Kurd Stars 3 Acton Town 4

This game almost never went ahead as first of all only 10 players turned up and then Jayson realised that Chris had forgotten to pack the shirts in the kit bag! So poor old Jayson had to jump in Edward's car and race back home to get them, Kerry had to ask the ref for an extra 30 minutes which luckily he and the home team allowed.

We decided to warm up whilst Jayson made the dash so we went out in the shorts and socks with a t-shirt on and kicked the ball about. Thankfully Jayson did get back in time and by that time an 11th player had turned up so now we had a full squad but we had to play Jayson (striker), Kamal (midfielder) and some Somali guy (I have no idea how to spell his name) (midfielder) in defence with me.

By half time a 12th man had turned up so we had a sub.

I think the defence played the best I have seen us play in a very long time and this was a hastily put together defence with only one proper defender in it. I did not play as attacking as I did the day before due to having the other three playing out of position. Not that they needed me that much, they pretty much dealt with everything that came their way.

We had three new players in the team today Mo and two called Joe. Mo and one of the Joes got the goals for us and to cap it all Chris actually saved a penalty!

We really played well, and really battled for every ball right to the end. We will not go and wind up the other lads who play in the Saturday league and have not won a game yet!

Zion Rangers 1 Acton Town 0

On Saturday I had to travel the furthest I have ever had to travel to play for Acton Town (I was going to replace 'Acton Town' with the word 'football' but I just remembered that I once went all the way to Germany to play in a tournament at the age of 11) as we ventured to Feltham to take on Zion Rangers in a Division 3 cup game.

I was actually expecting to start the game on the bench, as Ashley had turned up, but Jayson told me I was starting by shouting my name and as I turned I was hit in the face with the number 2 shirt.

We lost the game 1-0 with the winner coming in the 86th minute, what was really heartbreaking was that the ball actually went out of play before the player crossed it for the goal. The linesman was one of our subbed players and he had the hump at being taken off, and forced to do the line, so did not raise the flag as he was not looking!

We really tried and I thought that we played bloody well, after the goal everyone just went for it and the home team were penned in their own penalty area for the last 4 minutes as we just bombarded their goal.

The big shock of the day was seeing me running up and down the left wing and actually having a shot at goal nicely saved. It made me chuckle when players were openly double-looking at me and saying "What the fuck is Dean doing up here?" This is something I want to do more often to help keep me in the team.

I just need to sort out my pace and my fitness.

In the changing room Jayson just said that he could not find the words as we had battled our fucking hearts out and were very unlucky to be on the wrong end of a result.

I fell asleep on the train home (as I normally do) and when I went to get up out of my seat to get off at Bethnal Green pain shot up both my calf’s because of all the extra running that I did in the game, I scared the woman sitting opposite me as I yelled out in pain!

When I got home I just had a bath and lay on the sofa and at about 11pm I am off to bed, which is odd for me as I normally go out on the piss and stumble in about 3am. Still I'll be nice and refreshed for tomorrow's game; at least this one is not on the other side of the world! (Slight exaggeration!)

Long Journey

Training on Thursdays is certainly starting to become enjoyable since we arranged for a proper qualified football coach to come in and take the weekly sessions. No disrespect to Jayson but this guy really does seem to know how to get the best out of the players in training.

There were quite a few players at training this week, I'm guessing a few players have realised that if they fail to come to training then they will not get to play at the weekend as we are bringing in a nice string of new players to take their places.

The journey is slowly starting to get to me lately. Not only do I have to battle though rush hour traffic, and squeeze myself into overpacked trains, but I also am finding myself not getting home until gone midnight.

I'm starting to get a little bit more adventurous in training now with little flicks, touches and backheels, I actually scored a goal with a lovely backheel. This is good as I'm normally such a conservative player, a month ago I would not even dream of doing a cheeky flick or backheel.

I still need to work on my fitness though, I have cut out the booze I have actually gone about 3 weeks now without having so much as an ounce of alcohol, in fact the only alcohol that has passed my lips in the last 6 weeks has been the odd pint when Acton Town play at home on a Saturday.

Well MMA is calling on TWCFight! so I'll bid you all (yes, both of you) goodnight.

Business As Normal

My dad is now back home after almost 3 months in hospital being waited on hand and foot by their already overworked staff. Within the first hour of him being back he called me to him about 20 times!

Here are just some of his requests:

• Bring him cups of water.
• Make him coffee and toast at 1:30am! (I was actually asleep!)
• Turn his radio on.
• Change the radio station.
• Turn his radio off.
• Check his clock is showing the correct time.
• Empty his hospital bag.
• Get his medication from his drawer.
• Turn his little light on.
• Turn his little light off.

Business as normal then.

I Was On Wikipedia!

As some of you may know I write a wrestling column called The Final Cut and there are some sites and blogs that like to steal my work and pass it off as someone else’s (why the hell anyone would wish to steal my pisspoor articles is beyond me) so I have to go searching once or twice a month to make sure all is well in The Final Cut land.

I was doing my monthly search of Google (Google makes this particular job so much easier) when I came across a Wikipedia entry for none other than one Dean Saliba.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_saliba

The article has since been removed but thanks to the excellent cached option that Google offers I was able to access the page.

Cached Page Link

I did not enter this information, I am in no way an egomaniac and I would never create my own Wiki page, I am guessing it as created by Reiss as he is the only person who knows that stuff about me that was contained on the page.

I was actually quite happy that a Wiki page had been created about me and also a little bit sad when it was removed, I am well aware of how sad that makes me.

