Quick Postie thing - blah blah blah....

Daft really - I bog off to Belper for the weekend - when there's a veritable plethora of footy on the old Tameside door step - but when it's a family thing - and it's the wedding anniversary weekend - one puts up and shuts up - and is thankful to get any sort of game in !!

So Droylsden up - with a little help from Stalybridge - now that does take you back to one of the old Tameside Council slogans viz "Socialism at Work" (long since ditched since Blair reinvented Labour/Socialism more as the "New Tories"). I'm dead chuffed for the Bloods - and Manager/Chairman/Supremo Dave Pace - he's put his money where his mouth is - he's put his mouth there too - ruffled many a feather - but got there in the end. It may be a bit of a culture shock next season, up against 99% of full-time teams - but I reckon he's a few tricks up his sleeve. Droylsden may not turn out to be one of the crowd pullers in the "Blue Square Whatever It's Called" - but I'm sure they'll hold their own - in fact I'd check out the Blue Square site and put money on the Bloods staying up - no sweat !

Stalybridge Celtic are now all but safe - which pleases me too, as I've spent an above average amount of footy time at Bower Fold this season - and it's good to have alternative Tuesday night options, given my usual Monday/Wednesday "jujitsu" taxi-driving thingy type stuff - easy to get to from Mossley on public transport - Buffet Bar - etc.

I'd have liked to have seen more of Hyde this season - but the transport thing is a bit of a bugger when you want to have beer on a Saturday afternoon - and one thing I've noticed this season with the "Six Tame Sides" - every Saturday there's either 5 at home, 1 away - or vice versa - this hasn't helped much in the Ewen Fields area, as - from Mossley - it is the most awkward to get to via public transport (still haven't forgiven th damn busco's for Good Friday - grr !)

Ashton United - could still go down under the ludicrous "worst of the 4th bottom teams rule" - they must sit up at night even later than me (with better drugs !) to dream this sort of cr*p up - never mind - we've got the Unibond 1st Division reorganisation circus/roadshow to keep us entertained over the summer - who knows Mossley might end up in the Conference South - and I might win the Transylvanian Lottery ....there's a good crew up at Hurst Cross - the new regime at Mossley could do well to learn from these peeps about how to do it with minimum this and minimum that...

Curzon Ashton - a great season - great FA Vase campaign - should get promoted to Unibond 1st - but see comments above re reorganisation - we'll see - but on the games I've seen this season - they should go higher, and should hold their own as well.

Mossley - I'll hold my peace until the 30th June....

Started as a quick postie this - but then I do ramble some times - in fact on Sunday me and Mrs Smiffy were round Froggatt Edge....we bought a new tent as well - note it hasn't stopped raining since ! Football tomorrow/today - United on the telly ? No chance - back to Lambeth Grove to see Woodley Sports take on Bridlington Town - and if it all works OK - I might sneak into Stockport at lunchtime to pick up a monopod for the camera, to try and get a handle on this night stuff "sans shake" - this assumes Stockport Jessops have a Manfrotto 679 in stock ! And it could be another "tea towel night" looking at the weather forecast - and yes Tim, I've seen that fancy "condom type" thing you pointed out - I may well go down that road for next October/November/Wettember etc !!