Postal service not working well from the cemetery: posted from over the fence before the Penrith match.
I hear the league chairman has been having a bit of a go at our beloved first team coach in one of his latest blog postings on the league website, looks like the obsession with the old foul and abusive is reaching new levels of hysteria. Given, and as the chairman himself points out to be fair, most of the time no one knows what George is saying anyway, apart of course from "Get in front" and "pick a man up", this all seems a bit over the top. I wasn't there myself as usual, away travel is far too taxing, but by all accounts the trip to Marske all went off very well, decent game, good result, and happiness abounding, what's not to like? Shouldn't the chairman be spreading the good word? Surely we should all be encouraging elderly gentlemen to get out and about and expressing themselves in their golden years?
Never mind, the first results of the secret snoopers campaign are due for release shortly, who will the villains be? Not our bold boys I'm sure, the departure of the Belfast voice has certainly lowered the decibels and the ferocity, is our loss Spenny's gain do you think? That maybe, maybe...
Anyway back to the football. Young Barton seems to have lost none of his touch in front of goal while he has been elsewhere, four goals already, hopefully none of the dreaded goal bonuses are in play? Could be expensive. And what is with this home hoodoo? Went on all last season and seems to have carried on into this, five games away unbeaten, with four at home and not a win yet. I thought our slope was supposed to be an advantage? Seems like it is an advantage to others not us, very strange. No doubt just one of those things that sometimes happens, I bet we win the next half a dozen here in Ryhope.
And speaking of Ryhope, our friends up the bank have started well, and no mistake. Top of the second division and going like trains. Well done lads, well done, keep it up. Will the long wished for derbies happen next season at last? Well I really hope so for one, nothing going to push non league football on in Sunderland like that would. And I hear the Council have found a few grand down the back of the settee for new lights and what have you, who would have thought it? Who knows, in ten years time we might have West End, Silksworth and Belford in with us, fantastic! But we can always say we were first....