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The Vets Sunday Night Match Reports
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Tonight's Players Keith Proudfoot
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Sunday 20th April 2008 : Still no sign of missing Vet Steve Hart,
it's now getting to the point where we may have to report the old
Jocko to missing persons. The attached photograph is a tad on the
old side but if you cover the hair with your finger and ignore the
fact that he's posing with Hibernians trophy haul from yesteryear
the old boy shines through. Surely this can't be the end of the road
for the man who made one shirt last nearly 10 years.
New Page this week but no football for me. Having spent the best part of a week laid up with double man flu and a chest infection I decided best not risk it. Had to settle for watching City demolish Pompey on Sky from the comfort of my bed. It's been a good week at the COMSTAD with the youth team again proving City have the best academy in the land bar none and when the Thai crook eventually gets banged up, we may just see three or four of them appear in the first team. Last night's report : Eleven vets were counted onto the pitch at 5.30, and eleven were
counted off at the end, despite the presence of Ron Buttery
and Johnboy, and despite the efforts of Leisure Centre staff who
left puddles on the sports hall floor after deciding to give it a
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Tonight's Teams Mary's Moaners John Goodwin Whites Keith Proudfoot Yellows Malcolm Stubbs
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Sunday 27th April 2008 : Great to be back at the Leisure Centre
tonight to play in a seriously good session. The three teams were
well balanced and all competed well in a closely contested ninety
minutes where all three teams had their moments. My two weeks
of illness robbed me of my usual electric pace but overall I like to
think my contribution was solid although I failed to hit the net
mainly due to my deep lying playmaking role. Thankfully Steve, Chris
and Proudy were able to find
the onion bag although we did miss a host of chances between us.
Mary's Moaners were on form especially Martin Wilde who found a rich
vein of goals to add to his enthusiastic work rate. Bryn added his
share in the goal scoring department whilst John and Zsu Zsu were
both finding the goals to be elusive. The Yellows were the usual mix
of pace and endeavour with the ever improving Chris Todd having a
more than decent hour and a half. Richard shook off the
disappointment of his beloved Liverpool's draw in the Euro Money
Bags League in mid week by banging in most of his teams goals and
reminded us old giffers what speed really is. On the missing Jocko mystery, he was spotted on the Manchester train a couple of weeks ago suited and booted so, we know he is still in our little corner of this green and pleasant land. |
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Tonight's Players Nigel Caldwell
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Sunday May 5th 2008 : What a bad week for me and my fellow Blue's as
the Thai Crook decides City need a change of manager. This is
the price we must pay for embracing Noodle Heads misappropriated
piles of ill gotten gains. He might know how to commit fraud but he
knows sod all about football that's for sure. Man Uni£ed also have
to look inwards as those Hillbillies who bought them with borrowed
millions ran up another 60 million plus in interest charges to take
their debts to well over 750 million mark at this moment in time.
Big club big debt!! Thankfully the Vets finances are in the capable hands of the Cockney Hippie, Zsu Zsu Mastin, so our sessions are safe for the time being. Only nine vets this Bank Holiday weekend but a corking session that left most of us well knackered. We were joined tonight by another newcomer, Alex Walsh who hopefully will become a regular like his buddy, Chris Todd. Alex slotted in nicely and showed some nice touches as well as a good understanding of our rotational system which can be a little complicated. I broke my scoring drought with a flurry mid session but it was Chris Anthony who showed us all the way with a magnificent six in the final game of the night. All the years we've been playing I can't honestly remember a player netting six in a single game so it was a quite remarkable achievement. Martin also had an eye for the net as did Matt but all in all it was a very evenly contested ninety minutes. Short report tonight as Janice and myself are off to the Bombay Café in Chinley for some of their excellent Indian food, try it, it's a very popular eatery, take your own alcoholic drinks.
