2336 - It's all you're going to get from me anyway .....
Our “grand day out” began naturally at home – that’s Mossley Social Club that is – please excuse our brand loyalty, but it’s always worth a local gathering after Christmas Day/New Years Eve – just to check out the headaches/hangovers/new jumpers. Sadly this year there was little of all three – although Welly was a “touch quiet” !! A few beers – and a carry-out bottle at 1330 saw us mounting the MightyMossleyMiniBus up to Gigg Lane – and in no time at all we were signing ourselves into the Bury Social Club – for a quid !! Now in the good old days of “real” non-league it was maybe 10p or 25p to sign into an opposition Social Club – these days it doesn’t really exist – until today – never mind I’m sure it’s Bury’s fault…. Time for a couple anyway and to see the “mighty Chelsea” turn round a 1-0 deficit (when we left Mossley) into a 2-1 win (when we got to Bury).
Time also to bump into Gary who sold me a copy of UTB (the fanzine – to be read later) before fighting our way (well there was only 16 on’t’bus !) into the Visitors End. Rucksack was dutifully searched and I was told to “keep away from the yellow lines” – until John came over hand handed me my first ever ever ever Press Pass – well that’s non-league football for you ! Never mind I’m sure it’s Bury’s fault…..
The floodlights at Bury are actually not that good …either that, or I may have had a crap day at the “lens end”. You decide …
http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r272/mossleysmiffy/FCUMMossley/
Never mind I’m sure it’s Bury’s fault…..
The game – well, the better team won in the end – their first goal was well offside, they were not 5-2 better than Mossley, but – the right team won on the day. The crowd was only 2,017 – disappointing I thought. Mossley brought their maximum, of that I’m sure – and we noticed – hurtling back down the M60 towards Ashton – some cars with FCUM fans coming off at our junction – hey what’s wrong with supporting a local side ? Or is this in keeping with the Plymouth/Ireland/Iceland fans of “big” United (big “Tameside” flag etc etc) …. Never mind I’m sure it’s Bury’s fault…..
Some stuff noticed from today – the chant “..and if you are a City fan surrender or you’ll die” – does this refer to Lancaster City ? – the only “City” in our league…The stewards – OK – they’re obviously Bury based, but obviously happy to tell the “elite 200” to “sit down” whilst studiously ignoring the 1,900 standing elsewhere. Never mind I’m sure it’s Bury’s fault ….Why did FCUM ‘keeper Sam Ashton tell the tiny ball-boy to “leave it” when the ball went out of play ? Nervous of the Mossley come-back ?? (must have known something we didn’t !!!!) And why did he make a total t*t of himself when the fourth goal went in ? Now that was the sort of behaviour that you read about in the “big league” – maybe he has ambitions – just totally unnecessary though. Never mind I’m sure it’s Bury’s fault….. Programme - the £2 programme - still had Woodley in bold on the stats page (a touch out of date here - but - hey - it's Christams..) - excellent programme mind - but I felt the outer wrapper ("Help the Homeless") was crass, tasteless and very badly timed - this time of year there are real homeless people out there on the streets - a club with no ground - who's fault is that - and are you likely to die due to the cold weather ? This was probably the "piss Smiffy off moment" of today....
Now sod this – I’ll leave it up to the experts – or those who stand back for several hours – to fill in the gaps. I have work in the morning – and I still need to “do the rounds” – believe Celtic have done the double over Hyde and Belper have drawn at home with Goole.
Saturday sees us “back in the real world” at home to Bamber Bridge – let’s hope they leave their armed robber at home (get well soon PC Katie Johnson) – would be nice if they left Mr Salmon downstream as well…..
