Leeds United 2 - Hull City 1

Two goals from Jonathon Douglas gave Leeds United the Yorkshire bragging rights over Hull City. The on-loan midfielder popped up in first-half injury-time to ram home a pass from Robbie Blake, then struck again in the 53rd minute after Richard Cresswell had twice hit the bar following a corner. Peter Taylor left ex-Leeds midfielder Nick Barmby on the bench even though the former England international had produced one of his best displays since joining Hull in the midweek 2-0 win over Ipswich.

Hull made all the early pace, outnumbering Leeds in midfield and pushing forward, with Billy Paynter twice going close, the second only kept out by a finger-tip save by Neil Sullivan. Leeds' first effort came after 20 minutes when Blake dragged his shot wide of the post. Craig Fagan and Paynter were giving the Leeds defence plenty of problems and Fagan clipped the bar with a 20-yard shot five minutes from half-time and then brought another superb save out of Sullivan. Barmby got on with eight minutes to go, but by then the game was lost and he only had time to receive abuse from the Leeds fans.

Out in Hornsea!

Tonight, I am going out in Hornsea once more to celebrate the final full night before the New Year officially begins! People are celebrating around here as I have just heard a round of fireworks being released. I intend to visit my local public house "The Alexandra" in Hornsea with a few of my friends before eventually moving on to the Hornsea Floral Hall the top entertainment venue in the town!

Driving in Hull in the snow!

Went out on another driving lesson in Hull today, which was quite interesting as it was the first time I have driven on snow and ice since 1996!

Both me and my driving instructor think I coped well with the conditions, so we will just have to wait and see what the assesment centre in Newcastle have to say when I go back there for my reassement in a short while!

Hull City 2 - Ipswitch Town 0

Two second-half goals from a battling Hull City side saw them claim all three points against a lacklustre Ipswich Town. Close-range finishes from Nick Barmby in the 56th minute and Craig Fagan on 70 finished off Joe Royle's men in bitterly cold conditions at the KC Stadium.

The Tigers started well and good play gave Jason Price a chance to run in on goal. Chances continued to arrive for Hull as the Ipswich defence stood off the City front men and Billy Paynter tried to take advantage but he fired a 25-yard shot over the crossbar. On 56 minutes a Price cross and Ryan France knockdown left Barmby with the chance and he made no mistake as he stroked the ball past Supple to put Hull ahead.

A minute later Hull nearly went further ahead as a pin-point cross from Price gave Paynter a great chance but his header was matched by a good save. The Tigers did extend their lead on 70 minutes as a through ball from Damien Delaney sent Price through and his low ball across the six-yard box was tapped home by Fagan. Well done Hull City!!!!

Out in Hornsea!

Tonight, I am going out in Hornsea with friends once again will write more later or probably tomorrow now!

Crewe Alexandra 2 - Hull City 2

Billy Paynter unleashed an unstoppable 25-yard effort to ensure Hull City grabbed a share of the spoils in the relegation clash at Crewe. Kevin Ellison went close to giving the visitors the lead in the ninth minute when he stretched to meet Craig Fagan's cross but Darren Moss and Chris McCready managed to scramble the ball off the line.

Fagan levelled for Hull in the 33rd minute when he finished off at the far post after Damien Delaney had knocked back Ellison's sweeping cross. Both sides had chances in the second half but Crewe will rue missing theirs the most. And after Paynter had equalised, Stuart Elliott came close to winning the game for Hull City but was denied by a fine block from Turnbull.

Dr Who: The Christmas Invasion

Despite stiff competition from digital and satellite television channels offering blockbuster films and US sitcoms, it was traditional home-grown favourites such as EastEnders, Doctor Who and The Two Ronnies that the nation tuned in to watch on Christmas Day.

David Tennant's debut as the new Time Lord drew an audience of 9.4 million, putting BBC1's Doctor Who at No 2. A BBC spokesman said: "It was a wonderful climax to the year for Doctor Who."

Merry Christmas Again!!

Just in case I forget to say I hope all my readership has a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year! Unfortunately I don't have much time to post this evening...

Gym!

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

Playing catch up!!

I think over this Christmas period I will be writing my blog in a delayed fashion once again, so do not expect any more posts until the New Year!

Gym!

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

Scouts Christmas Party Night!

To celebrate the christmas holidays I had a christmas party night with the Explorer Scout Section which was good fun, especially as they organised the whole thing, unfortunately they did not help with the cooking! I suppose us leaders had to do something during the evening and it wasn't even to cold, so much for the cold winter weather! However, I have said this before and I still think we may see snow before the end of the holiday period!

Out in Hornsea!

Went out in Hornsea with the regular people and actually saw some new people I know, just back for Christmas, Hornsea is a bit like that! I also made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness!

Hope kinja is working again soon!

I just tried to look at my kinja digest and unfortunately it is still not working, however before the weekend they did suggest it would be working after the weekend and as it is only Monday I will let them off, as normally they do provide a very good and useful service. I will just have to use my RSS Reader for the moment to consult other blogs!

What was number one?

... when you were born.

This above site thinks that Rivers of Babylon by Boney M was at Number 1, which is correct!

Brighton 2 - Hull City 1 (Lots of chances, no result)

The match I am sorry to say was quite uninteresting. The home side were awful which gives some indication of how poor City were and, it all started so well. Brighton moved out of the Championship relegation zone with their first win for 10 matches. The Seagulls did it the hard way, coming from behind early on with two stunning first-half strikes from Sebastien Carole and captain Charlie Oatway.

City scored with the first real action of the game. Unfortunately, from where City supporters were positioned behind the opposite goal, separated from the pitch by a running track, and seemingly about three miles from the play it was hard to tell exactly what happened. Anyway, Taylor's caution reared it's ugly head again. One-nil up and playing by far the better football City by accident or managerial design decided to sit back on their lead. This allowed Brighton to take the game to City.

