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Playing the game and Postman Pat at the Palace.
July 27, 2008
Firstly, all of our boys didn’t get a game on Saturday which is disappointing. Injury Bob and Cloudie were at our game and swapped hospital stories which is disappointing enough in itself but they are resigned to being out for a while.
Struan didn’t get a game and wouldn’t be bothered one little bit in the Greek sun. Nani would have been too busy saving cats from tall trees to even think about football while Dan and Donal were doing what ex-uni boys seem to do for the rest of their lives - going away for the weekend to get p***** for some noble cause or other.
Because his dad picks the team Naomi got 90 minutes and even or “old” boy Tommo got a run about. Smiler and Electric couldn’t have spent a great afternoon. Hopefully Jono had a stethoscope round his neck which leaves Kevin watching his team go down 1-0 at home to Albion Rovers which couldn’t have been a pleasant experience.
Every player takes a chance going senior and I only hope Jono and Kevin are given theirs. It’s a long hard season and hopefully they’ll soon join Ross in a jersey with 2 to 11 on it. Maybe if Tam Motion or Dave “Gepeto” Seeley go into SFL management they will.
Finally for now on players, one guy stepping up this season was Cookie from the Uni and there’s a good photo of him in the SOS of keeping the ball away from Carlos Cuellar. I wonder if his dad helps John out at Raith?
I drove over 450 miles today doing what all good dad’s do - running about after my eldest child. Seemingly 1000 cv’s from kids in drama or dance schools/colleges were sent to Disney and after 50 were selected auditions were held in Manchester and London this weekend for two Kid’s presenter and four parts in a show called “As the bell rings” (not that I’ve heard of it). We were at the Palace Hotel in Oxford Street Manchester late this morning.
Gemma will hear tomorrow if she’s to head to London for a workshop on Thursday before they decide on the lucky ones.
Anyway there was tea and coffee laid on for the hingers-on so Sean (Gemma’s boyfriend) and I had a couple of cups of coffee as well as a few biscuits. Most of the kids had been sent home and we were waiting on Gemma when this flunky came in to tidy up. It was Postman Pat - I kid you not. He didn’t have the uniform or the hat on but he was a dead ringer. I should know as I’m going through a Postman Pat collection of books with the boys at the moment - “Postman Pat and the Job Well Done” I read to them tonight.
He had the nose and the walk and Sean nearly wet himself when I started humming the theme tune. As he pushed his trolley out the door I could swear Pat was humming along with me.
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