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... and if you're looking for the result of the Manchester FA Youth Cup game between Mossley Youth and FC United of Manchester Youth ... this is NOT the place. I offer up the following ...
Ho ho ho ...
(EVENING UPDATE- Make that "TWO WINS for Mossley !" - the Youth team beat FCUM Youth 4-1 this afternoon ... nice one !)
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... and it all started so well ...
... end of October ... end of Mossley's interest in all Cups for the season ... unlike last week though, the game finished with 22 players on the pitch (and a substitute goalkeeper on the Mossley bench !).
Personally thought Mossley gave a good account of themselves today - but a combination of bad luck, missed chances (really need more of a killer instinct at times) and some very questionable offside decisions meant that another "beatable team" went away with the honours. We've shown we CAN compete with teams from a higher level - the next step (in "now we can concentrate on the league" mode) is to transfer the good bits from the last month - and hopefully to learn from some of the bad bits. We're EIGHT games behind AFC Fylde (!) and six behind most of the others - time to start moving up that league. In the meantime- some pictures from today at
Mossley 2 Nantwich Town 3 (FA Trophy)
(One notable result from today was Curzon Ashton putting one over FC Halifax Town today to the tune of 2-1 ...).
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Wonder if this animated gif will work ?
... "de-lousing" small boys pc which was awash with "win32/callitwhatyoulike" type viruses (virii ??). In the end it boiled down to a "sod it ALL off and start again" type of 'fix' - and have now spent the last few hours attempting to re-build (it's an XP machine so we're starting from several years ago and working forwards ...) - we're getting there !!
FA Trophy versus Nantwich Town tomorrow - hoping to be there for 1500 hrs - but first some work - and I've also offered to "help out" with a touch of overtime- just hope I'm not inundated on my own walk first !
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Orrest Head
... went up on Wednesday straight after work - well almost - first job was to clean up a pile of cat sh*t (our aged cat is slowly going loopy - Catzheimers Disease or something - and had managed to "download some brownware" behind the TV - as in all over the four-way plug and its constituent pluggage - a right royal mess !!! Ended up driving through monsoon conditions after leaving the M6 near Kendal arriving about 2000 hrs in time for food etc ... Today a gentle five miler to the top of Orrest Head and down towards the Troubeck valley before turning sharp left back towards Windermere. Lazy afternoon watching people make tea - before eating it (!) and catching the 1815 train back home (left car up there with Mrs Smiffy) together with small boy who also came back. Finally got round to buying him his 18th birthday alcoholic beverage (only one month late) at Stalybridge Buffet Bar before getting home about 2100 ... some pix from today at
Orrest Head Windermere - 28Oct10
Notice that Darlington "did the double" over Mossley by beating our Youth Team 3-0 in the FA Youth Cup last night - hey ho ... other than that, it might be worth seeing what's happened in the world today - so I'm off to the BBC website - now ...
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Matty Kay goes close ...
... our second meeting in 7 days ... and our third cup exit in a similar time ... A much-changed side from the Darlington "episode" went behind after 10 minutes when Danny Shannon find both time and space to put Curzon 1-0 up ... and after that, many chances were created - but many chances were missed before Shannon made it 2-0 right at the death. It's late - again - so I'd wait for the official word (Mossleyweb.com) for more words ... here's some piccies to keep you busy though ...
Mossley 0 Curzon Ashton 2 (Presidents Cup)
Later today (Wednesday) the Mossley Youth team have a chance to atone for the failure of "big team" when they visit Darlington in the FA Youth Cup - I wish them well. Me - work and then back up to Windermere for another 24 hour "whistle stop visit" (day off on Thursday). October's "cup month" ends on Saturday with the visit of Nantwich Town in the FA Trophy - let's hope for a positive in this one eh what ?
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... OK - looks like I lied a bit about only finding half-a-dozen ... still not best pleased mind (probably watching Mossley concede six goals and lose three players didn't help duting my "initial consulatation") - but what do you expect when you're doing it "on the cheap" (relatively speaking - that's camera-speaking !). Anyway - take it or leave it - I offer up
Mossley 2 Darlington 6 (FA Cup 23Oct10)
Back down to earth tomorrow ... albeit STILL a cup-based earth ...
