Bantams 1 Shrimps 0

A dreary game for a dreary day. Two teams settling into a mid table finish were never going to provide first rate entertainment, but to be fair, I have seen worse games down the Valley this season. Most of the talk before the game was centered around Morecambes winger, Thompson, a City target during the January transfer window, but he was injured early on and substituted. A win is a win though, so we went into town to celebrate. We were surprisingly joined by the Boy Dazzler, who was supposed to be in Scotland, and Mr Whiteside, who had both been on the razz, and Tony Helmet managed to break free from work to join us for a few shereberts. Simon and Shouty were in fine fettle, spouting pearls of nonsense at will, a prime example being the Right Honourable assertion that Keighley was the largest town in the United Kingdom. As myself, Tony and Crespo proceeded to shoot down this ludicrous claim, Simon decided to weigh in with one of the greatest pieces of blurt out nonsense that I have heard since the halcyon days of the Ginga Ninja. According to Mr Whiteside on a clear day you can see Lincoln cathedral from Queensbury. Me and Crespo figure this famous landmark to be around 70/80 miles away, but Simon was having none of it and said as the crow flies that it was no more than 40. So the next time any of you are passing through Queensbury can you report any sightings of said cathedral, or if its a really clear day, Big Ben or the Sydney Opera House. It was then off to Crespo's grans 70th birthday shindig (rock and roll), were I left my beer guzzling companions as I was playing in a footie tournament the next day. I know Shouty was off out for his brothers birthday, and that when Simons out the boy usually does a threwer, so if you see any idiots in the gutter, say hi from me. On to Tuesday, whence the casino beckons....

Baz Watch;

Played the full ninety minutes, and was one of the better performances of the afternoon. Rose salmon like to cannon a header of the crossbar in the first half, and slipped through a sublime pass to Rhodes, who failed to beat the keeper when one on one. Was involved in Citys goal, his saved shot put away by Eddie Johnson. Got booked for gobbing off to the ref, we think, although it might have been for faking. Sporting a few days growth on his chin, which caused Crespo to burst into a chant of "Looks like Bri, Looks like Bri", that thankfully was not taken up by anyone else.