Posted by sean on June 29, 2009 at 8:34 pm in England with No Comments


Gutting

Many toys out the pram and thumbs sucked red raw tonight šŸ™

Posted by sean on June 28, 2009 at 10:15 pm in Ventures Outside Of Bath with No Comments


I had a lovely couple of days up tā€™north, seeing Claire in Walsall. There was no trip to the football this time (the players are all on holiday). Instead, we enjoyed each others company, and I received a tour of Walsall town centre.

The weekend was over far too quick though ā€“ I cannot believe its time for work again tomorrow morning. I guess time really does fly when youā€™re having fun.

I rounded off my excellent weekend with a trip to the Dolphin, where I met Simon and enjoyed a pint of Pedigree, while discussing the recent football and cricket activities – as well as Michael Jackson.

However, I am now very tired – thanks mainly to a combination of early mornings, travelling and hot, muggy weather – if thereā€™s going to be a thunderstorm, get it over and done with!

All weā€™ve had these last few days have been random droplets of rain and flirtations of thunder. In anticipation of the mother of all electrical storms, Iā€™m unplugging my PC and AV equipment from the mains on a nightly basis ā€“ all for nothing.

On that note, itā€™s time for bed.

Posted by sean on June 26, 2009 at 9:10 pm in England with No Comments


For the last two weeks, I have been avidly watching Stuart Pearceā€™s England U21 side in the European U21 European Championships.

They have been doing very well of late, and I have been happy to report good things to friends, colleagues and anyone else I can get to listen to by inane drivel.

The England babbies played Sweden in the semi final this evening. All was going well at half time – England winning 3-0. I even muttered the words which no football fan should ever say ā€œnothing can go wrong nowā€…

45 minutes later, England had let in 3 goals and were looking defeat and a trip back home, straight in the face. I was not at all pleased, but strangely not at all surprised.

After a tedious 30 minutes of extra time, it was a penalty shoot out. This caused memories of 1996, 1998, 2004 and 2006 to come flooding back ā€“ not to mention numerous disappointing shootouts involving Bath City and Leeds which I have had the displeasure of watching.

In a state of despair, I did something I have never done before. I turned the TV off. I walked away from the laptop. I set the mobile phone to silent. I then did the washing up and got changed. When I returned, some 8 minutes later, I was delighted to see England had won!

I have NEVER seen England win a shoot out (for some reason, I canā€™t remember the 1996 Spain game), but have seen far too many defeats on penalties. I now hold myself solely responsible – Pearce, Southgate, Batty, Beckham, Vassell… you are all forgiven ā€“ it wasnā€™t your fault.

Therefore, from now on, every time England find themselves in a dreaded shootout (which they will), I have no choice but to leave the living room/pub/ground where I am watching the match, and hope and pray England win ā€“ which they will, as I am a jinx and will not be present.

Posted by sean on June 26, 2009 at 8:50 pm in Have I Got News For You with No Comments


Not only did Michael Jacksonā€™s untimely death cause Googleā€™s servers to stumble; it also brought down everyoneā€™s favourite website for black comedy and inappropriate jokes, Sickipedia.

While on the website today (for research purposes only), I was presented with this error.

It seems so many people out there are also trying to do ā€˜researchā€™ on the king of pop… you sick, sick bastards.

Posted by sean on June 21, 2009 at 2:28 pm in Bath City with No Comments


In my latest bid to get Jeff Stelling’s job on Gillette Soccer Saturday, I have agreed to take over the ā€˜live updatesā€™ service for Bath City FC next season.

This basically involves updating a website of any goals, sendings off and general referee debacles seen at any normal Bath City match, as they happen.

With the help of a fellow fan, who did some PHP coding for me, I have created a new website which will include all the fascinating information ā€“ cityupdates.co.uk

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