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2000 foot above Lake Windermere... some pictures from our "big walk" around the Fairfield Horseshoe at
Fairfield Horseshoe - 24Oct10
At work today - started to make inroads on the Sky Magazines - which to the best of my knowledge appeared early last week while I was on holiday ... and never moved (not well chuffed about that - will have serious grumbles to my lino when he re-appears tomorrow after his "day off"). Still ... home (and dry more importantly !) by 1600 - to this ...
... and if you're still looking for some pix from the Darlington game ... so am I !
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... yep, bobbed down to Stockport to give it a try - poss turned up a "touch early" - but then I got home early which is good really innit ?? A couple of pix from tonight ...
The beers ...
The entertainment - an oompah band called "The Von Krapps" !!
But answer me this - why the hell was Jerry Garcia from the Grateful Dead there tonight ???????????
So - home early doors really - up and ready for the big game tomorrow (all batteries charged etc etc). Can Mossley win ? I am strangely confident - seriously - that they can get a result out of this one. Let's see - but first a quick five hours of graft - followed by football - followed by drive to Windermere. No idea when I'll be back on - maybe - just maybe - about 2330hrs on Sunday night ... at the earliest - we'll see ...
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... October Beer Festival in Stockport starts at 1700 hrs this evening - and there may be a few of the old Simon-Carves crew there (both "ex-employees" and "poor buggers still there"). In work tomorrow morning before the big FA Cup game in the afternoon - and straight after the Mossley/Darlington clash, I'm driving up to Windermere for a "brief stay" - as pointed out before, I was unable to get next week off work, and Mrs Smiffy has rented a cottage "up there" for a week's worth of family and friends "dropping in and out" for a few days at a time. I'm obviously back on Sunday night for work on Monday morning - boo hoo ... (also worth pointing out that there won't be any pictures from the Darlington game until late Sunday night/early Monday morning at the earliest !)
So ... if I'm not drinking on Saturday afternoon with having to drive later ... think I WILL take in a couple of hours at Stockport this early evening ...
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... some time off from household chores - a bus into Oldham and - basically - walk home down the old railway line to Grotton - next project will probably be to find the "other end" of Grotton Tunnel and finish it off by heading to Greenfield - and maybe carry on towards Delph. A few (!!) pictures from today (including some more of that unexpected urban fox !) at
Railway Walk - 20 Oct10
Back to the housework etc tomorrow - but I think I'll leave that plastering skim coat until Friday though ! In fact - if the weather's up to scratch I might even get round to pointing the top patio - the mortar is sitting in the garden shed - and has been for a few months - otherwise a kitchen wall to repaint and a couple of sockets to replace ... for starters anyway ...
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More to come - I'm cooking tea at the moment ...
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... a Mickey Mouse cup ?? Only when you lose !!! It was a cold night up at Seel Park, and the expected (by me and a few others anyway !) "Reserves v Reserves" game ... wasn't (although Curzon had a fair sprinkling of their fringe players on show, Mossley were pretty much full strength). Disappointing from a Mossley viewpoint - although having seen Curzon only three days ago, I knew that they were good ! Some supporters seemed to think the visitors were a trifle "physical" - I disagree. I felt that more than one Mossley player last night was "just holding back a touch" (for Saturday ?) which made any hard challenge look that touch worse.
So 3-2 to Curzon - a late-ish goal from Mossley set up a frantic last five minutes, although I reckon no-one (on AND off the pitch) fancied extra time. Not a brilliant night behind the lens either - missed the neat touch for Curzon's first goal, and missed Chris Rowney's goal just after half-time as I was still queuing up to get out of the warmth of the bar !! Anyway here you go ...
Mossley 2 Curzon Ashton 3 (Manchester Premier Cup)
So - Curzon get the local "bragging rights" - for seven days anyway, as the two teams meet again next Tuesday in the First Round of the Presidents Cup (more Mickey Mouse stuff ? We'll wait and see the result !).
One "flashback" moment to days gone by - if you check out the Evo-Stik website results section you'll see this (click for big) ...
Nice typo ... Chris Downey left Mossley over four years ago !!!
Right - that's the footy over with until Saturday ... mmm - Saturday ... I'm off out on my "Industrial Heritage Walk" today - starting at the site of Oldham Clegg Street Station and finishing somewhere in Grotton. Pictures etc. later on ...
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... and so the restful holiday continues ... knocked all the perished (100+ year old !) plaster off the wall yesterday ...
... and here's the first coat of browning bunged on this morning (as you can see the cat is suitably unimpressed !!)
