Pinguior Tardior Canior

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:59:00 +0000

Rambler Elves

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:16:00 +0000

Rambler Elves

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:15:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:00:00 +0000

Match result – 30 November 2008

Score 7 : 7

Blue bibs

Damian “Damien” Walsh ¦ Andy “Marlene” Power ¦ Andy “Slater” Howe ¦ Iain “Uncle Albert” Corlett ¦ Ged “Rodney” Cannon

Yellow bibs

John “Boycie” Hughes ¦ James “Del Boy” Fergusson ¦ Jim “Mickey” Citrine ¦ John “Trigger” Davies ¦ Mark “Denzil” Jones

After the pleasantly received and much welcomed resurrection of Mike in the last few weeks, his unanticipated relapse meant the cast welcomed back Denzil to the fray, in what would be the last full dress rehearsal before the Christmas Special soon to be seen nationwide by an eager and rapacious public, craving for more of their favourite characters from TIT.

The blue bibs fielded a strong line up with Damien [only Rodney sees the dark side within], Marlene [more notches on the biscuit tin than anyone else], Slater [a player who can be trusted to wield the ankle tap when needed], Uncle Albert [the years have not been kind to him but boy can he recite some tales!!!] and Rodders [a much underestimated character without whom the show wouldn’t be the same].

The yellow bibs looked weak in comparison but lead by their talisman Denzil [he just wants to please really], with a supporting cast of the widest wide boy of the lot Del Boy [say no more], Boycie [you know he has several camel coats at home], Mickey [trying to go straight – to jail that is] and Trigger [the once brilliant intellect but now sadly in decline] – the yellows were to raise their game to unforeseen levels and very much beyond the sum of their parts.

With a lethargic opening to the game, the blues were reliant on the once radiant Marlene rolling back the years with a glimpse into the past with a fabulous cameo performance [for at least 5 minutes]. However, like all ageing beauties, the minutes took their toll and the performance sagged – the result being an outrageous theft of an equalizer by Mickey [no stranger to the wrong side of the law] aided by the inability of the ageing beauty to be able to tuck the flab in quickly enough to bend down – pity she couldn’t visualise her normal Friday night activities at the back of the pub – she would have bent down much more quickly !!!!

Denzil showed his worth and led from the front and bagged a couple of goals – always dangerous, but that is scousers all over.

Soon after, Mickey was involved in more controversy – first, Damien showing his dark side, bundled the ball and Mickey into the net “take that you thieving bastard“ was heard in muttered tones – second, in a further attempt to aggravate the performance, Mickey with the skill of the artful dodger, handled the ball into the net; staring at a 10 to 15 stretch, Mickey turned QE and coughed – discretion is the better part of valour, n'est pas ?

In a finely balanced encounter, with the lead not going beyond plus two, gamesmanship started to feature; did Trigger come out of the area ? all was glossed over as it couldn’t possibly be a deliberate act for the mega intelligent one !! Slater, with fine usage of the hands as learned from Mickey [you can always rely on him to do what is necessary] and finally Del Boy, who obviously had forgotten in which pocket he had stashed his cash, was frantically seen to be checking everyone’s pockets but more of this later.

Now as the end of the game approached, Boycie showed just why he is such a slippery character with a number of pure spawny goals to wind the opposition up with; like the seasoned car salesman he is, he was to visualise the hapless punter taking that “Cut & Shut” off his hands and with the ruthlessness that all top sellers have, he went for the close: how did he do it ? no-one knows but only Alastair Campbell could get more spin on the ball.

The yellows seeing an unlikely victory were determined to upset the form book, but the illegal use of the hands was to prove their downfall – Del Boy, determined to find where Rodders had put the cash was busy rummaging in Rodders pockets, only to find his monkey’s fist caught in the apparel at the vital moment, leaving Uncle Albert free to break out of his reverie and get the equaliser. Boy did the cockney git moan like a whore shortchanged “You Plonker Rodney” the assembled cast guffawed in appreciation of the iconic riposte.

