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.