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Sunday 11th May 2008 : It was my 6th Grandchild's Christening today
so it was another missed week at the Leisure Centre tonight. Little
Ruby became the first Hough in this century to be drenched by a
Vicar in a futile attempt to swell his Churches weekly attendance.
Still a nice opportunity to gather my ever expanding family together
for what turned out to be a very pleasant afternoon at the New
Sycamore in Birch Vale. Meanwhile some other football stuff was
going on across the country as the Premier League ground to a
predictable end. The rags unsurprisingly finished top and City
unsurprisingly finished with another major setback, that is if you
consider losing 8-1 a set back. Next week see's my 62nd year pass so I will enter the realms of super vet. Thankfully I've looked after my aging body so it is rewarding me in return with an extended run of my sporting pursuits. Providing I can avoid contact with some of our more enthusiastic vets I don't see any reason why this time next year I won't still be giving it large at the Leisure Centre, well that's the plan anyway. Here is the Match Report from our guest writer....
Well,
the mood in the dressing room on Sunday night, if it's any comfort,
is that the 8-1 score line was the players' message to the crooked
bastard who owns your lot, given that no team can go to
Middlesbrough and concede more than 2 goals. First, a quick summary
of the contribution made tonight by members of Houghie’s squad…..
We will be back, bluer than ever!!
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Tonight's Teams Mary's Moaners Bryn Meredith The Rest Chris Anthony
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Sunday 18th May 2008 : Another eventful week,
Stockport County through to the play off final at Wembley next
Monday (I wonder if City will ever get there?) and 200,000
Rangers fans descended on Manchester to see their team lose to
Zenit St Petersburg from Russia in the UEFA Final. The Jockos
left our streets running in paish |
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Sunday 25th May 2008 : A great week of football with Rangers winning the Scottish Cup, Hull City gaining promotion to the Premier Dosh League and Donnie Rovers hitting the Championship after beating dirty Leeds in the play offs. And it doesn't end there, Stockport County play Rochdale at Wembley tomorrow for a place in division one plus England come up against the mighty US of A on Wednesday. And if that isn't enough the Vets are back next Sunday night! Hopefully they will be back next Sunday because many couldn't be arsed to turn up tonight although the seven that did certainly did themselves credit in an astonishingly punishing 90 minutes of 3 a side. Martin's back went again on the hour but he battled on although clearly struggling to cope with the pace of the game. He said he was OK but found it hard to follow through, thankfully that was something he failed to do in the remaining thirty minutes. A shame really because he was scoring some fantastic goals from some difficult positions. Looks like another long lay off and another vet down for a good few weeks. All the lads played exceptionally well in what can only be described as a friendly session played with passion. I was particularly pleased to complete the 90 minutes unbeaten in all the sides I played in although I confess to having the worst miss of all my 20 years playing at the centre - and yes, next month will see our 20th anniversary. It's been o long hard road and one which has seen many of the guys come and go but thankfully we have kept a core of regular players and hopefully will continue to do so. However it's up to you lot to make that extra effort to show up when you can, it's the only way that we can keep the ball rolling so think on, you're lucky to have the opportunity to keep playing while so many of those around you can only wish they could. | |
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Sunday 1st June 2008 : After my plea for the lads to make more effort to support our Sunday nights footy I found myself stranded on the Fylde Coast this week. Having six grandchildren brings with it a number of complications which usually occur on a Sunday mostly designed to make this old giffer miss his weekly kick about. Next week see's the Euro Championships start but with no British interest there's no excuse for missing the Vets 5 a side. I presume you lot have Sky Plus so use it and play instead of watching. It would be great if we could have our own Euro session but, with only one Jocko who hasn't been seen since the last Preston Guild there isn't much point although I suppose Mary's Moaners could represent Rome!! Enough of this, here's the guest report from our mystery contributor. Houghie - a simple question. Who wrote:
'However it's up to you lot to make that extra effort to
show up when you can, it's the only way that we can keep the
ball rolling so think on, you're lucky to have the opportunity
to keep playing while so many of those around you can only wish
they could'.
