DAD PAPA BRIAN

On Saturday 3rd May at 3.30am Dad / Papa passed away.  He was 88 years old.

We'll miss him.

Here he is at Poppit Sands in Wales which he loved so much....

And at Pompey with Joe...

The whole family.  He was so proud of us all.

Dad and Joe. He was great with all the kids...

We've had so many nice messages, cards and flowers.  These are Pompey colours for Dad.

Cheers Dad.

FA Cup Semi City v Forest

On the way back from our trip to Sheff Weds me and Joe popped in to Wembley to watch the FA Cup semi-final between Man City and Forest.  First we had a fabulous Thali....

Wemberley...

The Forest fans at the far end were very impressive.

Man City won 1v0.

Sheff Weds 1 v 1 Pompey

Me and Joe had our final awayday of the season at Sheffield Wednesday today

It was a very 'end of season' 1v1 draw.

Bosham FC Awards

It was the Bosham FC End of Season Awards today.  Joe won the U16s Parents Player of the Season and the Bosham Reserves (Adult Team) Players Player of the Season. Great job Joe :-)

The Bosham U16s 

And they all got a tie...

Easter with Mum and Dad

Grandma and Papa came round for Easter dinner today.  Cheers.

Lots of lovely blossom out...

Norwich 3 v 5 Pompey

Me and Joe went up to Norwich to see Pompey play Norwich.  We stayed in the hotel next to the ground and they gave us a Pitch View Room :-)

What a game.  Pompey have been rubbish away from home this season, but today we won 5v3.  Ammaaaazing...

We had a slap up curry to celebrate :-)

Auxerre 1 v 3 Lyon

Me and Joe stopped off in Auxerre on the way home from Morzine.  It's pretty...

Just so happend ;-) that there was a football match on...

Auxerre v Lyon 

Good game.  Lyon won 3v1.  Joe the Auxerre fan going over the bridge after the game...

Morzine Ski

We headed off to Morzine in France this week with the Emsworth lot for a week of skiing and snowboarding.  We stopped off for a night in Dijon on the way down...

A beer when we got Morzine.  Joe and Paul trying to out-tall each other :-)

Seth & Joe...

The Morzine suspension bridge...

A lunch stop on top of the ridge between France and Switzerland...

Joe and some of the others had a go on the zip wire.  200m high and 65 mph!

Me and Joe bumped into the workers end-of-season party...

What a great trip :-)

The Pheonix

The Emsworth gang went for a curry in Southsea tonight and ended up in the fabulous Pheonix pub... 

With it's remarkable ceiling display...

Pompey 1 v 0 Leeds Utd

Today Pompey played top of the table Leeds Utd, so we had some nice grub at the Kurdistan Restaurant before the game to give us some energy :-)

Colby Bishop scores!

Yeeeesssss.   And we win 1v0. Amazing.

Bosham U16s v Lancing U16s

It's coming up to the end of the season for the Bosham U16s.

Looks like they are going to finish 2nd.

Bosham lost 2v0 to Lancing.

Work night out Southsea

We had a Big Work Night Out down to Southsea tonight.  In the King Street Tavern.

We walked down Norfolk Street, where I lived as a baby when we first moved to Pompey.

We went in the fabulous Hole in the Wall pub.  This is the ceiling :-)

Great night out

Devils Punch Bowl

Me, Joe and Grandma went to visit Lisa in Brighton today.  we went for lunch at the Devil's Punchbowl.

We had a short very windy walk.

Villa 2 v 1 Spurs FA Cup

On the way back from watching Pompey in Sheffield, me and Joe stopped in Birmingham to watch Villa play Spurs in the FA Cup.  On the way we stopped in at The Vine, an amazing Desi pub near West Brom.  Best pre-match grub ever...

Villa Park...

In a fancy lounge over-looking the pitch before the game...

Come on Villa.

We were up on the Holt End.  Villa won 2v1.  First appearance for Rashford.  Great stop :-)

Sheff Utd 2 v 1 Pompey

Me and Joe drove up to Sheffield to watch Pompey play Sheffield Utd.  We met Jack Veness and his mates in a pub before the game.  Jack went to Uni in Sheffield.

Bramhall Lane.  Come on Pompey.

Sheff Utd scored first, but we equalised.  1v1 at half-time.

But we couldn't hold on for the draw.  Lost 2v1 :-(

We went out for dinner in China Town to commiserate...

Wrong result, but great trip.