Oh yeah, Reiss, you got my date of birth wrong you stupid cunt!

80 Worst Songs Of The 80s

This list was found on a web site on the internet, it lost any credibility that is had when I got to number 76!

80. All Night Long (Lionel Richie)
79. Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley)
78. We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel):
77. Stuck With You (Huey Lewis)
76. Another One Bites The Dust (Queen)
75. Maniac (Michael Sembello)
74. Broken Wings (Mr. Mister)
73. I Love a Rainy Night (Eddie Rabbitt)
72. Keep Your Hands to Yourself (Georgia Satellites)
71. Say You, Say Me (Lionel Richie)
70. Kiss (Prince)
69. Don’t Tell Me You Love Me (Night Ranger)
68. Girl You Know It’s True (Milli Vanilli)
67. Died in Your Arms (Cutting Crew)
66. Like a Rock (Bob Seger)
65. You’re the Inspiration (Chicago)
64. Hello (Lionel Richie)
63. Too Much Time on my Hands (Styx)
62. Lights Out (Peter Wolf)
61. Every Rose Has Its Thorn (Poison)
60. Say Say Say (Paul McCartney with Michael Jackson)
59. Somebody’s Watching Me (Rockwell)
58. Electric Avenue (Eddie Grant)
57. I Eat Cannibals (Total Coelo)
56. Mexican Radio (Wall of Voodoo)
55. Think of Laura (Christopher Cross)
54. The War Song (Culture Club)
53. Party All the Time (Eddie Murphy)
52. 19 (Paul Hardcastle)
51. Never Surrender (Corey Hart)
50. Kokomo (Beach Boys)
49. Pass the Dutchie (Musical Youth)
48. Who’s Crying Now (Journey)
47. All Out Of Love (Air Supply)
46. Ride Like the Wind (Christopher Cross)
45. We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off (Jermaine Stewart)
44. Come on Eileen (Dexys Midnight Runners)
43. I Want To Know What Love Is (Foreigner)
42. Uptown Girl (Billy Joel)
41. Hearts (Marty Balin)
40. I Feel For You (Chaka Khan)
39. Sussudio (Phil Collins)
38. Heaven is a Place on Earth (Belinda Carlisle)
37. All She Wants to do is Dance (Don Henley)
36. She’s Like the Wind (Patrick Swayze)
35. Manic Monday (The Bangles)
34. Hangin’ Tough (New Kids on the Block)
33. Tainted Love (Soft Cell)
32. To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before (Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias)
31. Kyrie (Mr. Mister)
30. I Just Called To Say I Love You (Stevie Wonder)
29. Morning Train (Sheena Easton)
28. I Think We’re Alone Now (Tiffany)
27. California Girls (David Lee Roth)
26. Wild Boys (Duran Duran)
25. The Final Countdown (Europe)
24. Ebony and Ivory (Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder)
23. Mickey (Toni Basil)
22. Can’t Fight This Feeling (REO Speedwagon)
21. Sugar Walls (Sheena Easton)
20. Pacman Fever (Buckner & Garcia)
19. Walk the Dinosaur (Was Not Was)
18. Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band)
17. Puttin’ on the Ritz (Taco)
16. Dirty Laundry (Don Henley)
15. The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (Timbuk 3)
14. Who’s Johnny (El DeBarge)
13. Dancing on the Ceiling (Lionel Richie)
12. Heartbeat (Don Johnson)
11. We Built This City (Starship)
10. Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves)
09. I Wanna Be a Cowboy (Boys Don’t Cry)
08. Sunglasses at Night (Corey Hart)
07. Fish Heads (Barnes and Barnes)
06. Don’t Worry, Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin)
05. Everybody Have Fun Tonight (Wang Chung)
04. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham!)
03. Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston)
02. Hip To Be Square (Huey Lewis and the News)
01. We Are The World (USA For Africa)

Acton Town 2 Stonewall Reserves 3

Today we played Stonewall Reserves in the WEFA Sunday PM Premier Cup at our old ground Gurnell Grove, quite why we had to play at Gurnell Grove was never fully explained to us y anyone, I can only assume that the party that went on the night before was either still going on or the mess that they left was so much that it spilled onto the pitches.

Stonewall are actually a predominantly gay team, they actually took part in the recent gay world cup and walked away with the championship! There was to be no remarks though, friendly or otherwise, that was an order from our club management.

I played at left back but I was urged by Edward (well, yelled at really) to push up a bit and play a bit more of an attacking game. I did this by actively looking and calling for the ball a hell of a lot more than I normally would do, and I played a lot more attacking passes than I have done in every other game combined!

We lost the game 3-2 thanks to our goalkeeper being unable to catch a fucking ball!

I mean, how fucking difficult can it be to hold onto a gentle ball coming at you from 25 yards? No, he decides to push it into the path of their star striker who is not going to fucking miss from 3 yards out!

And we are not allowed to say anything because he pulled off a couple of decent saves earlier in the game. Well I'm sorry but those two goals (the other goal saw him being lobbed on his fucking line, he is about 6ft 5!) cost us the game and he should take the blame for it.

I was involve in our last kick of the game where we all pushed up and Jayson laid the ball to me and I heard Edward yelling and just did a cheeky little backheel that landed right in his path and he smacked it about 10 yards wide of the goal.

Well I have to take something from this game and it will be the fact that I played a far more attacking game then I normally do and I actually enjoyed it. I am now looking forward to training and our weekend games so I can do it again!