Sorry for the sporadic nature of my blogging of late!

I am not even going to try to back date my blog all at once for the half a month that is missing, however I may update if I have the time!

My thoughts on Hull City!

Hull City are doing exactly what Taylor promised this season and staying up, not pushing for the premiership. I know there are roughly 14 games to go but we have been there or there abouts all season...!!! I cannot see us going back down to league 1 with all the good new players Peter Taylor is now bringing in.

Scouting 2007 meeting!

A POST every ten days!

Today, I spent the day travelling down to Bagshot near London, for my meeting with the other members of the Scouting 2007 team, which turned out to be quite a productive day on which I met with friends I hadn't seen since EuroJam last year!

Hornsea Cottage Hospital Update!!

To start with I apologise about the political nature of tonights commentary! I was pleased to see this evening that in the Hull Daily Mail that hundreds of people including myself and friends have spoken out and written to protest against local hospital service cuts, particularly in Hornsea!

The local health trust, has received 339 letters objecting to plans to cut hospital services in Hornsea and Withernsea and we have the backing of the local G.P's, the local council and also the local newspaper! In addition approximately 400 residents attended public meetings in the town. On top of this 16,000 people have backed the Hull Daily Mail's hands off our hospitals campaign!

The Yorkshire Wolds and Coast Primary Care Trust will make a final decision at the end of this month. So please Yorkshire Wolds and Coast Primary Care Trust,

SAVE HORNSEA COTTAGE HOSPITAL!

Sorry for the lateness and sporadic nature of my posts!

Have been having a few problems with my computer, hard disk failure e.t.c. So it has taken me longer to update my blog than the usual daily updates, due to things such as computer failure and Windows XP wireless networking problems! I will try to update it regularly every day once again from now on!

Crystal Palace 2 - Hull City 1

Palace took control through Darren Ward and a Leon Cort own-goal before Jon Parkin pulled one back for Hull at the KC Stadium. Dowie was without several first-choice stars and admitted he was delighted with his side' commitment.

After City conceded two sloppy goals, debutant Jon Parkin's strike proved to be nothing more than a consolation. In the 9th minute, Darren Ward pounced to score the rebound after Boaz Myhill made an outstanding parry.

City let in a second in the 24th minute, Leon Cort turning a low cross from Palace's right into his own net. Parkin, who was favoured to Darryl Duffy to start the match, pulled one back a minute later, controlling a ball into the box before finishing from close range.

City failed to penetrate Gabor Kiraly's goal any further though despite having a decent amount of possession for the rest of the match.

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!

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!

Gym!

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

Liberal Democrat Leadership contest!

The Liberal Democrat president, Simon Hughes, today declared he was making his second bid for the leadership of the party, as a fresh challenger, the moderniser Chris Huhne, also entered the race. Countering accusations from supporters of other candidates, Sir Menzies Campbell and Mark Oaten, that he was an old-fashioned leftwinger Mr Hughes said he came from "the mainstream of the Liberal tradition". Mr Huhne - a relatively unknown new MP - will become the fourth candidate at an official launch tomorrow.

The Daily Telegraph!

Today, I spent the day trying to sort out my Telegraph delivery!

Hull City 0 - Crystal Palace 1

Today I visited the KC stadium to see Hull City play premiership Aston Villa. Unfortunately, Gareth Barry struck the crucial goal as seven-time FA Cup winners Aston Villa booked their place in the fourth round by avoiding a potential banana skin at Hull City. Just after the hour mark, Barry ghosted into a shooting position before beating former Villa goalkeeper Boaz Myhill with a deflected effort from the edge of the penalty area.

The goal was harsh on Hull, who had upped the tempo at the start of the second half and had come close to scoring moments earlier through a Leon Cort header. However Barry's strike effectively killed the match and, with James Milner marshalling the midfield, the visitors dominated the remainder of the contest.

Villa put us under pressure from the opening minutes, as they looked to improve a poor cup record since reaching the final back in 2000. Gavin McCann fired just wide with a left-footed shot from 18 yards, and then Juan Pablo Angel was harshly denied the opener by the offside flag when he pounced on a loose ball from 12 yards and slotted home.

Hull thought they should have had a penalty when Barry clattered into Jason Price, and Kevin Ellison fired just wide from 20 yards. However, the away side started to impose themselves and, after Lee Hendrie had seen his right-footed volley from 12 yards well parried by Myhill, the Hull goalkeeper had to be alert again to deny the excellent Milner from distance. Just before the break Hull's Craig Fagan was denied by Villa keeper Thomas Sorensen from point-blank range, and moments into the second half a powering header from Cort was bundled off the line.

Villa always looked more dangerous going forward, and after 61 minutes Barry collected a poor clearance from Hull to cut inside two players and score with a deflected right-footed shot from the edge of the area, which flew into the top right-hand corner off Leon Cort. Milner came close with two further opportunities as he fired wide following Angel's lay-off, and then volleyed just over from the edge of the area.

Hull's only real opportunity to equalise came when half-time substitute Stuart Elliott headed Ryan France's cross wide from ten yards, what a difference from last season, but unfortunately Villa were comfortable winners in the end.

EuroJam is now not LIVE!

Today I removed the EuroJamLive link from my blog!

Happy New Year!

Just writing a quick post to wish all my readership a happy New Year! The Snow has also now melted, around here anyway so I wish all my readership a happy new year, have a good one!