Groundhog Day?
This weekend’s fixture will be between Garrison Gunners and Woolpack Wanderers followed by Garrison Gunners v Woolpack Wanderers, followed by ... well, you probably get the picture by now. Garrison Gunners and Woolpack
Wanderers make up the smallest football league in the world. The two teams are based on the Isles of Scilly, the UK’s most westerly point, and play their games at the Garrison Ground on the main island, St. Mary’s. The two teams are picked prior to the start of the season, by the two captains, from a squad of approximately forty
players. Sensibly, this is carried out in the local pub and players are picked on the old school line-up method! So, it is quite possible that a player might ‘transfer’ from one team to the other on a season by season basis. Apparently this system ensures that the two teams are of equal strength.
Thirteen league matches are played along with two cup tournaments, although the path to the finals is not too demanding! With most 16 year olds leaving the islands to continue their education on the mainland, and not being able to
Quote me happy Sewing seeds!
“Everton have not won without being in the lead.” Andy Gray on Sky TV
“Robbie Fowler - he’s quality for 60 minutes, but in the final 30, Pauline Fowler would be fitter!” Commentator, BBC West Midlands.
“We call it the Andrex Premiership. Soft and overly expensive.” Lawrence Dallaglio on BBC’s Top Gear.
“Even the chef ’s been out for two weeks with a hernia.” Alan Curbishley as West Ham’s injury problems pile up!
“If the Rovers staff struggle to spell ‘Bentley’ then maybe it explains why Zura Khizanishvili cannot get in the side.” The Sun after David Bentley’s shirt for the Manchester United clash had his name spelt ‘Betnley’
“A handball is when your hand touches the ball.” Gary Lineker on MoTD. That’s cleared that up, then.
at the moment to a bit of soft porn - there is an awful lot of foreplay and not a lot going on in the box.” Rochdale manager Keith Hill reflects on their 2-1 home defeat by Stockport.
“I swear on my mother’s life, my late mother’s life.” Alex Higgins being interviewed by Stephen Nolan on BBC Nrthern Ireland.
“He had so much space you could have put a bungalow in there for his retirement.” Mick McCarthy believes his Wolves defence don’t have much upstairs after leaving Liam Fontaine unmarked to score for Bristol City.
“Wouldn’t it be great for Jaques to make consecutive debut hundreds?” Mark Nicholas on Aussie batsman Phil Jaques, even though he made his debut in 2006, four games ago!
“If United don’t equalise, they might lose this game.” XFM commentator Micky Thomas
“Keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen did well to keep out Owen Hargreaves’ dipping free-kick with a flying dave.” BBC report on Bolton-Man U game
“You can compare us
Looks like BSH, DLF, Advanta and the rest have some competition from some new kid on the block called Rickey!
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... all Dwarf Ryes from Rickey Taylor
The ones that I have highlighted are possible definites
... in the past two years spring and summer have been laid on the outfields in the early autumn as well as spring to allow the longer seasons which seem to have reduced real thread.
The work of the Groundsmen / Greenkeeper in never relenting
... the club have just purchased their own Hoover Cover
Ian does not have a traditional 8-12 week renovation windows he usually only gets two three windows
... taking down the posts, rubbing the lines out, devoting the pitch
It should be
representing the best practices our industry has to offer in terms of best practice
Who else is partial to the decision making
process? ”
afford to return (house prices start at £300,000), both teams have an average age of 35. The oldest player is 65. Most games are high scoring with 6-6 draws not unheard of. There was even a penalty shoot out at one of last year’s cup finals!
“I love the camaraderie of it,” said one 39 year old player. “It’s death or glory for 90 minutes and then you go down the pub and enjoy yourselves together. You can’t get too upset because you bump into the people you’re playing against every day and most are customers of mine anyway.”
Forward THINKING
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 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)
FEBRUARY
2nd - England v Wales, RBS 6 Nations, Twickenham Stadium (
www.rfu.com)
5th - England v Republic of Ireland, U21 UEFA Cup Qualifier (
www.thefa.com)
9th - Wales v Scotland, RBS 6 Nations, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (
www.millenniumstadium.com)
21st - Pitchcare Essential Management Skills course (Day 2), Leicester Tigers RFC (
www.pitchcare.com/training)
23rd - Ireland v Scotland, RBS 6 Nations, Croke Park, Dublin (
www.irishrugby.ie)
24th - Carling Cup Final, Wembley Stadium (
www.wembleystadium.com)
MARCH
8th - Scotland v England, RBS 6 Nations, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh (
www.scottishrugby.org)
11th - 14th - Cheltenham National Hunt Festival (
www.cheltenham.co.uk)
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
www.pitchcare.com, select ‘Calendar’ in the Home drop down button on the top banner and click on “Add event’ at the top of the page.
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