what a match this was.

The Derby

Saturday 30th March 2013 the day of the derby i had bad feeling about this one Scarborough have improved massively they are certainly the strongest since their formation and favorites to win the NCEL Premier division, this would probably be our last competitive game together so for me it was important that we didnt lose.

its an 11:30 am kick off as its a special ground hopper day they are watching three games in one day
Bridlington Town v Scarborough
Pickering Town v Worksop
Tadcaster v Barton Town

its a lot of football and travelling for one day but good luck to them i hope they enjoyed it.

once we arrived at Queensgate thats me Graham and Stuart they are both Boro fans but very good friends so we always attend the derbies together we see a few guys taking photo's of the sign outside the ground they was snapping all sorts of random things to do with their day.



The match had to kick off at 11:30 and would not be delayed, it was a very good game with a bumper crowd of 1247 although there was some confusion about this as it went around the ground that the attendance was 1569 but whatever the correct attendance  i am sure Mr Smurthwaite will have been happy.
 believe me i was a bag of nerves about this game and it was Boro who took the lead with a long shot that seemed to slip under Wilberforce i think he should have held it, Paddy Miller got the goal and Stu and Graham celebrated by grabbing me and shaking me about (no nice) the Bus shelter was cram packed full and was probably 75% Boro fans we were probably outnumbered on the day 3 or 4 to 1 but they are an ex Football league club so it was expected but they were great with some really good banter that had us in stitches.

it was just two minutes later when we caught Boro on the break and my player of the year Chris Batchelor slotted the ball past the Boro keeper to level things up, it was really strange the massive crowd were silenced apart from a little roar from the Town fans i would think maybe 200 to 250 at the most but we were back in the game.

both teams were creating good chances and there was some right feisty tackles going in a typical derby really.

on 40 mins Nathan Cook (a Scarborough lad) put Brid 2-1 ahead and the abuse from some of the Scarborough fans was awful but probably expected, he had a strange celebration covering one eye and waving a bit of a strange one that.

Again both sides creating chances Scott Phillips who has been in good form lately had a one on one but his shot was easily saved.

and just before half time Boro had a player down injured some of the fans were screaming at their own players to kick the ball out of play but they carried on playing. and how it paid off and shot that Wilberforce should have saved deflected up and Jimmy Beadle headed the ball into the net to make it 2-2 right on half time.

Its only three minutes in to the second half and one of the best young strikers at this level Ryan Blott has put his side 3-2 up (Stuart told me his dad was once Manager of Brid Town) and once again i have been shaken from pillow to post with their celebrations. i fear the worst now and expect Boro to go on and win the game.

i honestly think on the day we were just slightly the better side we created so many chances it was such a shame that Scott Phillips forgot his boots he hits the post and missed two other good chances.

we do get back in to the game and its another Scarborough lad Josh Greening who puts us level he is another very good young player that has done us proud. he found him self one on one with the Boro keeper whom he beat and slotted the ball in to the net. Graham and Stu are gutted and Stu says ill take that now a draw would be a fair result and i agree its been a very good game.

both sides created chance after chance Chris Batchelor tried an auditious lob from the half way line when he spots the Boro keeper of his line but it goes wide.

Then we suffer a blow our tough tackling Captain Tom Fleming is shown a second yellow card its our first red of the season and in a game we didnt really need it yes were down to 10 men with about 10 minutes to go against the strongest Boro side i have seen. not looking good for us now,

Craig Hogg who has scored over 100 goals for Brid Town comes on he has had a big dip in form recently so i was praying for him to come good today, he is one of them players that looks very lazy but on his day can produce a moment of magic and with minutes to go the Boro keeper made an excellent save from a Hogg shot.

again Phillips had another great chance to win the game but his shot rolled of his shin and went straight in to the keepers hands when it was probably easier to score.

the game was marred by the nasty injury to Frank Belt who had to be taken away in an ambulance he had dislocated his elbow. hope he gets well soon he is a nice lad.

all in all this was an excellent game of football and probably a fair result and i am sure the ground hoppers will have enjoyed this game as much as we did.

