Newsletter No 18 by Bill Scholes CHRISTMAS EDITION
15:23 28 Dec 12
No. 18 CHRISTMAS EDITION
Well, I suppose it had to come eventually, but it was rather a shame that the first complete washout of the year had to come just before Christmas. Still, I suppose it did give you all a chance to do some shopping! Mud is the word of the moment around here, our ground is muddy, the dog is muddy, the horses are all covered in it, the wife is muddy, the house is muddy, and having just come back from walking the dog, I am now very muddy! Still, it is Christmas.
Congratulations to Dunstable Town, London Lions and Aston Clinton who will spend Xmas at the top of their respective Divisional trees. Will they still be there come the end of April? Can they improve on last Christmas, when only one of the 3 table toppers went on to win their division? Also congratulations to our last remaining club in the FA Vase, Ampthill Town, and we wish them all the best in the next round against Enfield 1893.
CHARTER STANDARD CLUBS
Well done to all those clubs who have achieved Charter Standard status. To all those who haven’t as yet, make it a New Year resolution to do so. Remember, we have to get up to 100% of all our clubs
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COACHING DAY
Clearly the idea of the FA Coaching day at Beds FA has struck a chord with a number of our managers and coaches – currently around 40 have expressed a positive interest in attending. A number of clubs have yet to reply – you now have just under a week to do so or you will be receiving an unwelcome New Year missive from Tony Forrester!
A VERY MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO ALL CLUBS AND PLAYING AND NON PLAYING MEMBERS OF THE SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE , AND TO ALL OUR READERS, and especially all wives, girlfriends, husbands, boy friends, mistresses, in-betweens, SSMFL Committee members, club chairmen, club chairwomen, The Fabulous FleeRekkers, right backs, left backs, left footers, right footed left backs, left footed right backs, hat trick heroes, The Merseybeats, hat trick heroes, goal scoring centre forwards, goal scoring midfielders, chunky midfielders, hunky midfielders, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, the flat back four, the fat back four, sports editors, the sports media, Fats Domino, FA officials, County FA officials, The Beds Youth Council, Tweeters and Twitterers, League officials, Riders of the Purple Sage, general secretaries, The Eagles, match secretaries, fixture secretaries, registration secretaries, treasurers, Emmylou Harris, Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band, referees secretaries, ex- referees secretaries, programme editors, Acker Bilk and The Paramount Jazz band, groundsmen, happy groundsmen (not many), miserable groundsmen (lots), munchkins, Natalie Lowe, Chuck Berry, ground hoppers, Tony Rivers and the Castaways, midfield destroyers, destroyed midfielders, The Flying Burrito Brothers, all referees, referees who eat haggis, referees who work in advertising, The Blue Ridge Rangers, Wiggo, Laura Trott, The Respect Campaign, clubs with good discipline records, clubs who are trying to improve their disciplinary records, Strolling Bones, The Big Chris Barber Jazz Band, young referees, lady referees, young lady referees, referees who have progressed to higher levels, been there and done it referees, ex referees, plump referees, even plumper lino’s, who ate all the pies referees, Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen, all Seagulls supporters, Aliona Vilani, Saucy Santas, Sexy Santas, Poco, Queens of the Burger Bars, very hospitable hostesses, terrific tea makers, Chairmen who make cakes, Chairmen who don’t make cakes, anyone who makes cakes, hot pies and roast potato makers, The Wurzels, midfielders with legs, midfielders with no legs, players with ear rings, players with nose rings, players with long hair, players with no hair, Old Uxonians, The Outlaws, Charter Standard clubs, clubs who trying to achieve Charter Standard, Gangnam Style dancers, Ola Jordan, League sponsors(potential), match ball sponsors, club sponsors, player sponsors, match sponsors, fundraisers, The Clay Donner Combo, referees assessors, assessors with dogs, assessors with sticks (white), PSY, the Frank and Peggy Spence Formation Team, Alex Ferguson, Pan’s People, lady physios, male physios, match sponsors, match ball sponsors, club sponsors, player sponsors, Jerry Lee Lewis, cool dudes, snappy dressers, all Sussex CCC supporters, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Old Bankers, young bankers, Erkey Grant and the Earwigs, Bar maids, friendly bar maids, lovely bar maids, Team GB, the Games Makers, Bucks County Cricket Club, Nero and the Gladiators, successful managers, quiet managers, not so quiet managers, vociferous managers, jack- in- a box managers, should –be- in- a box managers, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, students, hairy students, Erin Boag, Miss Whiplash, E. L. James, coaches, aspiring coaches, coaches with badges, coaches with I Spy badges, coaches with Blue Peter badges, coach drivers, Monty Panesar, Creedence Clearwater Revival, all contributors to the newsletter, supportive supporters, supporters with attitude, Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers, and all supporters of Non League Football……………….. Enjoy the festive season
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Bill Scholes
billscholes@hotmail.co.uk
