Friday, September 30, 2005

Hull 1 - Millwall 1


Ben Burgess's equaliser saved City from a third successive home defeat. City started the game with a 4-4-2 formation, with Mark Lynch, Andy Dawson, Stuart Green and Nick Barmby recalled to the starting line-up. Curtis Woodhouse did his job on the post to clear a Carl Asaba header from a 12th minute Millwall corner.

Nick Barmby had the best of a series of half-chances for City, lobbing just over. Ben Burgess came on at half time as Peter Taylor changed to a formation talked about before the game. Despite City's new attacking style, it was Millwall who scored first. A cross came in and Myhill saved from Dunne, but the rebound fell to Asaba who shot into the empty net, just after the hour mark. City showed spirit to fight their way back into the game being played under heavy rain, but were failing to create anything to worry the visitors.

City continued to go after it until the final whistle, but a winner didn't come and both sides will be happy enough with a point. I think that if Ben Burgess hadn't come on the game would have been lost as at present Stuart Elliot still cannot find his feet in this division, hopefully it will only be a matter of time!

Thursday, September 29, 2005

Gym!


Today, I am making my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Scouts!

Today I spent some of the day preparing things for the Scouts to do tommorow night, however now I am feeling tired so I shall say goodnight!

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7


I was pleased to see today that Mozilla has released a new version of Firefox (1.0.7), that automatically downloaded and updated the extensions as promised, which I must say is very good. I was also reading in the following article that a lot of long term internet explorer bugs have still not being fixed. So come on Microsoft you have a lot to live up to with the new Internet Explorer 7, to make it my personal browser of choice once again!

Monday, September 26, 2005

Tory party left leaderless, as Blair promises to stay on!


The Tory party was left leaderless for a further three months on the day Tony Blair promised to stay on as Prime Minister to lay the foundations for a fourth successive Labour election victory.

The contrasting fortunes of the parties were brought into sharp focus yesterday when Michael Howard's plans to reform the Conservative leadership rules were rejected by his party at the same time as Mr Blair was dashing Gordon Brown's hopes of an early hand-over of power.

Sunday, September 25, 2005

Gym!


Today, I am making my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

Saturday, September 24, 2005

Hull City back to winning ways!


I am pleased to see that Hull City seemed to make light work of Coventry. But overall I think we need to be greatful that Peter Taylor mananged to get on-loan Liverpool midfielder John Welsh, as he scored a goal in each half as 10-man Hull beat Coventry at the Ricoh Arena. The 21-year-old powered home a right-foot shot from the edge of the penalty area before the break.

Hull defender Mark Lynch was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 70th minute and Coventry looked well set to take advantage. But Welsh dealt the hosts a killer blow in the second half, curling home a fine shot from the left side of the box. If we could have beaten both Stoke & Luton 1-0, we'd be in 4th place now!

I thought I would also mention today that it is 40 years since Dougal Haston and Doug Scott have become the first Britons to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest! The men arrived at the top of Mount Everest via the previously unclimbed south-west face, 33 days after establishing their base camp. The team succeeded on a difficult direct route which has repulsed five other attempts and set a record for the fastest time up the peak.

Expedition leader Chris Bonington reported the pair had reached the 29,028ft (8,848m) summit safely and were now on their way down the mountain. He also said they were ahead of schedule and hoped more of the 18-strong group would be able to reach the top. The south-west face of Everest is still regarded as one of the most difficult challenges in mountaineering because of its length and exposure to high-level winds. So you can't say my blog isn't slightly educational!

Friday, September 23, 2005

Five years ago Steve Redgrave won his fifth olympic gold!

Five years ago today british rower Steve Redgrave entered Olympic history by winning his fifth consecutive gold medal. Redgrave won his gold alongside Matthew Pinsent, Tim Foster and James Cracknell in the coxless fours on day eight of the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. It doesn't really seem like five years ago does it, or is life just moving to fast!

Thursday, September 22, 2005

Went to the Stags Head in Lelley!

This evening I went out for a meal with my parents at the Stags Head Inn at Lelley. I had a Stags Grill which was very good! When I returned home I went to help at my local Scout Group which is normally an enjoyable experience! Having helped at Scouts for seven years!

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

British tennis number 1 Tim Henman contemplates end of career!


I was dissapointed to read today that Tim Henman could be thinking about retirement at the end of 2006!

British number one Tim Henman has hinted he will quit tennis if he cannot recapture his best form in 2006. After a testing year, the 31-year-old star said if results do not start going his way he could hang up his racket. "I have belief in my qualities as a player and expect the results to come," Henman told BBC Sport. "But if I'm doing the right things in practice, after a month or three months of things not happening a player does question himself." Henman almost wrote off the 2005 season after failing to find his groove in practice and suffering from back and shoulder problems.