10 out 10 for me. and me and the lads had a great night in Town talking about it over a few beers.

found this the other day

an old club crest featuring the greyhound it was redesigned after the club folded in 93 and reformed from the Greyhound pub in the same year.

Comeback kings crown season with cup final win - Football - Bridlington Free Press

Comeback kings crown season with cup final win - Football - Bridlington Free Press

Another go ... sorry

Really wanted to keep on top of this but Family and work have simply let it slip and fall down my list of priorities but here is a rare update on things. the 2011/12 season saw Bridlington Town under the guidance of new Manager Mitch Cook and Bridlington Town favorite Phil Harrison. Phillo who it was said made his 500th appearance in a Bridlington Town shirt quit the club due to wanting to spend time with his family but he had certainly done the club proud. We managed to get to the FA Vase 3rd round but came up against the Vase holders Whitley bay who had also won it the year before and although we created a few chances Whitley bay proved to be too strong for us and ended up 5-1 winners. to cut things short my low points of the season would have to be. 1) Defeat at Maltby main on the opening day of the season 2) the 2-2 draw at Selby Town 3) 2-0 up v Arnold Town only to end up with a draw 4) the 5-2 home defeat to Parkgate 5) the 3-1 defeat at Pickering Town 6) the 2-1 defeat at Staveley this was a heartbreaking defeat after a shocking dive deep into stoppage time that conned referee Mark Dwyer into giving Staveley a penalty and in a way handing the league title to Retford United. And the highlights 1) Boxing day v Scarborough Athletic they are a big club i dont care what people say and this year under the guidance of the great Rudy Funk they were going to win the league again (My mates words and about 200 other Boro fans) We won the game 3-1 2) the 2-1 away win at Scarborough despite being 1 nil down it was a great day for Scarborough lad Billy Logan who scored two second have goals to secure a great double over the tenants. 3) the 9-0 v Lincoln Moorlands Josh Greening scored 5 and Craig Hogg got 3 with that man Billy Logan grabbing the 9th 4) two nil down at half time at Armthorpe and showed amazing character to come back and win 4-2 5) The East riding senior cup final, we had reached this final twice in recent years and despite playing very well we ended up losing out to North Ferriby well the 2011/12 season had seen Ferriby knocked out and Hull City were beaten by Hall Road reserves who we would face in the final it was a horrible wet night and Hall Road went two goals ahead after 30 minutes and it was not looking good for Bridlington Town. Town's midfield dynamo Ashley Allanson pulled a goal back on 38mins and that's how it stayed until the second half. did a different Town team come out or did our fitness come out on top but although Hall road never gave up Town went on to hammer Hall Road for the second time this season Josh Greening scored 5 other goals came from Billy Logan, Craig Palmer and Club Captain Tom Fleming. i kind of felt sorry for Hall Roads reserve lads they never gave up the cause but it was so good for us to get our hands on that trophy.

Apologies

Just want to apologise for the lack of blogging been very busy lately so its totally been forgotten.

Anyway if you don't know the Seasiders currently sit second in the league 6 points behind League favourites Farsley AFC but with 3 games in hand, Parkgate are also in the race for the title having played one game more than us and are just one point behind. We play Farsley at their place this Saturday its a massive game we cant really afford to lose, and we also still have to go to Parkgate two very big games that could well decide who this seasons Champions will be, I would love us to retain the title but there is still nothing concrete to whether we would take the promotion this time even though we have applied to go into the Evostik league.

Finally if you are a regular reader of my blog you will know that two of my very good friends Stuart and Graham are both very big Scarborough Athletic fans they gave me a lot of stick that year they stuffed us and although they reminded me when they knocked us out of the Vase this year revenge would taste sweet again especially for me.

