A poor week, the test match was going well. England’s bowlers were superb bowling out Pakistan twice cheaply. Just 145 to win and the batsmen failed again. All out for 78. Trott was unlucky, he was unwell but the rest were woeful. The top order look in...
A disappointing weekend with all local football off due to the snow, Most of the country is off as well, which used to be a rarity in days gone by. German football The bad weather didn’t seem to affect the Germans who just got on with it with mixed results....
Gorleston Rangers Tournament Sunday 16 June Girls Under 15’s After the problems of Saturday, we were hoping for a better day, certainly the weather was better, if rather hot. Almost immediately there were problems. North Walsham had pulled out, they had...
Friday 4th May City League Division 5 Fakenham away We faced a stiff start to out new season with a long trip to Fakenham. They had finished bottom of division 4 last year, whilst we were 4th in division 5. We also had a bad record against them. The poor...
Saturday 3rd March 2012 Norfolk Girls League Under 12’s Sprowston 4v0 Gorleston Rangers On murky morning, Sprowston were looking to continue their march towards a second consecutive title. They had been in good form with a series of comfortable victories,...
Sunday 13th May Baseliners v Aylsham Away Drew 4-4 At last the summer arrived, both teams were short of practise after the unseasonal weather. I was making my debut for the Cromer Baseliners. Call offs had left us with having to play two reserves against...
North Norfolk Tennis League Baseliners v Aylsham Tuesday 6th May After last year’s disastrous campaign, we were looking to get our campaign off to a good start against old rivals Aylsham. Last seasons matches had been close. The match made a bad start...
First to the Netherlands, where the top two were back to normal. Ajax clinched the title at 4th placed Twenty. They lead 1-0 but the home side came back for 1-1 and had chances to take the lead, but Ajax scored the deciding goal A good competitive game...
Thursday 24th May City League Division 5 Marsh Home. At last summer had arrived and we were at full strength for a vital match against old rivals Marsh. They had won their opening two matches whilst we had lost ours. We desperately needed a win to kick...
Saturday 14th April Norfolk Girl’s League Under 11 cup semi final Sprowston 6-2 Fc Bradwell. The sides met for the second time in two weeks. Sprowston had won fairly comfortably, but were wary of the visitors. The match started in bright sunshine, with...
Saturday 27th April Norfolk Girls League Under 12’s Sprowston 2-0 Attleborough Attleborough have come a long way this season, in two senses of the word. New to the league they have grown and, at one point, were in 3rd place. Now they were in midtable...
A slow start to the tournament. I missed Russia’s win over the Czechs. Poland drew 1-1 with Greece, a game remember for some bizarre refereeing. Greece had a player sent off for 2 cautions. The first was a terrible decision, there had been little or no...
Sport on TV 24th November Well it was the big weekend of sport. It started with Stuttgart at home to Borussia MGB. What an opening it was. A very entertaining game, the visitors were in great form and won 2-0. Saturday was the big day. Rugby league world...
Sport on TV 22nd December Well there has been plenty to talk about this week, some great football, but, oh dear, the commentators haven’t covered themselves in glory. It all started on Thursday night, the conference gave us another excellent match. Grimsby...
Pre Season Friendly Blofield at home. On a murky night, we started our season with a friendly against a strong Blofield side. Nick and I played together and continues where we left off last season. Against a strong pair, we pushed them hard but went down...
Saturday 31 May North Norfolk Tennis League Baseliners v Taverham It was a big match at Cromer. We had won our first two matches, but faced a stern test against a powerful Taverham side, with three of their big guns playing. Geoff Cramp made his debut...
City League Division 4 Monday 14th July Stanmore C home We looked forward to greeting our old friends Stanmore C. We had had some good tussles over the year, usually just coming out on top. But tonight we faced two problems. I was struggling with a cold...
North Norfolk Tennis League Thursday 10 July Net Cords v Baseliners On a dreadful night, with rain in the air, we visited Net Cords looking for a vital win to keep our runners up hopes alive. At one stage, it didn’t look as if we would play, but we started...
North Norfolk League Sunday 27th May Taverham away There are two things sure in life on when I go to Taverham. 1 I get lost. 2 I get thrashed. All seemed to be going to plan as I arrived at Hainford, however, an unexpected road closure saw me travelling...
Monday 2 June City League 6 Stanmore D v North Walsham Parks B I had a last minute call up for this match, against old rivals Stanmore D. They were short too, but drafted in a A team player. Richard and I made a good start against the 2nd pair, breaking...
Monday 19 May City League Division 4 Wymondham B home After a delayed start to the season, we faced our first home game, a rearranged match with Wymondham B. They had won division 5 without dropping a point, but we were confident as we were all fully...
City League 4 24 July Stanmore C away A hot sticky evening, we travelled to Thorpe to face Stanmore C. I was over my cold and we keen to avenge last week’s defeat. Our hope took a blow when Mary turned up unwell, luck was against us yet again. Our opponents...
Tuesday 5th August City League Division 4 Jarrolds away With our minor injury crisis over, we travelled to Hellesdon for a vital relegation match with Jarrolds. Who ever won would be safe from the drop. I made a bad start when I got caught in heavy traffic...
Thursday 22 May City League Division 4 Brooke B at home After Monday night’s disappointment, we were keen to bounce back. The omens were not good. Brooke B were the visitors and we had a poor record against them, suffering some heavy defeats. However,...
Thursday 25th August City League Division 5 Acle D home won 37-27 The rain clouds finally cleared and this much rearranged match could finally take place and a vital match it was. Acle needed a win to clinch the title in a very tight division, Taverham...
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