Five go wild in Wiltshire!
STRANGE goings on in Wiltshire. A football match between local rivals Bradford Town and Westbury United was abandoned after five Westbury players were sent off by the referee. This meant that Westbury didn’t have the minimum seven players on the field to complete the game under FA rules. The cause of the problem appears to
be pre-match complaints by the Bradford team on the state of Westbury’s Meadow Lane pitch and temperatures rose between the two sets of players prior to kick-off.
Bradford Town manager, Paul Ranger, was philosophical after the game was abandoned after seventy minutes with his team leading 5-1. He said “Their players let down the manager and their supporters and the referee didn’t have much option. Everyone gets hot-headed but we didn’t antagonise them at all so they are just bad losers really.” “I was frustrated the game was abandoned because we were in control but hopefully the result will stand.” Ranger added: “My players did
extremely well in the face of controversy Quote me happy Wordsmithery!
“Was it as good as sex? Probably yeah. It’s a long while since I’ve had sex - you’d have to ask the wife.”
Iain Dowie on the late equaliser that earned Coventry a point at his old club Crystal Palace.
“There was a late tackle on Grant but he’s still alive so it’s not a major problem.”
Sunderland manager Roy Keane shows as much sympathy as you would expect after midfielder Grant Leadbitter is chopped down against Middlesbrough.
“I don't think you can win the World Cup without scoring points.”
Wonderful observation by Wallabies coach John Connolly.
“Most goals go between the posts.”
Peter Beagrie on Sky after Ipswich beat Coventry.
“And here’s the unmistakable Natalie Gulbis putting for birdie.... except that it’s Morgan Pressel.”
Mickey Walker commentating for Sky Sports on the Solheim Cup...or then again maybe it wasn’t.
“It looked worse than it looked.”
Commentator on Bradford Bulls v Wigan
“Just three singles off the over for England, who are now two without loss.”
David Lloyd apparently doesn’t understand the rules of cricket.
“That game could have gone either way. It didn’t but it could have done.”
Gary Lineker on the Spurs v Arsenal match.
“Tonight he felt the groin and had he carried on and extended himself in any way, he might have actually pulled it.”
Sam Allardyce on Michael Owen’s groin. Brilliant!
“I feel OK. The only difference is in training you have the press - and they want to come back home and sleep with you. They are just always there.”
Barcelona striker Thierry Henry on his intimate relationship with the Spanish hacks.
More at
www.bbc.co.uk/sport
Our Loz has presented us with a fine collection of wordsmithery for this issue! He gives some sound advice on how drainage works, when to play midweek games and his experience working with local authorities ....
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Although Karl has only ever worked at Clontarf, he has built up quite a substantial amount of cricket experience from his time working overseas
Midweek games are fitted in on other weekdays and at weekends
A new drainage system has been put in which helps take away excess water
He was rather disgrunted
.... to prepare test match wickets for several one day international matches
The club is constantly in use most days of the week
I’ve worked in local authorities all my life and know how to pluck a fish
Generally the ground becomes moist enough by late mid-October
ssssh, this one is from Dave Saltman!
... potentially at risk of
health”
and it was a great win for us.” A source at Meadow Lane agreed that
pre-match comments about the poor state of the pitch had raised temperatures but that was not the reason five players were dismissed. Ranger said “I would like to say that the pitch was much better than I expected and the groundsman did a great job.”
Forward THINKING
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
NOVEMBER
1st - ‘Understanding the science and management of your grounds and parklands’, STRI, Bingley (
www.stri.co.uk)
5th to 8th - ‘Understanding the science and management of your golf course’, STRI, Bingley (
www.stri.co.uk)
7th to 8th - IOG Scotsturf, Royal Highland Hall, Edinburgh (
www.iogscotsturf.co.uk)
12th to 15th - ‘Understanding the science and management of your sports ground’, STRI, Bingley (
www.stri.co.uk)
15th - Pitchcare Essential Management Skills course (Day 1 of 2) (
www.pitchcare.com/training)
15th - Pitchcare Basic Sports Turf Maintenance Course, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (
www.pitchcare.com/training)
28th to 29th - GCSAI Sportsturf Ireland, Simmonscourt Pavillion, RDS, Dublin (
www.gcsai.org/trade_show.html)
DECEMBER 2007
23rd - Evening task - take turkey out of freezer (
www.santa.org.uk)
24th - Cook turket overnight - go to Midnight Mass (
www.santa.org.uk)
25th - Happy Christmas (
www.santa.org.uk) JANUARY 2008
22nd to 24th - Harrogate Week, International Centre, Harrogate (
www.harrogateweek.org.uk)
31st to 2nd Feb - Golf Industry Show, Orlando, Florida, USA (
www.golfindustryshow.com)
To add your event to Forward Thinking please email details to
ellie@pitchcare.com and don’t forget that you can add it to Pitchcare’s online calendar yourself! Simply log on to
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