Tuesday 8th March 2011
Bridlington Town v Scarborough Athletic
Attendance 537
this was one of the craziest games i have seen in a long time but bye eck it was an amazing result.
The first half both sides created chances we probably had the most but the first half was to end but ended 0-0, I remember Stuart saying one goal will decide this game tonight and i agreed and within a minute of the restart James Bennett had put us a goal up i grabbed Stu and said i hope your right about your prediction he was silenced and within what seemed like a minute and with what looked a lost cause Craig Hogg out jumped former Town keeper Tom Woodhead and headed the ball into the empty net 2-0, Boro did put us under immense pressure but they failed get past the Town defence, James Bennett scored a screamer for his second goal and Town's third, On 86 minutes former Boro player Scott Phillips tapped into an empty net after a terrible defensive mix up 4-0 this was getting better and better, Boro supporters were angry calling for the Managers head and even arguing with each other (dont like to see or hear that really) then you could see the main stand emptying as the game went on and to cap of this historic victory local lad Gareth Owen smashed the ball past Woodhead to make it 5-0 ... sorry Stu and Graham it had to be done.

since this game we drew 1-1 at Lincoln Moorlands, Lost 2-0 at Liversedge in the League cup and beat Hallam 2-0 in the league (this was an awful game but a win is a win)

will hopefully update again over the weekend.

Will leave you with this great tune from Stealers Wheel makes me think of that great night with Graham and Stuart ... enjoy

Game on at Armthorpe

Well today we travelled to Armthorpe Welfare a team who i feel have always given us a good game it is also the place where we were crowned Champions only 9 months ago.Its my fourth visit to Armthorpe and one thing that has always drove me mad the chippy opposite the ground is never open when we arrive for the match so i was into the near petrol station/mini market for a nice ploughman's sandwich £2.40 mind you.

Town were fielding the two new signings in the team today Scott Phillips who has joined from Barton Town and David Kemp from Scarborough from what i have seen of them they both look like good signings a should fit in well to our side.

The match programme was the usual Armthorpe special only £1 and is more like a small version of the Yellow pages full of adverts and then a piece of A4 stapled in the middle of info about Bridlington Town that we already know about but i buy it every time i guess my pound will help towards the Armthorpe club funds.

It was a good end to end game with both sides making good chances and it was Town who made the breakthrough on 29 minutes with a nice team goal Ash Allanson smashing the ball past the boisterous Jamie Green in the Armthorpe goal this lad seems like a right hot head often finding himself well out of his goal and shouting at the Referee cant believe he was not booked or at least spoken to being honest.

Armthorpe had a great chance to equalise only moments after we went ahead it was a towering header from former Doncaster Rovers and Cardiff striker Leo Fortune-West he towered above everyone and headed towards goal and it looked like it was going in all the way until my man of the match Mark Wilberforce managed to get a hand to it and push it away for a corner, this would not be the first time that Wilberforce would save us today.

it was in the 33rd minute when Town extended the lead with a blistering shot from Alex Rhodes from possibly 35 yards out flew past the diving Green to see the Seasiders two nil up and the travelling 25 to 30 Seaside barmy army went crazy

Once again both sides created good chances but failed to put them away. Poor old Craig Palmer was denied twice by Green in the Armthorpe goal and he also forced good saves from Craig Hogg (who i thought had a very good game) and Scott Phillips.

Half time and i hit the tea hut its like a little cafe with a seating area i like this and sat down with a cup of tea and Pie and Peas (very nice pie might i add)

The second half it was a strange one the Bridlington Town of last season would have been able to step up a gear and take control of the game, my own view is we have lost two much quality from the Champions team especially with Wallace, Giblin and Hotte no longer with us.

I always felt we needed that third goal but it was Armthorpe who pulled one back and it was the giant Leo Fortune-West who scored it. We were right under the cosh now wave after wave of attack i bet Dave Kemp was wondering what he had let himself in for and Mark Wilberforce was superb. Yes Town did have one or two chances but rarely troubled Green in the second half in fact his mouth did more work than his hands.