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Gym!


Today, I am making my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

Monday, September 19, 2005

Scouting 2007 & EuroJam!


Spent the day working on the above sites and my computer, as I had to remove all the EuroJam references from the Scouting 2007 sites!

Sunday, September 18, 2005

Today was ITV's national walking day, so I went for a walk!

Today I went for a walk in the countryside, to try and improve my fitness. I ended up coming in and reading the following on the above website! I also noticed that this website seems to be saying that the best walks are in the North West. I don't really agree with that fact, as I live in Yorkshire, and I believe the North York Moors and the Yorkshire Dales offer some of the best walking areas

In the North West however, footpaths and organised trails criss-cross the country from the Solway Firth to Cheshire, giving you more freedom than ever to explore and enjoy the region’s gloriously varied landscape.

Walking is also a direct route to fitness. In an age of diets and ritzy gyms, it’s stealth health! The benefits of a regular walk, at a reasonably brisk pace, include improvements in blood pressure, stamina and joint condition. It’s great for your heart and if you stick with a programme, as well as eating healthily, you’ll find that your energy levels gradually increase, you feel better overall and, over the long term, it’s likely that you’ll find yourself losing weight in a sustainable way.

Saturday, September 17, 2005

Hull 0 - Luton 1


Unfortunately, Steve Howard's late strike helped Luton maintain their excellent early-season form with a narrow win at Hull. I think that Hull where put off due to the early start required by Sky, but that is as they say football!

Even though the possesion throughout the match was about 50:50, the Hull team seemed to forget that they where supposed to defend and Howard rifled home a right-foot strike from inside the six-yard box, with only five minutes remaining. How many times have we seen that this season! Luton keeper Marlon Beresford saved from Stuart Green and Chris Brown, while Hull's Bo Myhill thwarted Dean Morgan and Carlos Edwards.

Hull's Nick Barmby and Luton's Ahmet Brkovic had first-half efforts ruled out for offside. Another disappointing result after two succesive promotion parties, but I honestly think Peter Taylor will have to think about changing a few more faces in the squad if we ever hope to be in the Premiership!

Friday, September 16, 2005

Long time, no blog!!


Sorry but at the moment I have been busy with other things so have not had time to blog!! So I am doing it all at once, the good news is that now I don't just have 512kbps broadband. Onetel the nice people have upgraded their service to 2Mbps so hopefully this will make it easier to post at more sensible times, however when they upgraded me at the exhange they managed to put me on the wrong broadband channel, so this is my reason for the late posts, due to lack of broadband. On the old 512kbps service between 5p.m. and 6p.m. it was becoming so hard to post, due to the number of people utilising the service, but now with 2Mbps it should be much better!

Thursday, September 15, 2005

Scouts!


This evening I am going to help at my local Scout Group which is normally an enjoyable experience! Having helped at Scouts for seven years!

I always find it very interesting to find out what the Scouts I have worked with do in life after they have left Scouts and tonight should be good! At present I am just going to the local Gym in Hornsea!

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Nice Idea!


I think this site is quite a good idea as pointed out by Simon on his blog:

http://www.petroldirect.com/

Nice to know someone's thinking of drivers of bigger cars, as the petrol prices have fluctuated quite widely lately, in fact at a garage near me the price was £1.03 a litre. It made the front page of the local paper!

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Gym!


Today, I am making my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

Monday, September 12, 2005

Spooks is back!


Well good news tonight in that Spooks is back on the beeb, in tonights episode a bomb exploded in a London street market, with the team having to race against time to stop hundreds of people being killed. I do not think I have given to much away in that quick synopsis as it is very similar to the one on the BBC's site! I will just say that so far, with just one episisode gone the new series of Spooks looks very, very good!

Sunday, September 11, 2005

Raikonnen wins in Belgium G.P.


Kimi Raikkonen kept the championship title race alive for another two weeks with victory at the Belgian Grand Prix. His McLaren team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya led for most of the race only to crash out just after Raikkonen had taken the lead after a late pit stop.

However, championship leader Fernando Alonso's second place means he remains favourite to take the overall title. BAR's Jenson Button recovered from a poor start to take third while Michael Schumacher crashed out on lap 25.

Saturday, September 10, 2005

Crystal Palace 2 - Hull City 0


Today I was not happy to see that poor defending led to City conceding two goals to Crystal Palace and coming home from Selhurst Park empty handed. City started the match with a good amount of possession against last season's Premiership relegation victims.

Early in the second half, Stuart Elliott wasted a header while at the other end Jon Macken shot wide. Later, the ball set up for Damien Delaney but he put a typical centre back's shot flying into the stand. City were awarded a free kick right on the edge of the area but substitute Stuart Green's attempt was useless as it sailed over.

