Danny's Blog: April 2015

Monday, April 27, 2015

Coal Exchange Cup Final

West Sussex Div 3 Cup Final - Coal Exchange FC v Holbrook 'Res'.

Back Row : Henry, Sam, Luke, Pat, Andy, Streeter, Brad, Sam.

Front Row : Danny, Hayden, Lay, Ilya, Jamie, Sam, Martin.

Getting warmed up before the big game...

Kicking off at the Arundel Stadium...

Holbrook were on top in the first half. Coalie went down 3v0 within the first hour....

Coalie got back into the game with 20 mins to go and brought the game back to 3v2. The Coalie cheerleaders cheering the boys on...

We nearly got it back, great battling, but ended up losing 3v2. Tough luck lads. Up The Coalie!!!!

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Coalie Old Boys on IOW

It was the Coalie Old Boys rematch with Real Vectis on the Isle of Wight today. The last game was 3v3, so it's all to play for! Click the picture to enlarge...

Discussing tactics on the ferry....We've got a ticket to Ryde!

When we got to the IOW Chris and Dougie slipped into their swimsuits for a dip....

The Coalie Old Boys:
Back Row: Dougie, Bran, Geoff, Pete, Ian, Chris, Jimmer.
Front Row: Lee, Simon, Danny, Dunc, Ross.

Pre-match warm-up....Old Boys style. At least Simon has stretched his calf muscle out, so that should be OK...

"Dunc the goal is this way"...

It was a tight first half. Unfortunately Simon's calf gave out after 15mins, so our roll-on roll-off subs plan was a bit scuppered.

Half-time. 1v1.

We had a funny five minutes at the start of the second half and let four goals in!?!?! But we pulled three goals back.

Final Score: Real Vectis 6 v 4 Coalie Old Boys.... Post-match team photo...

Dad presented the Solent Trophy to Peter and the Real Vectis team....

Real Vectis put on some fantastic grub at the Portland Inn in Gunard...

We went down into Cowes for a couple of beers and some more post-match analysis. Our four goal scorers: Bran (header from a corner), Dougie (control and shot from corner), Lee (30 yard free-kick) and Ross (mazey run and shot). CHEERS...

Thanks to the brilliant Coalie Old Boys for making it such a great day, and thanks again to Real Vectis for looking after us so well on the IOW. We are already looking forward to the re-re-match :-)

Monday, April 6, 2015

Chamonix Family Ski

We headed out to Chamonix today for our annual snowsliding holiday.

Check out the video here : http://youtu.be/c0qCZmjKaxw

Here we are posing with Mont Blanc...

Lisa and Joe togged up ready for the snow...

We spent the first couple of days on the sunny bunny slopes of Les Planards and Vormaine...

Lisa is a very precise skier....Joe is further down in a racing tuck!

Back at the Chalet checking out the view of the Mont Blanc massive...

Joe is ready for another day on the slopes...

Unfortunately, poor old Joe took a fall and twisted his knee. Le Docteur put it in a plaster to be on the safe side. He has stretched his lateral ligament...