And then bang as i expected in the 84th minute Armthorpe were level and deservedly so Joe Wilcox scrambled to ball past Wilberforce.

But we are still in the race to retain our title there is a long way to go yet. Roll on Tuesday night when we play Armthorpe again at Queensgate, fingers crossed the giant Leo Fortune-West will be unavailable.

Snowed off AGAIN !!

Although i don't enjoy driving in the snow i do like to see the fields and tree's i don't know why there is just something i like about it, But being truthful and you all probably feel the same i am totally fed up with it now it is affecting our beautiful game and i cant wait to see the back of it.
What to do now well the other half did say lets go shopping but i put my foot down and said no i went last week and it drove me insane so luckily for me she has gone with her friend and i can have some ME time and watch Ipswich Town v Swansea City and then Jeff Stelling and Co on Soccer Saturday including funny men Chris Kamara and Dean Windass (he represents Scarborough now in their programme) two very funny men when it comes to match commentary (see below).

We were supposed to be making the short trip to Hall Road Rangers today they have just been taken over by former Town Management duo Billy Heath and Mark (Bobby) Carrol who had a successful time with us winning three trophies the Wilkinson Sword 2002 the East Riding senior cup 2005 and the league in 2003 gaining us promotion to the UniBond league so they are still two very popular men with the Town supporters and i wish them both well at Dene Park.

As for Town and when we will play again well we were supposed to be at home to Selby next week but because of Boro's Fa vase game our game is cancelled but hopefully the league will see sense and switch our game to play at Selby all Weather permitting of course.

Other news

Bus shelter features in Bridlington Town Snowman competition promo picture

picture by Trevor Emmett

Oh and if you have not heard although it looked and sounded quite promising for us to win the bid for the 2018 World cup we were clearly cheated out of it with the dodgy going's on at FIFA we were eliminated from the bidding in the first round with two votes Russia the eventual winners, its a massive blow and it sickens me to think that the whole thing stinks reports of bribes to help win the votes is so wrong. Personally i think we should drop out of FIFA and form a new honest Football federation, the Muppets at FIFA should not be able to get away with this.

And if you hate Sepp Blatter.... You might like this

All games are off

As expected our game v Parkgate was called off this morning after a pitch inspection (see pic below) and so were the other 9 games in our league and the other 10 games in division 1.

the Weather does not look good for the next three or four days so i would think our game on Tuesday v Armthorpe will also be in doubt.

thanks to Trevor Emmett for the picture

What to do now well i dont fancy shopping but that is probably what will happen as the other half will expect it from me as we have no game but our forum are running a Bridlington Town snowman competition with the fantastic prize of a £2 yes that's two English pounds club shop voucher so i could be tempted to try and win this, below is Bridlington Town's very own Warren Spear's attempt and a very good one it is.

Warren's Brid Town snowman

Well only a small update but i will leave you with a nice song from SNOW Patrol hope you like it and fingers crossed i will see you in the Bus Shelter on Tuesday night.

