...And it's Happy Christmas from him..!
Merry Christmas Animation
I'll see you again for more of the same after Chrismas. Relax & Enjoy the break...
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
It aint over til....
It promised to be an epic coming together for the 3rd round of the League Cup (Wycomb
e & South Bucks) yesterday...
And we weren't disappointed..
Under 15’s – League Cup Round 3
Aylesbury Vale - Chinnor Youth
Aylesbury Vale narrowly missed out on the opportunity to advance in the league Cup after a thrilling match against Division 2 team Chinnor Youth. This is the second time the two sides have met, last season Vale knocked Chinnor out of the same competition.
Chinnor pushed hard from the opening kick & were immediately threatening at Vales goal but Aylesbury came back equally hard in response. Pat Hurst swung in a superb cross from a free kick, awarded to Vale, which only narrowly missed being planted in the net. A Chinnor corner almost had them take the lead, but a save on the line by keeper Andy Thorp kept the threat out. Chris Hawes opened the scoring for Vale in the 23rd minute; a run from halfway sidestepping through the opposition left him with just a touch to put the ball past Chinnors keeper. Two minutes later Luca Forchione slotted away an equally impressive goal, putting the underdogs with a clear two goal advantage & Chinnor plenty of work to do. Chinnors response was immediate, the solid keeping of Andy Thorp preventing another threat, again down to the line. The last 10 minutes of the first half was a barrage of attack from Chinnor, and forward Tom Dakin reduced the deficit in the 32nd minute. His teammate Jacob Davis nearly equalised when he slotted a close ball just left of target.
The second half resumed with both sides playing on a very even standard, a Chinnor corner, headed at goal was again saved. Steven Jones found the equaliser for Chinnor in the 51st minute when his first attack rebounded from Thorps feet & his return volley cleared the keeper. The second half became a stalemate, with neither side giving away anything or able to make a clear break from each other. As the 80 minutes drew to a close with scores level extra time was inevitable.
Extra Time
Vale piled on the pressure as the first half of 10 minutes was to be played. Both teams were heading towards exhaustion after the performances of the previous 80 minutes; Chinnor achieved the break, Steven Jones doubling his tally for the match in the 4th minute. Aylesbury were not going out without a battle, Durrelle Palmer bringing the scores level again 3 minutes later. Just like the full match, both teams gave their all through the remaining minutes of both the 1st & 2nd periods of extra time, the only way to settle the match was by the will of nerves in a penalty shoot-out.
Pens.
Aylesbury Vale 2 – Chinnor Youth 4
Unfortunately I was unable to take full details of the penalty shoot-out element of the game as I was a little distracted....
J, (my pension plan) was taken down in a heavy collision 3 minutes before the end of the match & after some treatment on the sidelines it was decided that he should take a short trip by ambulance to Stoke Mandeville Hospital. A short spell in A&E then the X-ray department the wounded soldier was allowed to return home.... plus crutches..!
Thankfully he hasn't broken anything, just ligament damage to his left ankle which has him hopping around very slowly & carefully til it improves, (I really ought to give him his crutch back, after its photo-session, to make his free movement a little easier.)
So J is currently out of the football, but on the bright side, Is available for Panto as Tiny Tim in any local productions of A Christmas Carol..!
e & South Bucks) yesterday...And we weren't disappointed..
Under 15’s – League Cup Round 3
Aylesbury Vale - Chinnor Youth
Aylesbury Vale narrowly missed out on the opportunity to advance in the league Cup after a thrilling match against Division 2 team Chinnor Youth. This is the second time the two sides have met, last season Vale knocked Chinnor out of the same competition.
Chinnor pushed hard from the opening kick & were immediately threatening at Vales goal but Aylesbury came back equally hard in response. Pat Hurst swung in a superb cross from a free kick, awarded to Vale, which only narrowly missed being planted in the net. A Chinnor corner almost had them take the lead, but a save on the line by keeper Andy Thorp kept the threat out. Chris Hawes opened the scoring for Vale in the 23rd minute; a run from halfway sidestepping through the opposition left him with just a touch to put the ball past Chinnors keeper. Two minutes later Luca Forchione slotted away an equally impressive goal, putting the underdogs with a clear two goal advantage & Chinnor plenty of work to do. Chinnors response was immediate, the solid keeping of Andy Thorp preventing another threat, again down to the line. The last 10 minutes of the first half was a barrage of attack from Chinnor, and forward Tom Dakin reduced the deficit in the 32nd minute. His teammate Jacob Davis nearly equalised when he slotted a close ball just left of target.
The second half resumed with both sides playing on a very even standard, a Chinnor corner, headed at goal was again saved. Steven Jones found the equaliser for Chinnor in the 51st minute when his first attack rebounded from Thorps feet & his return volley cleared the keeper. The second half became a stalemate, with neither side giving away anything or able to make a clear break from each other. As the 80 minutes drew to a close with scores level extra time was inevitable.
Extra Time
Vale piled on the pressure as the first half of 10 minutes was to be played. Both teams were heading towards exhaustion after the performances of the previous 80 minutes; Chinnor achieved the break, Steven Jones doubling his tally for the match in the 4th minute. Aylesbury were not going out without a battle, Durrelle Palmer bringing the scores level again 3 minutes later. Just like the full match, both teams gave their all through the remaining minutes of both the 1st & 2nd periods of extra time, the only way to settle the match was by the will of nerves in a penalty shoot-out.
