Very well played all of you.
If you didn't enjoy that in your dotage then you should give up. Togetherness, some really great attempts at slick moves- not all come off naturally- and some sterling individual efforts by each and every one of you- honest. I really enjoyed reffing it- lying bastard- no I actually did, mind I'd rather have played, mind I'd rather have played 'Lawrence of Arabia', all that sand and them camels- you don't want to get an ugly one!
A hard played first half where a combination of their fat goalie- wasn't he slow? Hey I always stop the watch so divvint fret Steve and Debbie, and some less than accurate finishing had the game at 0-0. (By the way I always stop the watch when Debbie wastes time- you think I'm daft? Perhaps.)
We went three in front in the second half, thanks to a Gavin second attempt which would have evaded any keeper, a scintillating run from Gavin, played on by their fullback, their linesman was honest, and a superb slotted finish, then a glorious move from which John Boyle, ever alert to a good call found Ditch at the edge of the area from which he smashed home emphatically.
They got a messy goal back but that was that.
Phil deputised in goal for the absent Trevor, on the Guinness in Ireland, as was nuptial Mike, and apart from a nut in the face rarely had much to deal with.
The togetherness was very important, I felt, much absent in the Sandy debacle, so well done yi bonny lads!
I think we're top, well I know we are, but have played more games than Sandy. They lose one more and we beat Goldcheats and we're league winners on goal difference I reckon. But it's each individual game that counts.
How about that neat interchange between John Twigg and Brendan which even had M. Bull applauding?
The Fox was well peopled and is offering cut price lunches for the over-60's, only I am eligible but Brendan, Chris G, Bill and Twiggy are catching up! .
Idid so enjoy the game, especially my duty of clearing the dog shit off the pitch pre-start.
HANDBALL- a contentious area of all football. My understanding has always been there has to be intent. But it is more sophisticated than that it appears. SO- when the ball is blasted at Brendan who instinctively turns his back to block and the missile hits his arm which is down by his side I construe that as certainly not intentional. No free kick. When Roy flying into one of his kamikaze challenges ends up with his body vertical and his hand knocking the ball away to the disadvantage of the attacking side, whether intentional or not I gave a free kick. Intentional? I dunno. When Steve under pressure is applying his silky skills to controlling the ball and it bounces up and is controlled by his elbow? I instinctively, knowing him and his game, feel that it's not intentional but has afforded him an advantage through armwork, I gave a free kick against him! This rule is almost not a rule but a matter of instinct and take your pick!
Dave's handball was just that a fucking handball- straight, intentional and honest!
Just a thought.
Ron Wagon
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1)Ron- "Thats handball, Free kick to the opposition"
2)Ron- "Thats handball, Free kick to the opposition"
3)Ron- "Thats handball, Free kick to the opposition"
Can someone handle my balls ?
Ron I think you sometimes make your mind up if it was a foul by your preconceptions of the player commiting it.you may well be right but dont forget the opposition have cheating bastards playing for them aswell and because you dont know their game you may well be more lenient and give them the benefit of the doubt.Please try and balance it up a bit and give us some penalties and freekicks.
Foul! Ref!!! Penalty!!!! Mouth open...aghast. I got dirty!!!!! Why would I want to get dirty? Got to be a foul despite me being a 10 stone weakling! Honest!?! Best tackler was the pitch on Sunday. Quality stuff. Tip-top, top of the league. Matt, Mike or John...you need to score 7 goals against Goldings to become top league goalscorer this season. I hope you all do it because then we would have beaten Goldings 24-0 and won the league. Marvellous stuff.
I haven't been counting them up by the way. Honest. Did someone say though that league goals count double at the end of the season?
Howay the damn lads. I am scrupulously fair. Yes I know Dave's fouls and Roy's cos I see them. They're hardly subtle. I think I gave 3 freekicks for us for Alistair being pushed in the back. I sort of wasn't sure about the challenge on either John B or Gavin so I played on, they were, if fouls, fair fouls if you see worra mean.
I hope im not known as a fouler. I would be devistated if i was. Can i just be known as a dirty bastard please.
You'll always be a dirty bastard in my eyes Debbie.
That Gavin seems to be a nice chap and a decent player too! Hope he gets most league goals this season.
Hope I score again this season.
Joe Haverty died for you Arsenal fans with no memory. I watched him and he was a fucking crowd pleaser. 5foot 4 and now gone!
Joe Haverty died for you Arsenal fans with no memory. I watched him and he was a fucking crowd pleaser. 5foot 4 and now gone!
Joe Haverty died for you Arsenal fans with no memory. I watched him and he was a fucking crowd pleaser. 5foot 4 and now gone!
Wasn't Giggs good the other night? He could play for the vets. Not sure why he's wasting his time playing for Man U.
As a teacher, I'd like to apologise for getting my sums wrong. 3 x 7 = 21 and not 24.
god help us!
Wot is a teechar?