The Derby

Well what a game it was one of those full of ups and downs. first minute of the match Boro win a corner and former Hull City man Mike Price put them one up direct from the corner. although we had a very good shout for a foul on the keeper it was just the start we did not need. but credit to our lads they got stuck in and played the nice and attractive football we all know and love we started to dominate the game creating some very good chances one of which Craig Hogg found himself one on one with former Town keeper Tom Woodhead but Hogg blasted his shot over and Wayne Wallace also went close with a powerful driving shot. Palmer and Fleming also forced some quality saves from Woodhead. Boro's Ryan Blott also had a good looping effort saved by Ben Saynor which brought a big sarcastic cheer from the Boro fans. just as it looked like Town would go in at half time one down we won a free kick that was floated into the box and Steve Lyon slotted the ball past Woodhead to go in level.
The second half we started as we left off dominating the match but totally against the run of play Boro went ahead after a long kick from Woodhead was flicked on and Ryan Blott slotted the ball under Saynor.
but within minutes the Seasiders were level a long pass from James Bennett found an unmarked Craig Hogg and he slotted the ball past Woodhead. what a game it was turning out to be my two mates Stu and Graham both avid Boro fans who would normally be giving me grief were both saying "thats it your gonna win it now" and then bang a bit of a scramble in the Boro goal mouth and James Bennett hits the ball past Woodhead we are 3-2 up and rightly deserved we were by far the better team on the day. Stu and Graham are stunned. but three minutes later a moment of magic from Boro favourite Ryan Blott he took the ball past maybe three or four challenges and smashed the ball past Saynor into the roof of the net it was a bloody good goal and i take my hat of to the lad despite it being against my team it was a pleasure to witness such a fine goal and from a lad who has received a lot of abuse from a minority of Brid fans over the last few years as Andy Gray would say "Tickaboo Son" it was fab. this was to be the last goal in the game although both teams created chances to win it the best chance falling to Craig Hogg after strike partner Craig Palmer slotted the ball through to him and yet again one on one with the keeper Hogg's shot took the slightest of deflections off Woodhead only to see his goal bound shot hit the post and be cleared for a corner.
A decent game of Football and one we probably should have won. also a very good crowd 725 well done to everyone for making this another classic encounter between two very good teams and also a nice quiet night at the pub with Stu and Graham.

Also in the news
Bridlington born Sheffield United footballer Richard Cresswell was on the score sheet yesterday when he equalised from the penalty spot. United went on to win the game against Crystal Palace 3-2

New sign

Recently at Queensgate our big BRIDLINGTON TOWN sign had been taken down and questions were asked on the Brid Town forum,a few people mentioned that we might have a possible new Stadium sponsor which would be a massive boost to the club financially, well tonight when i was dropping the missus off at bingo i had a quick look over at the ground (club house shut again)and i noticed the silhouette of a new sign so being nosey i turned the car around and went back to have a look, there it was the nice new sign and the news we had all been waiting for the Queensgate Stadium will now be known as
THE NEIL HUDGELL LAW STADIUM
I have just had a look for him on the web www.neil-hudgell.co.uk
its also interesting to see he sponsors Leeds United, Hull City and Hull KR in fact Mr Hudgell is the current Chairman of Hull KR.
some good news before the small encounter of the Queensgate derby tomorrow or should that be the Neil Hudgell Law Stadium derby. As for the game well i have agreed to go with my good pals and drinking buddies tomorrow both of them regular Athletic fans and have both given me a very hard time when they have beaten us. but i am not like them if we win i am not one for gloating, fingers crossed i will be able to meet the lads tomorrow night for a nice quiet drink and not one where they are taking the p**s all night !!! Come on lads dont let me down
to be continued

Town v Reckitts

East Riding Senior Cup 2nd round



footage recorded by Mr Trevor Emmett

I'm back

first of all i would like to apologise for the lack of posts, Well the bloody computer broke down and i was without out it for weeks and then when i finally got it fixed and set up again i just never got around to updating the blog so here we are.

So far the Seasiders are having another decent season despite being knocked out of the big money cups losing 1-0 to Shildon who we beat last season and then the one that hurts me we lost 3-1 to Scarborough Athletic but you cant knock them they put in a very good performance on the night and rightfully deserved the win. as for the league well at the moment we are sitting pretty in 3rd place with 31 points from 13 games we are also still in the League cup, Presidents cup after a 5-1 against Leeds Carnegie (see video below) and the East Riding senior cup so another good chance of silverware under the guidance of Manager Gary Allanson who to the Town supporters delight committed his future to the Seasiders after being linked with the vacant Scarborough job it would have been devastating if he had left for our rivals and my mates would have loved winding me up. No game tomorrow as we should have been at home to Dinnington but because Boro progressed in the Vase they are at home to Armthorpe (i can see Boro winning this one easy). On Tuesday we play Reckitts who are a very good side from Hull they play in the Humber Premier league and will probably have a lot of ex Town players playing for them it could be a tricky game but we should get through it, then next up its round 3 of Town v Boro in fact i think we are the away team so it should read Boro v Town as i said above we were second best last time and for me we dont want to lose this one we need to bring the Queensgate bragging rights back to the Brid end of the ground. should be another cracking encounter with another bumper crowd fingers crossed it will all run smoothly and there will be no trouble although i have just read on the Brid Forum that Boro have made an approach to sign another one of our Galacticos although it has not been confirmed who the player is yet but reports coming in they have offered an extra £10 a week more than we pay and also guaranteed Evo Stik football next season !!!


