Today’s football inspired trip takes us to Malta. Due to Covid the Maltese League has just been cancelled and given to Floriana FC, prompting some distinctly un-distanced celebrations. Their first title since the ’90s (remember the ’90s?) in a season we can basically write off. Sound familiar, Liverpool ? Back in 1968 Floriana had just won… Continue reading FLORIANA v POMPEY
Month: June 2020
UWE !!
Thanks for the football, Uwe. Uwe Seeler, as much as Beckenbauer and Muller, was THE face of West German football, even if he’d long retired when the World Cup came to Deutschland in the summer of ’74. You’ll know that England had decided to sit out this tournament due to a failure to find… Continue reading UWE !!
EASING OVER THE OUSE
Not much of a post this morning, just tidying up some photos I liked, but later you’ll get Haiti, Argentina and Germany IN THE SAME POST. Work out the connection and you’ll a half pint of Doom Bar in a Cheshire gastropub of your choice. You left me on my Lockdown Eased walk in… Continue reading EASING OVER THE OUSE
GODMANCHESTER – NICE TOWN, SHAME ABOUT THE JOKES
I was hoping to bring you some exciting reports from my trip to Royal Tunbridge Wells yesterday. But the highlight of 3 (three !!) hours spent in my in-laws’ garden talking about roadworks and distant cousins (“There’s a limited supply”) was this bird* that sat on my shoulder. It was awaiting my answer to… Continue reading GODMANCHESTER – NICE TOWN, SHAME ABOUT THE JOKES
WIGAN – MORE THAN PIES
Yes, it’s a barm ! Today we move to the pie capital of England (I’ve since learnt that Scottish non-league football is the best place for pies). No idea why I’ve kept this programme for 40+ years, something to do with the fascination of clubs joining and leaving the League. Wigan lost at tiny Birmingham… Continue reading WIGAN – MORE THAN PIES
FROM PRAGUE TO STOCKPORT
More from the archives, and the answer to the Eternal Question; “Where is Stockport ?” As the photo credit implies, it’s in Manchester. Cookie knows. us lot in the "campaign that stockport is in manchester regardless of what people claim" spend a lot of time editing wiki articles. — Cooking Lager👁️ is drinking a can… Continue reading FROM PRAGUE TO STOCKPORT
THE CAMBOURNE IDENTITY
More 90 minute walks in South Cambridgeshire without a pub at the end, but at least Mrs RM had a gorgeous lasagne waiting for me when I got home, which made a change from my usual atrocities. “Cambourne has been used by government departments and in school geography lessons, as it provides a useful case… Continue reading THE CAMBOURNE IDENTITY
SLALOM LAGER IN WORKINGTON
Back to the ’70s. Contrary to popular belief, Workington and Cambridge weren’t wearing flares and bell-bottoms on the pitch in that magical year of 1975*. I wonder how many United fans made the short journey to the western Lakes ? I never made it to Borough Park before they lost their league place to nasty… Continue reading SLALOM LAGER IN WORKINGTON
“I don’t know where else I can go, Over, Over”
An easing of Lockdown to allow me to to stay overnight in Carluke and Caersws can’t come soon enough; the appeal of Huntingdonshire is wearing thin. That’s not to say little Over is without charm, even for this Charming Man. Over is Proper Fen Edge, a mile out from the slowly-emerging New Town of Northstowe.… Continue reading “I don’t know where else I can go, Over, Over”
COLD BLOODED IN CAMBRIDGE
On a whim, we decided to observe how Cambridge was observing Lockdown in Cambridge yesterday. To be honest, I got to the Barton junction on the M11 and couldn’t think of anywhere south I wanted to go, so figured the colleges were worth a look, now most of the pesky students have gone home. My… Continue reading COLD BLOODED IN CAMBRIDGE
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