One minute to go and Rodders, thinking he was having the last laugh, stole ahead of the grumbling Del Boy, took a pass from Uncle Albert and poked home what he thought of as the winner. However, and not for the first time, Denzil came good with an equalizer in the depths of injury time to send the cast home honours even.

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 17:58:00 +0000

Полное название: Everton Football Club
Цвета клуба: Сине-белыеПрозвище: «ириски», «синие», «народная команда»Дата основания: 1878 год.Место расположения: г. ЛиверпульДомашний стадион: "Гудисон Парк" (вместимость – 40 569)Президент: Билл КенрайтГлавный тренер: Дэвид Мойес (Шотландия)
Официальный сайт: http://www.evertonfc.com/

Достижения
Чемпион Англии: 9
1890/91, 1914/15, 1927/28, 1931/32, 1938/39, 1962/63, 1969/70, 1984/85, 1986/87
Обладатель Кубка Англии: 5
1906, 1933, 1966, 1984, 1995
Обладатель Суперкубка Англии: 9
1928, 1932, 1963, 1970, 1984, 1985, 1986 (вместе с Ливерпулем), 1987, 1995
Обладатель Кубка обладателей Кубков: 1
1985
Чемпион (старого) Второго дивизиона Англии: 1
1931
Молочный Кубок: 2
1995, 2002
В Премьер-лиге Англии провёл наибольшее количество сезонов.Лучшие игроки прошлых лет: Пол Гаскойн, Гарри Линекер, Андрей Канчельскис, Уэйн Руни, Марко Матерации, Оливье Дакур, Идан Тал.

Выступления в Еврокубках в последние годы:Лига Чемпионов: 20056 - третий квалификационный раундКубок УЕФА: 20056 - первый раундКубок Кубков: 199495 - второй раунд

В прошлом чемпионате команда заняла 6-е место в чемпионате Англии, а сейчас после 4-х проведенных матчей в Премьер-лиге занимает 5-е место. В её составе выступают такие известные игроки как: голкипер - Тим Ховард (США); защитники - Нуно Валенте (Португалия), Алан Стаббс, Джозеф Йобо (Нигерия); полузащитники – Фил Невилл (капитан команды), Мигель Артета (Испания), Тим Кэхилл (Австралия), Энди Ван дер Мейде (Нидерланды), Ли Карсли (Ирландия); нападающие – Якубу Айегбени (Нигерия), Виктор Анишебе (Нигерия), Джеймс Макфадден (Шотландия).

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:13:00 +0000

7-1. Discuss.

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:21:00 +0000

The birth of European football
On June 4, 1955, the Fulham and England star Johnny Haynes was captain of the London XI that travelled to Switzerland to face a Basel Select XI in the first major game between two European teams.
In front of 12,500 at Basel's St Jakob Stadium, London won 5-0 with Arsenal's Cliff Holton claiming a hat-trick and Charlton Athletic's South African forward Eddie Firmani also amongst the goals.
The London XI completed a 6-0 aggregate victory with a 1-0 win in the second leg before qualifying from a group that also included a Frankfurt XI and then beating Lausanne in the semi-finals.
Thumping
Awaiting them in the final - three years after the competition had first kicked-off in Basel - were Barcelona.
The first leg, at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge ground, was drawn 2-2 with Jimmy Greaves and Jim Langley each on target for the home team.
But any hopes that London had of becoming the inaugural winners of the competition were shattered by a thumping 6-0 second leg drubbing in Spain.
The tournament was termed the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup because it was initially open only to cities that hosted trade fairs; cities with more than one club entered representative teams.
Soon after its inception UEFA also launched the European Cup - a competition which soon became the continent's most prestigious club tournament - and in 1971 the Fairs Cup was re-named the UEFA Cup.

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:03:00 +0000

Hot off the press.......

Ryanair are starting flights from Liverpool to Stockholm from October 31st!!

Unfortunately, it's really Nykoping Airport, which is 60 miles south of Stockholm city. But it's worth checking out anyway.

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:08:00 +0000

Cracked it. It was the pictures of Picasso. Need to figure out how to reduce their size when I publish them.

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:59:00 +0000

All,
Please note 2 new facilities added to the Blog today.