footage recorded by Mr Trevor Emmett

A View from the Bus shed ???

Well it was the first home friendly for my beloved Seasiders today we played Stocksbridge park steels who play in the Evo Stick premier division two leagues above us it was a very good game and our boys were excellent in fact the passing simply brilliant. Town legend Phil Harrison put us one nil up with a nice effort slipping the ball past the keeper at the left hand post.Steels almost hit back straight away but Mark Wilberforce pulled of one of the "How the hell did he get that" saves the lad is an amazing keeper, a couple of times i kept on thinking how well we might have done in the Evo stick league as at times we passed Stocksbridge off the park. come the second half the Steels equalised with a superb piece of football and a blistering shot left Wilber with no chance (just built the lad up and then this happens lol). I think i can say we were the better team on the day the new signings slotted in nicely we definitely wont miss the mercenaries who left for Scarborough. Craig Hogg a player who we know has a great talent had a very good game today possibly his best in a Town shirt he never stopped running he was taking the ball around players he looked sharp and fingers crossed he will have a great season for us and today when he beat the Steels off-side trap he showed us his quality when he smashed the ball past the keeper to give us a 2-1 lead and win us the match.

finally and with great disappointment when i arrived at the Queensgate stadium i am greeted by Norman some know him as Big Norm "seen what someone has done to the Bus shelter" so when we get there its all looking very nice its been painted at the back a nice cream colour but someone has also painted the words "THE BUS SHED" i was so wound up by this for crying out loud its a bloody BUS SHELTER what do i do change the name of my blog to A VIEW FROM THE BUS SHED, The good news is after i complained to Mr Smurthwaite he said he would arrange to have it changed or painted over.

We are playing Scarborough Town on Wednesday night, some say it could be their last ever game after Scarborough council failed to give them permission to put floodlights up and a few other requirements that would have allowed them to play in the NCEL division 1 its such a shame, they are a team made of young Scarborough lads that were very successful in their previous league. i like this team and i kind of wanted them to do well they are also run by Mitch Cook a very good football coach, i met him about 5 years ago and he is a very nice man, my two mates who are Athletic fans dreaded the thought of Scarborough Town getting in the NCEL they reckoned if they were to win the NCEL 1 and Athletic failed to win the league it could have been the death of Athletic as supporters might prefer to support a team from Scarborough that plays in Scarborough damn shame it all fell through a damn shame.

The dream is over

Same old same old, its not been the best World cup and not just because England have been awful the dreaded Vuvuzela and some strange results, Today we met the old enemy Germany and although we have been playing rubbish i honestly thought our boys would be up for it and go and turn the Gerry's over. Oh dear how wrong was i, we relied too much on the likes of Rooney, Lampard, Gerrard and Terry but they were never at this World Cup they might as well have brought some players from the Championship we never ever looked like we had a team that could of won this tournament but the way we lost it today was embarrassing the back four were all over the place a giving the Germans acres of space. at two nil down we were given a small glimmer of hope i went to the loo and when i got back get in 2-1 a goal from Cart horse Matthew Upson he scored with a header and only minutes later Lampard lobbed the ball towards goal and it clearly went over the line only for the Ref and Liner not to give the goal i am sure if we the goal had been given we might just have held on and gone to penalties and we know how good at them we are dont we NOT. I feel destroyed at the way the German's ripped us apart our defence was all over the place. an awful World Cup and an embarrassing England performance - should Fabio take the blame well at £4,000,000 per year i feel we have been let down and yes he has failed i personally think we should have an English Manager that wants the best for our country and not some glorified coach that is just hear for the money. roll on the start of the football season

