Category Archives: Sport

25 May 1982

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Tue May XXV PE. We’ve got Stevenson (hooray) but as he’s on 3rd Form Camp We’ve got this ‘chink’ taking us. We played football on the hockey pitch with two balls! Oh dear. Of all of the cringingly embarrassing entries … Continue reading →

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23 May 1982

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Sun May XXIII Got up at 2am to watch V Dull FA Cup Final between Spurs + QPR. 1-1 aet. Now I’ll have to watch on Fri Morn to see who wins. Some of you will read this and think … Continue reading →

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20 May 1982

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Thur May XX Played golf with Dad and Uncle Neil. Didn’t do too bad. 10 holes in 78. at that rate I would have been around an 18 hole in only 141! Had lunch in a restaurant. Went to the … Continue reading →

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7 May 1982

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Fri May VII Last day of term. Got out at 1.30. I suppose its been alright, despite the disaster with cricket, but I made the school soccer team which I’ve never done before and P3 W1 D1 L1 F3 A4 … Continue reading →

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6 May 1982

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Thur May VI Old boys day. Watched the 1st Soccer XI get wasted  by the old boys 5-2, but it poured with rain. Mum and Dad’s wedding anniversary. MAGS was the only school I attended which had an Old Boys … Continue reading →

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1 May 1982

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Sat May I Played Seddon away and drew 0-0. A VERY wet game ‘cos it rained nearly all day today. I remember this game well because, in all of the games of football that I played subsequent to this, I … Continue reading →

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27 April 1982

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Tue Apr XXVII Didn’t do a lot. School dull as usual and Dl tried to kill us again A few days ago I mentioned a classmate named Paul Molyneux and the fact that I had been seen playing football with … Continue reading →

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24 April 1982

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Sat Apr XXIV Played Avondale in the leauge and won 3-2 (revenge!!). Got clobbered by their centre back a few times. This was the first time I had played for a school football team. At junior school I had been … Continue reading →

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22 April 1982

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Thur Apr XXII Played the U14′s at soccer. Whipped them 4-1. Gr said I played well. Fingers crossed for Saturday. Formed a ‘Junior Librarians Union’ so David + Brett are calling me a ‘pommie stirrer’. I remember my first piece … Continue reading →

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21 April 1982

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TueWed Apr XX 1st Soccer match. Played Avondale (friendly) and lost 2-0. I played in the second half. Their right back kept clobbering Shane & Me and the ref didn’t see anything wrong with it! Ah, the eternal lament of … Continue reading →

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