1. There is a new toolbar at the top. If you click on 'Next Blog', it will display random Blog Pages from around the world.

2. If you page to the bottom, you'll see a new TagBoard which allows you to send messages to each other.

Only problem I need to figure out is how to get the 'Links' section back at the side, rather than pushed to the bottom. But everything is usable.

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:54:00 +0000

Sadly there's no room for any more photos on the Italian Golf Photos Page. So I'll just add them here for you to peruse.
A couple of better shots of Picasso. And a blurred shot of John's morning nemesis. Probably blurred because she was speeding back with a spoon or fork or an extra coffee for John!

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:06:00 +0000

Dear Valued Customers,

Technical Services would like to apologize for the loss of service to the very popular 'Ged's Psychadelic Page'. This was due to an unforeseen technical problem.

Yours Sincerely.
Technical Helpdesk

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Sat, 12 May 2007 11:51:00 +0000

All,

I've posted the invoice and confirmation voucher from Mastergolf on the Italian Tour Page. For those who haven't paid me yet, I'd appreciate it if you could bring me a cheque for £180 on Sunday night.

3 days to go and counting. I've just checked the course layout at Bogogno, which is the venue on the first day. I've never seen so much water on a golf course. So bring lots of balls.

Yours in sport.
The Handicap Secretary

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:12:00 +0000

Neston Ramblers Alumni

The following people are known to have appeared for Neston Rambers sometime between 1977 and 2007

Alistair
Andy Howe
Andy Power
Andy (teacher)
Barry Tunna
Bob Butterworth
Bob (Dr.)
Chris (via Barry)
Damian Walsh
Dave Roper
Eric Davies
Ged Cannon
Graham Exley
Iain Corlett
Ian McCormick
James Fergusson
John Davies
John Hughes
John Le Brun
Jem Le Brun
Jim
John McNall
Keith Morrison
Keith Gilbert
Kev Harris
Kevin Quinn
Mark
Mark Arden
Mark Askew
Mark Roper
Martin Hickman
Matthew Fergusson
Neil Stewart
Pete
Phil Roper
Ray Honey
Richie Askew
Robbie Irving
Simon Westwood
Steve Doyle
Steve Roper
Steve Rice
Steve Byrne 1
Steve Byrne 2
Tom
Tony Richardson
Vince Walsh

If you think of anyone I've missed, and I know there are many, please click on 'Comments' to add. I will then add them to the main Alumni page.

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:04:00 +0000

Dear All,

Here's a map, so that you know where we are in relation to Milan, airport, hotel and courses. Bogogno, Castelconturbia and Le Robinie are the courses that we will play. The little yellow squares mark where the hotel and airport are.

Yours in Sport.

Neston Ramblers Website Management aka The Handicap Secretary

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:46:00 +0000

A sad loss.

But look at the thickness of that shirt. No performance enhancing fabric in those days.

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:32:00 +0000

Match result – 22 April 2007

Score 12 : 6

Also rans : Red bibs

Jamie, Ged, John D, Iain, Robbie

Winners : Blue bibs

Damian, Mark, Ritchie, Andy H, Andy P

Due to my newly acquired hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia the match report will be kept brief this week.

Well done all.

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:31:00 +0000

Match result – 15 April 2007

Score 8 : 3

Also rans : Red bibs

Jamie, Ged, Ritchie, Iain, Andy

Winners : Blue bibs

Damian, John H, Mark, Robbie, Jim

No report due to my rhabdophobia

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:45:00 +0000

Top 5 Bad Transfer Buys

1. Gary Birtles - Notts Forest to Manchester United

2. James Beattie - Southampton to Everton

3. Djibril Cisse - Auxerre to Liverpool

4. Francis Jeffers - Everton to Arsenal

5. Faustino Asprilla - Parma to Newcastle

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:32:00 +0000

Top 5's

The first of a regular series featuring your favourite examples of types of sportsmen, places, films, etc, etc. Please use the Comments link to add your own versions.