The rumours have started

As always at this time of year you always hear rumours of which players are signing for this club and that club and for a few days now the Brid supporters have been hearing of players quitting our team and moving to Scarborough Athletic rumour has it that Boro have almost doubled Brian France's wage budget allowing him to sign better quality players and some of ours are sure to be tempted by the higher wages than most clubs at our level can afford, one player who looks a dead cert to have already gone is Frank Belt a Bridlington lad who has a rocket of a free kick a nice lad but i am sure we can find a replacement as good. although only rumours at the moment but more players from our Championship winning squad are sure to be tempted by the extra money Boro can afford to pay. I have not been Athletic's biggest fan and my mates who are both Boro supporters have not helped me with my feelings (they bloody hammered me in the league defeat last season), I kind of hope they can progress and get close to the football league like the old Scarborough and as long as we dont lose to them ever again. i just hope that most of our players will stick with us. Good luck to Frankie hope he has a good season well not that good you know what i mean don't you

Bridlington Town pre season friendlies

Sat 10th July kick off 3pm - Hall Road Rangers - Away
Tues 13th July kick off 7.45pm - Appleby Frodingham - Away
Sat 17th July kick off 3pm - Staveley - Away
Wed 21st July kick off 7.45pm - Barton Town OB - Away
Sat 24th July kick off 3pm - Stockbridge Steels - Home
Wed 28th July kick off 7.45pm - Scarborough Town - Home
Sat 31st July kick off 3pm - Bishop Auckland - Home

Things can only get better

Well its England's second match in the 2010 World cup against Algeria the Town(Bridlington) is buzzing supporters going to the pub to watch the match, me and the lads opt for Greyhound its heaving we cant get close to the big screen but end up near a smaller tv, from the start i felt disappointed our players lack passion and looked like they could not be bothered to even sing our national anthem once the game started Algeria always looked like they wanted this game more than us, we created chances but for some strange reason players who would normally smash the ball into the back of the net felt the need to try and make that extra pass it was such an awful game to watch. i have to admit i honestly thought Algeria were going to nick a goal. The England fans actually over powered the horrible Vuvuzela's when they started to boo the England players, Key players like Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard had no impact what so ever. Once the final whistle went i was kind of relieved that we held on for a point but still very disappointed that we did not get the win. finally when the players were leaving the pitch Wayne Rooney made a comment to the camera saying "nice to see your own fans booing" well my view on that is our team did not perform and these supporters have paid a lot of money to go to this World cup and they had every right to boo when our team was so s**t. roll on Wednesday and fingers crossed our boys can pull off a result in this must win game.

ITV HD England vs USA Game Balls Up

Oh dear oh dear not only did Robert Green have a nightmare last night but those people who watched in HD (including myself) missed the bloody goal see footage below

The Green Green howler of England

Day 2 of the 2010 World cup and England's first game against the American's, it was a game that to be honest i thought would be a draw and yes i predicted a 1-1 draw, it was all looking so promising when England Captain Steven Gerrard received the ball from Emile Heskey and knocked the ball past Tim Howard just after 4 minutes (i actually missed the goal because ITV HD decided to put an advert on just as we scored Unbelievable) , America who should not be underestimated are no mugs in fact most of their players play in top European leagues and they did create some good chances and probably deserved the draw but the way they got their goal was one of those crazy moments in football Fulham's Clint Dempsey hits a shot towards keeper Robert Green a shot that he should have easily picked up but no he has a mare and the ball ends up in the back of the net (see footage below) I think every England supporter was stunned by this but not a stunned as Dempsey he was walking away thinking Green picked that up easy next thing he is celebrating the luckiest goal he will ever score.



Oh well roll on Friday when we take on Algeria