A truly great game of football marred by the broken leg of Luke Wheatley. No point giving you a report but here are the photos. Enjoy.
Ramsgate First goal versus Tooting
Sad moment when Luke Wheatley broke his leg versus Tooting
Sad moment when Luke Wheatley broke his leg versus Tooting
Another Ramsgate Goal
Broken legs are a tragedy in football, and elsewhere. Thankfully they are relatively rare considering the force that one sees all over the pitch. On saturday Tooting v Ramsgate in Ryman South a Ramsgate left back called Luke Wheatley went in for a simple tackle and came out of it with a broken left leg. By chance the camera was pointing at him the moment it happened. from the forum he had his operation Sept 16th and we all wish him well.
Sad moment when Luke Wheatley broke his leg versus Tooting
Sad moment when Luke Wheatley broke his leg versus Tooting
Norway has to be one of the most civilised countries. Having been here only two days I have yet to find anyone who is anything less than polite and helpful. Anyone who serves you with food and drink has all the attitude you need and none of that surly dont care stuff either. The food is fresh and simple. Lots of nice bread, fruit and fish. Flying on Norwegian Airlines ( in Row 30 I should add economy cheap class), there was free wifi on the plane above 10,000 feet. Taxi drivers smile and are helpful. People are intelligent and interesting. Admittedly this place is not so cheap. Something like 8£ for a hot dog at the airport, but it did come with mashed potato, relish and a decent bread roll. In short I like this place.
Wifi if it is free at 10,000 feet and free in the airport and free in all hotels. Why Marriott hotels and others is it not free in UK? Explain to me also why all airlines cannot offer free in-flight wifi?
LCY is a very convenient airport and in general terms functions well. I came across it by chance a few months ago and have used it as often as possible as it frankly beats travelling and experiencing the hell that is Heathrow. That was until something went wrong. When things run smoothly then all is well but when something goes wrong in a small airport then how does it cope. LCY is a small airport. There are no lounges and or anything luxurious. A huge open space that subdivides ino a few eating and drinking areas. Last thursday things went wrong. Having arrived early and spent 2 hours there it was a happy occurrence to then find out from the departures screen ( no announcements of this happy event) that my flight to Edinburgh was cancelled long with the last of the day. No reasons given.
At that stage one discovered that two plane loads of folks, perhaps 250 maybe more, were queuing at the ticket desk which had two people working. British Airways no doubt would have employed good souls but to be placed at the back of this queue meant that I did a quick estimation that even if each customer was sorted in 5 minutes ( new flight/complaints/hotel for the night etc), I might be there for hours and in fact very many hours. Possibly all night even. so here is a situation that does not work in a small airport. This is a shame as I shall now think twice before using a small airport again , maybe the larger airports would have more staff, more flights, and a speedier resolution.
So a few photos as momentos . The queue snaked around and around and in fact like a giant conga twined itself through the 2 cafe’s in the airport.
The rumour is either that BA has so many delays that hotels are becoming expensive, or that increasing levels of luxury are being demanded from the expensively suited folks who travel in the various upper this, or executive that classes. Either way it came a no shock to see a BA plane with a small aprtment block built on the top for such reasons.
a splendid idea in fact.
London city airport is in the heart of docklands and the views are impressive both when landing and when landed. On this autumnal evening the light was shining kindly for my i-phone to snap an air France plane waiting at the gate.
Kettering a few years ago were a thriving club which is featured on my football grounds website http://www.footballgroundz.co.uk. a club seemingly destined for the football league. The town itself was large enough to host a conferemce and league club. Since then the demise has been rapid. Today Sept 7th 2013 it is possible that the club has played its last game ever. This photo was posted today by a fan who found a fossilsed frog on the terracing. I hope this does not happen and would like in my small way to support the club by way of this blog.
http://www.ketteringtownfc.co.uk/story.php?story_id=1365
What is said there is this:
The Club learned today that Kettering Town F C Management Limited was wound up in the Royal Courts of Justice by virtue of the Winding Up Order brought about by Rushden and Diamonds 2008 Limited. The Club’s lawyers had requested another adjournment of this case today.
