Is There A God?

I was just twelve, when I watched Wolves beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the 1960 Cup Final. Like many of the finals of that era, there was a serious injury to a player, which reduced Blackburn to ten men, as substitutes weren’t allowed. The Blackburn player was Dave Whelan.

Today, he was the Chairman and major shareholder of Wigan Athletic, as they beat Manchester City to win the FA Cup.

Either there is a God, or everything comes to those who wait!

Linford Christie Is A Gardener

This was flagged up by Katherine Merry on Fighting Talk this morning.

Gardening is one of my pet hates, so I do find Linford Christie’s apparent love of gardening, rather foreign. I like looking at nice gardens, but please don’t ask me to do anything. I would have thought, Linford could have been like me, as we both had other things to do, that are more important.

I checked to see if Katherine Merry was right and found this article in the Financial Times.

Two Days Junk Mail From Virgin Media

They may have been inefficient at fixing my phone problems in the past, but they certainly know how to get junk mail through my door.

Two Days Junk Mail From Virgin Media

I’ve also read, that they still haven’t concluded a deal with BT so that their TV customers can get the matches BT has the rights to.

Most of the junk mail was addressed to that person, who doesn’t live here, the Mr. D.E.A.R. Householder.

Anything, marked without my name is instantly put into the green sack for recycling. Perhaps I should hang one outside for the postman!

BT Are Making A Big Play For Customers

BT seem to be pulling out the stops to get customers to use their broadband services to get sporting TV, and especially football.

BT Are Making A Big Play For Customers

As I’m a customer of BT Vision, I don’t need to do anything.

Who Will Be The Next Manchester United Manager?

Just watch the betting!

Years ago, I had a friend, who’s since died, who told me that some heavy punters have a direct line to what goes on at Manchester United.

At the moment David Moyes is well ahead on Betfair.

Are Sunderland Playing For Relegation?

Sunderland have now had two players sent off in successive matches, which means they lose them until the end of the season.

Although, they are now playing better with ten men.

Wigan incidentally, seem to be favourites for the drop.

At least, we didn’t get the all West Country Division One play-off to decide who comes up, but I would prefer a trip to Brentford, than one to Yeovil.

The worst scenario would be if Wigan and Yeovil are the two new teams in the Championship.

To And From Turf Moor

I took these pictures of the walk to Burnley’s ground; Turf Moor and the walk back by a route avoiding the dreadful pedestrian-unfriendly roundabout by the station.

Burnley is a town that needs a few more light-controlled crossings, as both walks involved lots of crossing of major roads, often with iron railings to get in your way.

Many clubs would organise a bus service on match days, especially as the climb back to the station is quite severe.

To Burnley To See Ipswich

I went to Burnley today to see Ipswich play. I went up via Leeds, as in my opinion, First Class on East Coast is so much better than the offering on Virgin Trains.

I also didn’t suffer any delays, but apparently some Ipswich supporters, who took the Manchester route, got to the match at around half-time.

More Spanish Practices

This story from the Daily Mail, asks if it is the biggest scandal in doping history. Even Andy Murray is laying into the row, as the first paragraphs say.

Andy Murray last night hit out at a Spanish judge who ordered evidence relating to one of the biggest doping rings in history to be destroyed.

Britain’s No 1 tennis player called the decision to dump more than 200 blood bags from stars in a number of sports as ‘the biggest  cover-up in sports history’ and said it was a ‘joke’.

Sometimes you think that there is one law for Spain and one law for everybody else.

An Eat-Travel-Watch-Return Trip

I mentioned this in the previous post about next season and increasingly, I’m finding that this is the way I go to football matches.

I eat first, often at the London station, like Kings Cross or Waterloo, but sometimes like yesterday for the trip to Portman Road at home, which is a about twenty minutes from Liverpool Street station.

I then travel out in First Class, so I get a comfortable trip, getting to the match just before kick-off.

Afterwards, I usually take the first train back.