Tag Archives: Football

28 January 1982

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Richard

Thu Jan XXVIII am Babysitting for Parkes’. Matthew woke up. New Zealand play 7 matches in May according to 1ZB. Read Annapurna South Face all day. Came second in Monopoly this evening. Had a shower. Trains = 23 The excitement … Continue reading →

Posted in 1982 Diary, New Zealand, Sport | Tagged 1982 World Cup, 1ZB, Annapurna, Bonington, Football | 2 Comments

My First…Football Match

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Richard

It is about five years since I fell out of love with football. Up until that point, though, I was pretty much as mad about the game as the next man or boy. I even bought a tiny portable TV … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, My First..., Sport | Tagged Brighton & Hove Albion, Dad, Football, League Cup, Southend United, Subbuteo | 1 Comment

Girls’ Games Are Dangerous

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Richard

When I was growing up, school sports were run on very clear gender lines. Boys played football (that’s ‘soccer’, for any Americans tuning in) and rugby during the winter and cricket in the summer. Girls played hockey and netball during … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Injuries, School | Tagged Allan, Americans, Ball, Barrier, Base, Baseball, Bent, Black, Black Eye, Blow, Boredom, Boys, Bubonic, Call, Chair, Circus, Consternation, Corner, Cricket, Dining, Easter, Eye, Fashion, Fielding, Football, Form, Freak, Gender, Girls, Ground, Hall, Hands, Hit, Hockey, Hospital, Hurt, Incident, Leather, Left, Leg, Lunch, Mrs Higginbottom, Mum, Netball, Open, Outfield, Pain, Painful, Parents, pitch, Plague, Playing, Proper, Punishment, Rounders, Rules, School, Secretary, Soccer, Sports, Staff, Stone, Stop, Summer, Tears, Tennis, Throw, Underarm, Winter | Leave a comment

Indoor Football

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Richard

It is getting towards that time of year again. The days grow shorter and colder and as they do so the number of wet and windy days increases. To a sport-loving child such as I this was not a good … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Sport | Tagged Ball, Balloon, Bay, Birthday, Brother, Carpet, Colder, Computer, Days, Dining, Dirty, Endangered, Energy, Field, Floor, Football, Friends, Fun, Games, Garden, Ground, Halfway, Heart, Hideous, House, Imaginary, Indoor, Kids, Lawn, Lego, Line, Living, Muddy, Multi-Coloured, Option, Parents, Party, Plant, Plants, Previous, Rain, Rained, Rainy, Relish, Room, Scotland, Siblings, Sister, Sisters, Slow, sport, Stop, Table, Tape, Wet, Window, Windows, Windy | Leave a comment

Carnage

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Richard

It is funny how fast time passes. I had been saving this post up for a reason, and then I almost missed the time slot. Thanks very much to Rob Smyth for reminding me of this. The other big event … Continue reading →

Posted in General Stuff, Work | Tagged Football, Hal Whyman, Oddbins, World Cup 1990 | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Football

28 January 1982

My First…Football Match

Girls’ Games Are Dangerous

Indoor Football

Carnage

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