The facts of this matter as we see it are as follows:
In April,prior to the takeover, the club was issued with a statutory demand by Rushden and Diamonds 2008 Limited. An amount of £58,000 was demanded. The then club owner did not take legal action against the order.
Both prior to, and post takeover, the new owner was in contact with Rushden and Diamonds 2008 Limited .The club disputed the amount owed as it had been prohibited from accessing Nene Park from mid December 2012.
Despite this we had verbally agreed a settlement figure of £50,000 with Rushden and Diamonds 2008 Limited.
Legal paper work was drawn up and presented to Rushden and Diamonds 2008 Limited in July. From July 17th until 31st August, Rushden and Diamonds 2008 Limited’s lawyers failed to respond to our lawyers request for information.
On the 1st September 2013 (yesterday) Rushden and Diamonds 2008 Limited requested that Kettering Town FC agree to cover the business rates for the period after Rushden and Diamonds 2008 limited repossessed the stadium.
A total amount of £70,000 was demanded. Kettering Town FC refused this demand.
In the courts today the legality of what was, or was not due, was not debated.
Kettering Town F C Management Limited has sought details of the statutory demand on several occasions, as it is the basis of the winding up petition.Rushden and Diamonds 2008 Limited have never provided these details.
Kettering Town will look to challenge the order made by making an application for a Rescission Order in the next seven days which would overturn the winding up order.
The current management team would like to thank our fans for their support and assure them that everything possible has been done, and will be done, to ensure the survival of this historic club.
In the meantime, tomorrow’s game at Dunstable and Saturday’s home game against Aylesbury United have been sanctioned to go ahead by the Southern League, and the Team Management and players are preparing for these two games.
Fossilised Frog watching Kettering FC
How can you help?
We have been overwhelmed by offers of help this week and wish to thank everyone who has approached the club and the Supporters Trust via Twitter, phone and email.
It is going to be impossible to thank everyone individually but thank you to you all, collectively, and as a Club we want to make sure that any donations of offers of money are used solely for a fighting fund for our current situation – namely to pay off the creditor and the legal costs involved in appealing the winding up.
How can you help?
There are currently four ways that you can help Kettering Town F C at this time:
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Make a donation to our just giving page where the target is £20000
HTTPS://WWW.JUSTGIVING.COM/LOCAL/PROJECT/SAVEKETTERING
or alternatively on
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Come to Saturday’s home game against Aylesbury United at Latimer Park kick-off 3pm. We hope this will not be the last home league game ever…. See http://www.ketteringtownfc.co.uk for more details in the ‘next match information’ section.
Non League day gives a special offer of £5 entry fee for any season ticket holder for teams in the Premiership,Championship and Football League
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Make a donation direct to the Kettering Town Poppies Supporters Trust.
Bank details: Sort Code 30-94-68 Account number 00306003.
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Come to the Trust organized fundraising game on Thursday 12thSeptember at Latimer Park: Kettering Town v Burton Park Wanderers – kick off 7.45pm
Entry by ticket and a £10 donation to the Trust, with opportunity to donate more on entry.
Strictly 1300 tickets only
Ticket sale points and times will be advertised and will be available to buy at this Saturday’s game.
Kettering used to play in Kettering but of late have been playing at the old ground of Rushden and Diamonds, Nene Park. Below are photos of the old ground
These and more are hosted on my website
http://www.footballgroundz.co.uk
Brentford have had some marvellous initiatives over the last few years and encouragingly not only are the crowds starting to rise but a quick visual inspection tells you that there are far more juniors around than in years gone by. This is good news for Brentford and also for football. This week Mark Devlin tweeted that Brentford v Shrewsbury may be the next pay-what-you-want game.
Football everywhere is starting to see sense. Non-league clubs such as Hampton are allowing season ticket holders from league clubs in half price and non-league has many other similar ventures that attempt to persuade fans to watch football every saturday.
Any football fans here please forward on this post and lets try and get Brentford packed!
Yoevil V Brentford 2012-13
chris1957
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