Nick Barmby almost put City back in front with a header destined for the bottom corner but the keeper made a fine save. Inevitably, Brighton scored again. Again it was a disastrous goal to give away. Brighton attacked down their right. City won the ball in the ball in the corner but then Dawson and Elliott conspired to give it away again. Brighton moved the ball inside and City again stood off.

I suppose against Sheffield Wednesday City we were slightly fortunate to take all the points. Against Brighton the reverse was probably true. However, that doesn't disguise the fact that City contributed to their own down fall in this match to a much too great an extent.

Scouts!

Tonights Scouts was the last before Christmas so we organised a party night, I wrapped a lot of parcels for pass the parcel. This year due to the way Christmas has fallen Scouts have finished before cubs, which is a unusual occurence that does not occur very often.

The Explorers spent the evening making Christmas decorations which were impressive by the end of the night, better than I could make anyway! Luckily I wasn't running that activity, at the end we said merry christmas to the Scouts and we shall see them in the New Year. So an enjoyable evening once again

Gym!

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

Merry Christmas!!

Sorry for the lack of posts of late but I have been busy preparing for Christmas of late, including writing various Christmas Cards and getting into the Christmas spirit! Just in case I forget to say I hope all my readership has a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

Driving

Had more driving lessons around Hull today. Personally I think the lesson went well and I visited some parts of Hull I had never visited before, considering I lived in the city for three years I think this is a little worrying! Unfortunately this is one of the reasons for my lack of posts at present!

Oil depot explodes in Hertfordshire!

A huge fire has been raging after a series of explosions ripped through an oil storage depot in what is thought to be the largest incident of its kind in peacetime Europe. Miraculously, only two people were seriously injured among 43 casualties, after flames shot hundreds of feet into the sky following the blasts at the Buncefield depot, near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, police said.

John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, from Hull, tonight visited the scene of the blasts, the first of which happened just after 6am at the fuel terminal in Leverstock Green, close to junction 8 of the M1. The force of the incident could be heard up to 100 miles away sparking fears of a terrorist attack or a plane crash. But Hertfordshire Police Chief Constable Frank Whiteley said they were treating the incident as an accident.

The M1 has been closed both ways between junctions 6a and 12 and may remain shut tomorrow morning. Motorists have been told not to go "anywhere near the M1 from the M25 upwards". At Heathrow airport, some flights were forced to delay landing because of smoke, but Luton airport was said to be operating as usual. The Buncefield depot is a major distribution terminal operated by Total and part-owned by Texaco, storing oil and petrol as well as kerosene which supplies airports across the region. The country's fifth largest fuel distribution depot, it is also used by BP, Shell and British Pipeline.

Hull City 1 - Sheffield Wednesday 0

After a tense match with not many real chances Sheffield Wednesday saw their solid work undone when, three minutes from time, Price fired in a corner from 6 yards to score. It was heartbreaking for the Wednesday, who had played with more passion and coherence throughout and they are now left in even more trouble at the foot of the table. There was a rare lifting of the atmosphere among the home crowd in the 55th minute when Tigers captain Nick Barmby stepped up to take a free-kick just outside the area on the right, but it was disappointingly long and missed all of City's danger men.

With barely four minutes left, most people in the ground thought Elliott had scored with a cracking header, but it was ruled offside. There was nothing wrong with Price's 87th-minute matchwinner though and despite a last-ditch effort from Graham Coughlan, who while lying on the floor about six yards out, poked a leg out and shot inches wide, it was Wednesday who went home with the relegation worries. So after this result it looks like Hull City could remain in the Championship next season, hopefully!!

Gym!

Today, I made my way to the gym I have joined at Hornsea Leisure Centre in order to increase my fitness! Before making my way to the local public house to meet with friends!

Scouts!

Went to help at my local Scout group this evening which is always good fun! This evening we made christmas decorations with the Scouts which was good fun and the explorers helped to plan the forthcoming Cubs christmas activities.

Gym!

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

Maxtor Onetouch External Hard Drive Dies!

After months of trouble with this hard drive and Windows XP Service Pack 2 it has finally given up the ghost. I will have to hope that Maxtor technical support is reasonably helpful when I contact them tomorrow! Will update my readership with the outcome of this as it moves forward!

Gym!

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

Hull City drawn against Aston Villa!

Hull City will play Aston Villa in the 3rd Round of the FA Cup. Hull City, who now enter the competition at the Third Round as do all Championship clubs, will play host to the Premiership club on the 7th January.

The two clubs last met in January 1999, when Villa led the Premiership and City were bottom of the Football League. City have never beaten them in the cup, and have only achieved 5 wins in 21 league meetings, the last of those being in the 1987/88 season.

Now, Aston Villa are 15th in the Premiership and are out of the League Cup having lost 3-0 to League One side Doncaster last week. David O'Leary's side - which includes the likes of Gareth Barry, Milan Baros and Kevin Phillips - will be looking to make a better fist of it in the FA Cup, however Peter Taylor thinks that his Hull City side can maybe win this encounter, or at least play well. We will just have to wait until January at the KC to see!

Out in Hornsea!

Tonight I visited the local public house "The Alexandra" in Hornsea with a few of my friends before eventually moving on to the Hornsea Floral Hall the top entertainment venue in the town!

Out in Hornsea!

Went out in Hornsea for the evening before getting back in and getting back to everything!

Today, I also made an attempt to start writing christmas cards have got a list made out with peoples names on but cannot seem to get any further than that!

Scouts

Went to help at my local Scout group this evening which is always good fun!