... and so to luncheon ... and when that plaster has gone off a bit more, I'll stick the second coat on - skim it later in the week I think. Also, after a damp start, the weather is clearing up a bit now in preparation for tonight's "local derby" 'twixt Mossley and Curzon Ashton in the Manchester Premier Cup ...
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... following the B&Q trip me and Mrs Smiffy embarked on an 11 miler - straight out of the door and in a big loop taking in Carrbrook, Slatepit Moor, Swineshaw Reservoirs, Ogden Clough, "The Wilderness" (very boggy !!), Chew Reservoir and the home across Wimberry Moss, down to the Oldham Way and Tameside Trail before arriving home five hours later ... some pics at
Sunday Walk - 17Oct10
Roasted a gorgeous lump of topside of beef (with veg and roasties !) before collapsing in front of the box ...
Today - the job list began by filling the screen washer on the car (always fun remembering how to open the bonnet - do it so rarely !!) - this - and next on the list will be halogen bulb replacement in the front room light, before starting on the week's "biggie" - knocking the knackered plaster off the wall and redoing same (I suppose I ought to find some dustsheets first ...).
Off we go then (cuppa tea first mind !) ...
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... well, I couldn't make it to Shepshed (where Mossley had a comfortable 4-1 win apparently) - but I did make it to the rather nippy Tameside Stadium to see Curzon Ashton and Skelmersdale United in the same competition - it's been another long day (0530 until now - eek !) so words are at a premium, but I did expect a more evenly matched game given the league positions of both teams. As it was, I saw a comfortable win for the home side - who now visit Mossley on Tuesday night for a Manchester Premier Cup First Round game. Here are the pictures from today ...
Curzon Ashton 3 Skelmersdale United 1 (FA Trophy 1Q)
(and yes I did miss the consolation goal for Skem - I was wandering round looking for somewhere warm to sit !)
One other Trophy that does deserve a mention though - Matlock Town 10 (ten) Bedworth United 0 (nil) - where Ross Hannah scored 7 (seven) for the Gladiators - possibly a record ??
Time for bed now I feel ...
(Morning memory addition following the B&Q trip - Curzon now run out to a version of "Kashmir" - unfortunately not the Led Zepp one; and for the first two goals we had "Glad All Over" - Dave Clark Five - before reverting to the usual "I Feel Good" by James Brown - I felt you all ought to know that !!!)
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... at work and then I've got a week's holiday. "Hooray !" in some ways, but "Bugger !" in others - I'd have much preferred the week after (it's called half-term by Mrs Smiffy), but holidays are booked/allocated up to 12 months in advance at Royal Mail - and being a relative "newbie", I was left picking up the scraps. Still - a job list has begun - starting with replastering the wall where the radiator fell off (!!!!) - and checking the wiring on the front room light fitting (old and very very "iffy").
Chalked up a good chunk of o/t this week anyway (including a bit early doors tomorrow) - but I won't be "driving like mad" for a second week in a row - this week it's Shepshed v Mossley in the FA Trophy - you can't do 'em all. My choice of footy will still be an FA Trophy game mind - Curzon Ashton v Skelmersdale United.
Sad to hear about the death of Malcolm Allison today - astonished to find out he was as old as he was (i.e. two years older than my Dad !) - he must have looked about 45 for at least 25 years ... trust there will be a big fedora on top of the coffin.
Talking of death (or at least someone who should be by now - I'll be arranging a street party) I heard this quip today ... courtesy Martin from Stalybridge ...
"Margaret Thatcher must be gutted...Her 85th birthday and she can't make it to her own party, she's sat at home and the only thing on telly is a load of miners celebrating!"
So - Saturday = work + football; Sunday = B&Q for plaster + walk + topside of beef; next week - we'll see ... one plan I DO have for one of the days (i.e. a nice day weather-wise) is to go into Oldham and walk back along the former railway track between Oldham and Grotton. Having been catching the bus into Oldham for work these past months, I've spotted various bits that have been turned into foot/cycle paths and the old bridges as well - not really a Mrs Smiffy-type Sunday walk - one for me and the camera I feel ...
(plus the plastering and wiring of course !!)
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... right - done the rest - and here they are ...
Mossley 4 Lincoln MR 1 (FA Cup Replay)
That's all folks - official report here - looking forward to a heavy day tomorrow at work - have promised to do an extra half-walk after my own in exchange for 2.5 hours o/t - and may yet get the call for another 1.25 hours o/t early doors - eek !
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