Pens.
Aylesbury Vale 2 – Chinnor Youth 4
Unfortunately I was unable to take full details of the penalty shoot-out element of the game as I was a little distracted....
J, (my pension plan) was taken down in a heavy collision 3 minutes before the end of the match & after some treatment on the sidelines it was decided that he should take a short trip by ambulance to Stoke Mandeville Hospital. A short spell in A&E then the X-ray department the wounded soldier was allowed to return home.... plus crutches..!
Thankfully he hasn't broken anything, just ligament damage to his left ankle which has him hopping around very slowly & carefully til it improves, (I really ought to give him his crutch back, after its photo-session, to make his free movement a little easier.)
So J is currently out of the football, but on the bright side, Is available for Panto as Tiny Tim in any local productions of A Christmas Carol..!
Monday, December 10, 2007
FOR SALE....
One Slightly Used Notebook & Pen*
*(writes as new)
I've decided that I'm going off Christmas time... not in a "Bah Humbug" kind of way, (although I shall come back to that in a moment) but just down to the weather issues playing havoc with the football schedule.
Yesterday saw the under 15's on a resting day through rearranged fixtures & the under 16's home game postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The problem is, that when the football doesn't play I have almost a whole Sunday with nothing constructive to fill it. Now, Mrs M-W will tell you that I have plenty to be getting on with. A certain list of "little Jobs around the house" is magnetted to the fridge, but it's Sunday & that is now football day. This moves into Sunday night, (at work) & then Monday, (blog day).
... Returning to the Christmas Bah Humbug theme, without the football reports to think about I end up with time on my hands to divert my thoughts to...
Saturday afternoon was spent at Milton Keynes shopping centre, now this I have no quibble with for 44 weeks of the year, but the 4 weeks leading upto the 25th December & the 4 weeks or so January sales is just a nightmare. Shoulder to shoulder we all tramped around the stores in the sudden realisation that Christmas is only two weeks away, why sudden I'm not sure, as far as I can remember at least, Christmas has always been designated to the week before December ends. Mrs M-W, of course, is well organised. Shopping carefully throughout the year so as to avoid the disappointment of products being out of stock, it's my part that lets the well-oiled machine down. J & C want to buy their presents for "Mum & Dad" so it's my deal to take them around for "Mums" & hers to help shop for mine, this of course has to fit around my shift pattern & the all important footy which can mean it pushes into "Shopping Hell Season" before I realise it.
Now I get to the bit where I have been thinking long & hard...
Why not allocate Christmas shopping to people on an Alphabetical basis*..? Surnames A to C, the first 2 weeks of July, D to F the following 2, so on & so forth through until November. Or through the power of tinternet, issue tickets like the ones at the deli counter in Tesco's (other stores are available) allocating a time & date to shop. This would get pretty much get everything done well in advance then you could allow ALL the Dads & Husbands to wander around without the need for Alexis Carrington shoulder protection to get the bits that we need to..!
*The most cunning part about this little plan is for those like myself, we get THREE bites of the cherry to get the ideal present for our own "girl who has everything," shopping for both M, W & Dads & Husbands.... (you'll have to pick your own letters for the purpose of this excercise, after all I want weeks M & W to be as clear of shoppers as possible..!)
Enough already, rearranged League Cup fixture next week so need to jump-start the pen & give it a run before the game. An alternative ground is on standby incase the Terns haven't vacated by then.
Monday, December 3, 2007
'Tis The Season To Be Soggy
No Youth Football
How often does that happen..? Its like a Solar eclipse corresponding with Halleys Comet passing through our atmosphere on a Saturday when my lottery numbers come up..!!!!
I am of course referring to me having a weekend off and both the Under 15's & 16's are playing at home.!!
The rain that fell over the early part of the weekend put the games into doubt..... The ducks paddling around in 3 inches of water (on the pitch) on the Sunday morning put it well beyond that.
Despite the bitter wind I was definitely looking forward to the matches, especially as the Under 15's were playing in the League Cup 3rd Round against Chinnor Youth, a team we did battle with & won in a cup round last season, much to their annoyance, with them being in higher division than ourselves. A good return match would have played out I'm sure, but we'll only have to wait until 16th December to know.
The weekend wasn't completely without entertainment.....
.......Top Gear on BBC2 followed by The Long Way Down (although this was the last in the series, sob-blubber-sniff)
*Library Picture Courtesy of Bucks Herald 21/07/2007
How often does that happen..? Its like a Solar eclipse corresponding with Halleys Comet passing through our atmosphere on a Saturday when my lottery numbers come up..!!!!
I am of course referring to me having a weekend off and both the Under 15's & 16's are playing at home.!!
The rain that fell over the early part of the weekend put the games into doubt..... The ducks paddling around in 3 inches of water (on the pitch) on the Sunday morning put it well beyond that.
Despite the bitter wind I was definitely looking forward to the matches, especially as the Under 15's were playing in the League Cup 3rd Round against Chinnor Youth, a team we did battle with & won in a cup round last season, much to their annoyance, with them being in higher division than ourselves. A good return match would have played out I'm sure, but we'll only have to wait until 16th December to know.
The weekend wasn't completely without entertainment.....
.......Top Gear on BBC2 followed by The Long Way Down (although this was the last in the series, sob-blubber-sniff)
*Library Picture Courtesy of Bucks Herald 21/07/2007
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