England 3 v 0 Peru

Me and Joe went up to Wembley with Scholesy and Harvey today to see England's last game before they fly off for their World Cup preparation.  Come On England!!!

England started slowly...

Then Daniel Sturridge curls in a brilliant goal from outside the area...

The Peru fans in front of us didn't have much to cheer about :-(

In the second half England won a corner and Gary Cahill crashed in a header to make it 2v0...

Final Score : England 3 v 0 Peru.

England now have to go and win the World Cup in Brazil.....maybe :-)

Portsmouth Dockyard

We had a couple of days exploring Portsmouth Dockyard with Mark, Rebecca, Megan, Rhys and Cadi. Here we are on the Warrior (1860)... 

The Dockyard (taken from the Spinnaker Tower) with the Warrior in the foreground, the decommissioned aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious behind and HMS Victory and the Mary Rose building behind and to the right....

"Who is steering the Warrior?"  Uh Oh!!!!

HMS Victory (1765)...

Gunnery Team Number 1...

The place where Nelson fell.  Joe is a bit worried about him...

Joe checking out the Mary Rose (1510)...

Joe exploring Action Stations (2001)...

Lisa on the moving climbing wall..

Day 2 started with a boat trip round the harbour.  Megan, Rebecca and Cadi...

Lisa and Karen checking out HMS Illustrious...

Joe, Rhys and Mark looking a little chilly.  Is it really May?

More Action Stations and more Lisa climbing up things...

A very tense game of big Jenga...

Next....the Spinnaker Tower...

Glass Floor :-)

Ice creams in the Aspects Gallery...

Water Balloons in Gunwharf.  Joe...
Video here : http://youtu.be/iO-NGhuBwXU

Cadi, Lisa and Rhys...

Great to see you guys and great fun down in Pompey Dockyard!!!

Elder Flower Festival

We went for a day at the Elder Flower Festival with Mary and Lola today.

Video here : http://youtu.be/WW2KTSG23Sk

Lola booked Joe a 10 minute violin lesson...

and Lisa a 10 minute piano lesson...

Lola on the Slack Line...

And Lisa...

We had a fantastic group picnic made from lots of scrummy local yum yums...

Joe joined the Parkour (free running) group.  Warming up...

The flag...

Lisa with her curly chip...

Of course....Joe got as muddy as possible...

Nice Day....Thanks to Mary and Lola for the idea :-)

Joe at Fratton Park

This morning Stanley, Rowan and Joe had a training session at Fratton Park...

THE VIDEO : http://youtu.be/zmLP4WwI-qU

Joe's group...

The people at the people's club :-)

Joe on the ball.....Rowan (left), Stanley (middle) and Joe (right)

Joe dreaming of the future :-)

Joe SCORES at Fratton Park!!!

Pen...

The lads are worn out...

A great morning :-)

Bareham Trophy Final

Coal Exchange FC were back at Arundel for another Cup Final today.  This time it was the Bareham Trophy against The Sportmans.

See the video here : http://youtu.be/9SzMreOzBb8

Joe and the lads checking out the pitch before the game...

Relaxed and ready for another big cup win :-)

Some handshaking...

Strong bench - The Kite Boys...

The Sportsmans started well with the strong wind their favour....

Dad and Joe cheering the lads on....

Half Time : Coalie 0 v 1 Sportsmans
Jamie and Hayden come on...

Come on boys!!!!

Coalie are on top in the second half.  Pat wins and scores a penalty...

Joe scores an outstanding free kick...

Some of the Old Coalie Legends in the crowd (estimated at 250!).  Chalkie, Scholesy, Simon and Geoffer....

Luke tormented the Sportsmans defence and scored a superb individual goal...

Man of the Match Pat Mattison getting stuck in....

Final Score : Coal Exchange 5 v 1 Sportsmans - WE WON THE CUP!!!!

And what a cup!

Harvey, Scholes and Dexter....

Joe with the cup....

 Back in the pub....Up The Coalie.  Great celebrations ensued....

Our other trophies - The Div 4 Cup, Player of the Year Trophy and the Div 4 League Trophy...

Previous winners of the Coal Exchange FC Player of the Year Trophy....

2013-2014 Coal Exchange Player of the Year - Pat Mattison.  Well done Pat.....what a great season....

!!!  UP THE COALIE  !!!

Well done to James, Pat and Sam for their fantastic management this year.  Here's to many more fun seasons :-)