Traditional British Centre Halves
1. Ian Ure
2. 'Big' Jim Holton
3. 'Big' Sam Allardyce
4. Ron Yeats
5. Mike England

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:29:00 +0000

All,
Please note that the Italian Golf Courses and Hotel are now available for your perusal via some links on a new page.

Neston Ramblers Website Management Team

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:54:00 +0000

Just a quick note to draw your attention to the new Archived Golf Photos page.

No laughing at the outfits and moustaches please.

Yours.
Neston Ramblers Website Management Team

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:37:00 +0000

Match result - 11 March 2007

This weeks match report is written by guest reporter - Sergei Loadza Bolocksovski – from the Russian news agency Pravda.

The views and opinions expressed in this article remain the sole responsibility of Comrade Bolocksovski and Neston Ramblers will accept no liability for anyone who chooses to be upset by this rubbish.

Score 12 : 0

Winners : Red bibs

Comrade Jamieski, Comrade Gedorov, Commisar Daviesovich, Commisar Damiankilachenko, First Secretary Robbineedakovic

Losers : Yellow bibs

Iain, Ritchie, Andy, Mark, John H

In a glorious campaign, the comrades who were proud wearers of the red kit, representing holy mother Russia and steeped in the traditions of the steppes, were willing to lay their lives on the line in their cause to defeat the imperialist capitalist dogs in the yellow bibs.

How appropriate that these cowering infidels wore yellow – faced by the might of the red army, they crumbled and were utterly annihilated.

Long live the revolution & power to the glorious peoples of the republic.

The red army marches on to another victory – they remain unstoppable in their quest to bring triumph after rampant triumph to the motherland – nothing will be allowed to stand in the way of world domination and the defeat of western imperialism by the people.

Sergei Bolocksovski [chief foreign correspondent for Pravda]

Editors note

Comrade Bolocksovski is old school & still lives in fear of losing his dacha, if he were to be seen not to be toeing the party line !!

Our people on the inside suggest that the score was actually 10:8 to the yellow bibs who performed heroically in hanging onto the coat-tails of the opposition and finally clawing their way to what looked like at one point, a most unlikely victory over the blue-bib'd team !

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:50:00 +0000

Match result - 4 March 2007

Score 9 : 7

Losers : Blue bibs

Iain, Andy, Damian, Ritchie, Robbie

Winners : Red bibs

Jamie, Mark, John D, Ged, Jim

This was more like it – a hard fought battle where the mind games and sledging were as tough as the tackling itself.

Jim played like he had just had a clash of heads and in his dazed state, the coach had told him he was Ronaldo [the smarmy gay git from Man U not the fat boy from Inter] – Jim obviously believed what he had been told and acted the fantasy out. Ultimately, he was the difference between the two sides and remember, if Jim didn’t know what he was doing, then neither did the opposition [or his playing colleagues for that matter].

Also suffering from a clash of heads were Iain & Jamie – Iain’s was prior to the game and the temporary loss of memory ensured the normal bibs were left at home – those red plastic ones are horrible – Iain ‘be safe be seen – wear a helmet next time’ : as for Jamie – I don’t care if you are on my side, don’t get in my way again.

noreply@blogger.com (Ged) — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:11:00 +0000

Match result – 25 February 2007

Score 12 : 7

Losers : Blue bibs

Andy, Robbie, John H, John D, Jim

Winners : Yellow bibs

Damian, Mark, Iain, Ritchie, Ged

Despite the hype an unusually quiet affair - the drama having unfolded in Cardiff earlier in the day, the match had an uncanny 'Groundhog day' feel about it.

John H's cynical scything down of the boy Cannon who returned from hospital later that day and was seen celebrating in a local hostelry afterwards - an unseemly melee on the pitch [did Arsene & Jose come onto the pitch again ?] - the blues with all the verve but no cutting edge - the normally lethal Ritchie having one of those days when the gallery were at risk from each shot - perhaps the match missed the flair of the talismanic Swedish Lothario; a boy with good looks, good fashion sense, untold riches and the touch of a masseuse from a Turkish Baths - questions remain why the youngsters were fielded instead of the experienced players. No wonder the match petered out.

Roll on 4 March.