Anyway, report for 1st June as follows:
Those of you who remember 'Jimmy and his magic patch' in the
Beano (or was it the Dandy?) would have witnessed the
reincarnation of this tonight amongst the 8 vets who manfully
donned their kits for another night of skill and artistry. Malc
Stubbs, turning up with a dodgy knee, borrowed a bespoke knee
support from Zsu Zsu and played the game of his life. Indeed,
such was the magic he performed that others have asked to be
supplied with similar knee supports next week.
As it is both teams were evenly matched and fought hard and with
passion. Malc, Zsu Zsu, Johnboy and Nigel took on the might of
Matt, both Chris's and Rick Potts, with each team narrowly
winning the first two matches before the crucial decider was
played. With Matt's team cruising to a four goal lead the rich
vets tradition of deciding the outcome by a Golden Goal was
played, and Nigel slammed in the winner. Great sport played in
an excellent spirit. But we'd like the normal 5 aside next week
as it gets very knackering!
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Tonight's Teams Mary's Moaners Select Rick Pott
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Sunday 8th June 2008 : Two crippling blows within days effected my
weekend drastically. The first arrived in the form of a monstrous
virus that sent my computer into meltdown thus making it impossible
to post this weeks report before now, late Tuesday evening. As
I struggle to save all my precious data before the inevitable re
format and installation of all my software, it crosses my mind that
the vandals who plant these malicious infections should all receive
a severe kicking in the gonads, the bastards. On Sunday night we again suffered from a low turnout although another fine set of games was enjoyed by most of us. Martin again put his injured back through a strenuous ninety minutes which is a great credit to the lad under the circumstances, a true Blue. Malc Stubbs was another who used a considerable amount of strapping in order for his dodgy knees to withstand the rigours of a vets 5 a side session. Playing the first to ten goals without the benches led to the All Stars dominating all but the last few seconds of the evening. After winning the first four matches it only served to inspire the Moaners to draw on their dented pride as they fought like tigers to match their opponents goal for goal leaving the final game finely balanced at nine each. So it was all down to a true Golden Goal to decide the winners. The tension mounted and it was Malc Stubbs who blasted in the winner to give the Moaners a deserved consolation win. For the All Stars Steve Gerrard had a fantastic night scoring more goals than the rest of his team put together. This was probably more of a surprise to Steve because in the morning he had played a Dads v Lads game with his young sons Junior team and wasn't going to come down to the leisure centre but changed his mind at the last minute. Now that's the extra effort I was banging on about the other week so well done Steve. My second crippling blow came when I strained my Achilles during the penultimate game but hopefully will be able to play some part next week when I fully expect the Moaners to come back with vengeance, |
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Sunday 15th June 2008 : With my computer undergoing major surgery including a full reformat, and a switch to Vista it is something of a miracle that any sort of report has appeared tonight. My aging bones are also going through a sticky patch at the moment with an Achilles problem robbing me of my usual pace and agility. Because of this I spent most of the session in goal being pummelled by howitzers reigned in by Matt and the boys. My first touch of the ball was just that as I failed to stop a trickler from Proudy much to the amusement of everyone present. Proudy was making the most of his Blackburn Santa Cruz shirt before Roque moves to pastures new in search of a "bigger club" and the inevitable shed load of dosh that goes with it. Unlike his Rovers hero Proudy found the net difficult to hit over the ninety minutes and inevitably John quipped, more like Santa Claus than Santa Cruz. It was that kind of game tonight, light hearted but with plenty of endeavour. Nigel had an impressive game as did Richard Evans but it was Matt who once again stood out above the rest. His ability to find the net from almost any angle is a gift that few of us enjoy. Great to have Paulo back in the fold after damaging his ankle in the first week of April. Maybe understandably a little on the cautious side tonight but he had his moments as did all the lads. Another Christening for my youngest Daughters little girl in Poulton Le Fylde next Sunday so the break will hopefully see my Achilles back to the rudest of rude in time for the week after. As the holiday season approaches it's important that the lads who are able to get down on Sunday nights do just that. |
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Tonight's Players Keith Mastin
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Sunday 22nd June : Rather like the material
supplied by the Office of National Statistics, most of our
players seem to be broken down by age and sex, for only 7
ventured forth tonight rendering great difficulties in
assembling two teams. Thankfully this plight was eased for 50
minutes of our 90 when one of the Leisure Centre staff joined us
to make two teams of four, but for 20 minutes at the beginning
and end Zsu Zsu, Nigel, Johnboy and Ron Buttery took on Paulo,
Malc Stubbs and Chris Todd in some ferocious play. The
key characteristic of the night was Ronnie's adoption of a new
No-blame culture, whereby the occasional mistakes engineered by
the otherwise excellent Zsu Zsu went unpunished. Overall a good
run out, but it would be good to get back to 5 aside, not least
to replenish the coffers.
