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An unusually torrid day on the football front
Not a nice day. Woke at some ungodly hour to hear thunder rumbling followed by lashings of hail. So I got up at 7 o'clock which meant I was in time to see England deliver the coup de grace to South Africa, beating them by an innings and 90 odd runs. Very good.
Hail continued, but I had to go to the shops for New Year's feast supplies. As it was just hail I thought the roads would be OK. Boy was that a mistake. I managed to get. up two hills but when I turned the corner to approach the third, I could see a line of traffic. Deciding discretion was the better part of valour, I turned round and slid home. I tried again 2 hours later with more success except Morrisons did not have any ducks, my bird of choice for the turning of the year, so I had to make do with a giant chicken. Humph.
That means it was a good job we went out for lunch yesterday. Such a good meal that we have decided to go to that venue again instead of the Italian. The menu is so huge I can't do it justice. Even the snacks were massive and very tasty. Excellent.
Now, the subject line refers to Bolton, who have sacked their manager, and Portsmouth, who have been served with some sort of winding up notice by HM Revenue and Customs. This may be to do with their inability to pay their players on time twice in the past few months. Success is at such a premium these days that club chairmen have little patience: the club that has lost the fewest games this season sacked their manager because they had played too many draws. Madness.
Hail continued, but I had to go to the shops for New Year's feast supplies. As it was just hail I thought the roads would be OK. Boy was that a mistake. I managed to get. up two hills but when I turned the corner to approach the third, I could see a line of traffic. Deciding discretion was the better part of valour, I turned round and slid home. I tried again 2 hours later with more success except Morrisons did not have any ducks, my bird of choice for the turning of the year, so I had to make do with a giant chicken. Humph.
That means it was a good job we went out for lunch yesterday. Such a good meal that we have decided to go to that venue again instead of the Italian. The menu is so huge I can't do it justice. Even the snacks were massive and very tasty. Excellent.
Now, the subject line refers to Bolton, who have sacked their manager, and Portsmouth, who have been served with some sort of winding up notice by HM Revenue and Customs. This may be to do with their inability to pay their players on time twice in the past few months. Success is at such a premium these days that club chairmen have little patience: the club that has lost the fewest games this season sacked their manager because they had played too many draws. Madness.