Entries from October 2007

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

This is how serious I am taking this run

I am a frivilous fool. Quite often I find myself skint only a week after pay day. However, if anything was going to inspire me to save my hard earned cash, its Steve May. So on Tuesday, I put £30 in an envelop, scrawled ‘Hornchurch vs Dulwich’ on it and stuck it to my wall. [...]

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

‘AFC’ Hornchurch

So, away to Hornchurch in FAC3QR. While it will be good to get the first Saturday afternoon FA Cup away trip in (Tuesday night in Deal was less a trip, more a punishment sent from a laughing God at the stupid idea that we can make this run last longer than the First Round), I [...]

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Third Round

So, with Hendon getting knocked out the bitter rivalries will be bypassed in favour for a trip to AFC Hornchurch, who actually play in Upminster, which, thankfully, is within the M25.
I hope we win through this, but Hornchurch are a league above Dulwich and knocking out the Ryman Premier league leaders Hendon show’s they’re a [...]

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Is that David Pleat? My god he has put on weight.

The knee. Oh the knee. Twisted whilst playing football at truck, it had laid me up for a week. But by God it was not going to ruin the FA cup. Oh no. 
 My FA cup run actually began on friday afternoon in Carnaby Street. Drenched from a typical late september downpour, I headed into Muji [...]

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Nice arse!

Playing an FA Cup game on a Sunday is a terrible idea. A terrible, terrible idea. I am in so much pain right now I can’t even begin to quantify it. Although probably not as much as Joe ‘i’ll just drunkenly fall backwards through this gate and into someone’s front garden, if you don’t mind…’ [...]