There was only going to be one outcome in that situation as he buried the ball in the back of the net for 2-0 and the Eagles' fourth successive win.

Friday, September 09, 2005

Went to the pub and updated my blog sidebar!


Tonight I went to the pub in my home town of Hornsea and also updated my blog sidebar including more links to various SAGGA blogs and added a search function courtesy of Technorati! I am also very busy at present and do not have time to spend updating my blog as regularly as usual.

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Congratulations!


I will just take this opportunity to say congratulations to Mad and Rob on there good news . I have been to the Gym again today, and have done more work on various websites! More later!

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Beatles hailed best of British!


The 1967 Beatles track, A Day In The Life, has been hailed the best British song of all time. The song, which featured on the classic Beatles album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, topped a survey of music experts by Q magazine.

The magazine called the track "the ultimate sonic rendition of what it means to be British". The Kinks' song Waterloo Sunset came second in the poll, ahead of Oasis' Wonderwall in third place.

Earlier this year, in a survey to find the greatest tune between 1955 and 1964 BBC Radio 2 listeners overlooked two Beatles singles in favour of The Kinks' You Really Got Me. Personally I still think Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen is the best British song of all times but thats just my personal opinion!

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Gym!


Today, I am making my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

Monday, September 05, 2005

Thousands return to New Orleans!


Well I suppose it is good to see this evening that long traffic queues have formed on the approaches to suburban New Orleans as residents who fled Hurricane Katrina's floods return to inspect their homes. Engineers finally sealed one of the levees breached by the storm as rescuers sought survivors in the city.

President George W Bush has been in the region again, after finally finishing his very long hoilday! Wouldn't you have thought that if a disaster occured he could cut short his Summer vacation by a few days, but that is as they say George Bush! He left it mainly up to two ex-presidents his father and Clinton to launch a national disaster appeal. Mr Bush has also declared a state of emergency in 10 US states, thus enabling federal funds to be made available there to assist with the evacuees.

Anyway, thats enough political ranting for one evening, I hope my readership is well and the teachers are all enjoying there days back at School!

Sunday, September 04, 2005

Montoya wins in Italy, the home of Ferrari!


McLaren's Juan Pablo Montoya won the Italian Grand Prix as Fernando Alonso extended his championship lead over Kimi Raikkonen by finishing second.

Michael Schumacher was philosophical after his 10th place in the Italian Grand Prix signalled the end of his five-year reign as world champion. "There is no point getting angry," said the German, who trails Fernando Alonso by 48 points with only 40 up for grabs.

The Ferrari star added: "We were much too slow and nowhere near where we want to be, but we have to live with it. "The championship was obviously lost a while ago, but we have had a lot of good years before this one."

Saturday, September 03, 2005

England 1 - Wales 0


Joe Cole's second-half winner sank Wales and kept England on course for World Cup qualification. Cole broke the deadlock after 53 minutes when his shot from Shaun Wright-Phillips' cross was deflected past Danny Coyne by Danny Gabbidon. England dominated throughout, but goalkeeper Paul Robinson needed to produce a brilliant save from John Hartson to stop Wales taking the lead. So, satisfaction was not the most obvious sentiment among the England players and management departing Cardiff but it was a word chosen by David Beckham.

Sven-Goran Eriksson now has to decide where Beckham will play at Windsor Park. If the manager has got this new system out of his system then the England captain may find himself back at right midfield and up against Hull City's Stuart Elliott, it could be a personal clash of loyalties for me, as at present Stuart Elliot is a very good player and unfortunately at present David Beckham does not seem to be the player he once was, maybe it is something about Spain, good footballers go there and come back not so good!

Now it is Belfast for England and, in Northern Ireland, another side who are clearly inferior. A whole team of holding midfielders could probably beat them. But England need to convince as well as win before the satisfaction grows.

Friday, September 02, 2005

Out in Hornsea!


Tonight I had a night out in Hornsea with friends, so I have not got much to say really, will post again soon!

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Fascinating facts about the month of September!


After having a long think about what to write this evening for my 444th post, I thought I would write some fasinating facts about the month of September for your perusal! I have now been a current poster on blogger since June 2003, which is a bit worrying, maybe I should get out more! Anyway, here is some fascinating facts about the month of September courtesy of Wikipedia.

September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. September begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Virgo and ends in the sign of Libra. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of Leo and ends in the constellation of Virgo.

The name comes from the Latin septem, for "seven". September was the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 153 BCE. September is the start of the academic year in some countries, mostly in the west. September also begins on the same day of the week as December every year. In the year 1752, in the British Empire, the Gregorian calendar was adopted and as a result September did not have days numbered 3–13. The thing I found most amusing is that on Usenet, it is said that September 1993 never ended.