Thanks to our guest writer for stepping into the breach in my absence, a very useful test for my spellchecker. The disappointment of having to miss yet another Sunday nights football was only offset by an excellent weekend spent at my youngest daughters home in Poulton Le Fylde for my Granddaughters' Christening. Having to endure the hour long mass preceding the Christening at St Johns' RC was the only low point. How the Mary's Moaners cope with sitting through that dross week after week beggars belief. Thank the living stars that I purchased a copy of the News of the World on my way to the church. On the injury front I believe my Achilles is on the mend and so it needs to be judging from the lack of my team mates at the Leisure Centre this weekend. Chris is roasting in the sun with his family over in Spain so we need the rest of the boys back to take advantage of my playmaking skills. A full turnout next week may inspire a new page and some natty new pictures.
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Tonight's Teams Mary's Moaners Bryn Meredith Whites Keith Proudfoot All Stars Richard Evans |
Sunday 22nd June : A great relief to get back to 3 teams at the
Leisure Centre tonight and in all fairness some very good games to
boot. Players returned with a vengeance this evening including
Robbie Westwood on his first showing since February 24th. Poor old
Robbie came in for a shed load of stick off the lads who had little
sympathy for the Baggie fan's lack of fitness, probably his greatest
asset but sadly tonight it deserted him. My own fitness continues to
trouble me especially as I "Googled" it after the session tonight
and found the ensuing information a bit worrying. It looks like the
only cure is rest but how can you do that and still earn a living
seems an impossibility to me. Anyway getting back to the
action tonight saw Bryn return to the Mary's Moaners after a three
week break and inspire them to just about shade it from my squad. In
Chris Anthony's absence we drafted in Nigel and Bud Jackson who both
gave Proudy and Steve Gerrard good support. My own contribution was
pretty lacklustre to say the least and wasn't helped by Buds attempt
to gee me up when he called me a stupid old twat, old yes, stupid
maybe but certainly not a twat!! John Goodwin looked more himself
tonight especially when he wellied one past me from a seriously
tight angle to add to a number of late match winners he netted
throughout the ninety minutes. The All Stars had a rough night only
managing a win in the final game although to be honest, with a
little bit of better finishing things may have been different. Paulo
looks to be getting his confidence back after his injury but he
would be the first to admit that he's had better nights. The two
Ricks both put in a huge amount of endeavour for very little reward
but you have to be in it to win it and I'm glad to say that there
are still a good core of lads who make the effort to still be in it
and keep the vets flag flying. Next week will see us complete 20 Years of 5 a side at the Leisure Centre and the longest unbroken booking for the Sports Hall at New Mills. It would be a shame if this milestone passed without some kind of reunion, we have seen so many players over the years come and go but Keith Mastin, John Goodwin and myself have all managed to soldier on since that very first session. |
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