Joe Haverty died for you Arsenal fans with no memory. I watched him and he was a fucking crowd pleaser. 5foot 4 and now gone!
Roy says you may think you know my fouls but i assure you, you only see a fraction coz I have a quick look to see where you are before I do alot of them! Its alot harder when Alistair is running the line though, he tends to flag. Dave is best linesman.I also like him on the pitch aswell coz you cant watch us both.
that dave's a dirty bastard
Who the fuck is Joe Haverty.
Joe Haverty, who has died aged 72, was an effective, popular leftwinger for Arsenal and the Republic of Ireland during the 1950s - a period when Arsenal's pedestrian team badly needed a touch of colour. For his fans, you might say, as one bleak season at Highbury followed another, he was a kind of consolation.
Born in Dublin, he was an Eire youth international and a member of the St Patrick's Athletic team that reached the final of the 1954 Eire Cup, after which he joined Arsenal in July 1954. The 1954-55 season had just begun when he was given his debut in the First Division at Goodison Park, a midweek evening match against Everton, in which his partner was another small, lively figure, Derek Tapscott. But he did not win a regular first-team place in his first two seasons at Highbury, playing just half a dozen games in the first and eight in the second. They were, however, eight matches of some consequence, since he helped the Gunners to a strong late run, in which they gained 15 points out of the last possible 18. Already an Ireland youth international, he won his first full cap at the end of that season for his country against Holland. In all he would play 32 times for Ireland.
The fact that he was a mere 5ft 3in was no disadvantage to him. He became a regular choice in the Arsenal team of 1956-57, making 28 appearances, in which he scored eight goals. He was especially effective that October in the demolition of Manchester City, against whom the Gunners scored seven goals. In the following month, he played his finest game for Ireland, in Dublin, a coruscating performance against Germany, crowned by the scoring of Ireland's decisive second goal.
He went on to play for his country in the World Cup qualifying competition in season 1956-57, against Denmark in October 1956 and twice against England the following May. But trouble with his back eventually affected his game. In the 1961-62 season he went north to Blackburn Rovers and there followed a long peregrination; to Millwall, Celtic, Bristol Rovers, back to Dublin at Shelbourne and Shamrock Rovers, finally playing for the Chicago Spurs and the Kansas City Spurs in the North American Soccer League.
On retirement, he would, in time, become a scout for Arsenal, much valued by his compatriot Liam Brady, by then a coach with the Gunners. Of Haverty, Brady said: "I used to watch him in the League of Ireland and the Irish team, when I was about 10, to when I went to Arsenal, at 15. Other fans always tell me what a crowd-pleasing player Joe was at Highbury. He was an old-fashioned winger, small in stature but very quick. He really enjoyed his time at Arsenal and constantly talked about it. He was an excellent scout for us."
In 2000, Haverty was inducted into the Football Association of Ireland's Hall of Fame. For the Gunners, he played 114 League games, in which he scored 25 goals. He is survived by his wife and three daughters.
• Joseph Haverty, footballer, born 17 February 1936; died 7 February 2009
It's amazing what you can do with copy and paste.
I think your great too Royston.
I nearly passed away myself reading about Joe Haverty!
Who reads the Guardian?
Who's Joe Haverty they'll be asking who's Derek Tapscott and Geordie Armstrong next.
Divvint get me on about Ray Kennedy.
is joe haverty playing for us on sunday?
Haverty heart the bloke's just died but he's available the following week.
Wendy Richard is dead too. Was she the poor mans Diana Doors.
Has anyone seen my pussy?
Is Arthur Bottom still alive?
Ah Arthur Bottom ex of York City and Newcastle, remember him well- scored 5 in one game.
Diana Dors ex of Swindon, scored many times, attached to the criminal classes. Would enjoy an outing in Stevenage. 'Cept she's dead.
Dick Keith - he has slid into touch I believe (taking the peanut seller with him), but what of his compadre, the immortal Alf (not the sacred river - although his runs up the wing were immeasurable in time when he was for a short time turned into a winger by a sudden tactical eccentricity of a whimisical and probably bored manager) - does he still dream of being turned inside out by the Greyhound Stadium habitue Harry Hooper?
Alf McMichael heroic Northern Irish fullback once rhetorically asked me, "di yi think we footballers are slaves?". Answer I didn't know you were a footballer. Retired to become an unsuccessful manager of South Shields of all places.
Died in 2006.
I was there during one of his forages as a right winger- well he was a left back!
Keith died years ago falling from a ladder on a building site. Minimum wages, nae wonders swan, Layne and kay went in fer a birro dabbling.
I always suspected Swan, his shorts were frankly too short.
I hear that Alan Suddick who sold his soul to the Golden Mile dream is unhappily very ill. Big Mac arrived due to the money we got for AS and who will ever forget his nuanced approach to the beautiful game?
God bless Alan Suddick- England under 23 international and nowt beyond.
As for Big Mac he sold his legs for the doubtless joys of Glenfiddich.
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