Our “grand day out” began naturally at home – that’s Mossley Social Club that is – please excuse our brand loyalty, but it’s always worth a local gathering after Christmas Day/New Years Eve – just to check out the headaches/hangovers/new jumpers. Sadly this year there was little of all three – although Welly was a “touch quiet” !! A few beers – and a carry-out bottle at 1330 saw us mounting the MightyMossleyMiniBus up to Gigg Lane – and in no time at all we were signing ourselves into the Bury Social Club – for a quid !! Now in the good old days of “real” non-league it was maybe 10p or 25p to sign into an opposition Social Club – these days it doesn’t really exist – until today – never mind I’m sure it’s Bury’s fault…. Time for a couple anyway and to see the “mighty Chelsea” turn round a 1-0 deficit (when we left Mossley) into a 2-1 win (when we got to Bury).
Time also to bump into Gary who sold me a copy of UTB (the fanzine – to be read later) before fighting our way (well there was only 16 on’t’bus !) into the Visitors End. Rucksack was dutifully searched and I was told to “keep away from the yellow lines” – until John came over hand handed me my first ever ever ever Press Pass – well that’s non-league football for you ! Never mind I’m sure it’s Bury’s fault…..
The floodlights at Bury are actually not that good …either that, or I may have had a crap day at the “lens end”. You decide …
http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r272/mossleysmiffy/FCUMMossley/
Never mind I’m sure it’s Bury’s fault…..
The game – well, the better team won in the end – their first goal was well offside, they were not 5-2 better than Mossley, but – the right team won on the day. The crowd was only 2,017 – disappointing I thought. Mossley brought their maximum, of that I’m sure – and we noticed – hurtling back down the M60 towards Ashton – some cars with FCUM fans coming off at our junction – hey what’s wrong with supporting a local side ? Or is this in keeping with the Plymouth/Ireland/Iceland fans of “big” United (big “Tameside” flag etc etc) …. Never mind I’m sure it’s Bury’s fault…..
Some stuff noticed from today – the chant “..and if you are a City fan surrender or you’ll die” – does this refer to Lancaster City ? – the only “City” in our league…The stewards – OK – they’re obviously Bury based, but obviously happy to tell the “elite 200” to “sit down” whilst studiously ignoring the 1,900 standing elsewhere. Never mind I’m sure it’s Bury’s fault ….Why did FCUM ‘keeper Sam Ashton tell the tiny ball-boy to “leave it” when the ball went out of play ? Nervous of the Mossley come-back ?? (must have known something we didn’t !!!!) And why did he make a total t*t of himself when the fourth goal went in ? Now that was the sort of behaviour that you read about in the “big league” – maybe he has ambitions – just totally unnecessary though. Never mind I’m sure it’s Bury’s fault….. Programme - the £2 programme - still had Woodley in bold on the stats page (a touch out of date here - but - hey - it's Christams..) - excellent programme mind - but I felt the outer wrapper ("Help the Homeless") was crass, tasteless and very badly timed - this time of year there are real homeless people out there on the streets - a club with no ground - who's fault is that - and are you likely to die due to the cold weather ? This was probably the "piss Smiffy off moment" of today....
Now sod this – I’ll leave it up to the experts – or those who stand back for several hours – to fill in the gaps. I have work in the morning – and I still need to “do the rounds” – believe Celtic have done the double over Hyde and Belper have drawn at home with Goole.
Saturday sees us “back in the real world” at home to Bamber Bridge – let’s hope they leave their armed robber at home (get well soon PC Katie Johnson) – would be nice if they left Mr Salmon downstream as well…..
3 comments:
Gostei muito desse post e seu blog é muito interessante, vou passar por aqui sempre =) Depois dá uma passada lá no meu site, que é sobre o CresceNet, espero que goste. O endereço dele é http://www.provedorcrescenet.com . Um abraço.
Love to know what language this is ...I reckon "TotalBollox" - tis neither Spanish nor Portuguese as far as I can tell - and there's no bloody way I'm clicking on the link !!!
Happy new year to you and all at smiffy towers been at work all xmas and new year on 6-2 shift and now nosmo has a bloody great big boil in his ear but no doubt its Burys fault.
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