7-3 victory assured them of a place in the semi-final of the competition to win the Salver which is a trophy that the lesser teams play for - kind of in the way that Rangers will drop into the UEFA Cup when they fail to win in the next round of the Champions League.
The semi final is in a couple of weeks time with a place in the final, to be held at Peterhead's Balmoor Stadium, at stake.
Here's hoping for a good performance as I'm sure that the boys would really love to be in that final.
The league section they are in has teams from both Primary 4 and Primary 5. My lads are all P4 and have been struggling a bit against the bigger lads in the P5 teams, however, this week they played another P4 team and finally got a chance to play the way I know they can.
A 7-3 victory assured them of a place in the semi-final of the competition to win the Salver which is a trophy that the lesser teams play for - kind of in the way that Rangers will drop into the UEFA Cup when they fail to win in the next round of the Champions League.
The semi final is in a couple of weeks time with a place in the final, to be held at Peterhead's Balmoor Stadium, at stake.
Here's hoping for a good performance as I'm sure that the boys would really love to be in that final.
7 August 2007
Kids Kits
Bought the wee fella a new footie top today.Aberdeen have just launched their new third strip. The wee fella likes it because it is an Aberdeen strip but in Dumbarton colours, thus enabling him to feel like he is supporting both teams at once!
Ridiculous the price they are charging for these things though...
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