Happy Christmas!

Just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas!

Sheer Bliss

I started supporting Hull FC in 1979. So to find this small clip was like finding a diamond for me. It shows a try from the side I fell in love with all those years ago.

New signings

Just a short video of the 3 new arrivals from the Hull Daily Mail website. They don't seem to be very good with sound still though lol.


Shaun Berrigan is a bit of a cutie lol.

Binoculars Football!

Someone posted this video on a forum I visit, really funny! Of course from our funny Japanese pals, but quite Monty Python in a way lol

Introducing....

3 of our new signings:


From left to right: Shaun Berrigan, Adam Dykes, and Todd Byrne. As you can see Todd must be a bit hardier than the other lads as he has a short sleeved T-shirt on!
Welcome lads, to the agony and ecstasy that is Hull FC. One thing that will be true, you'll either love or hate us, no in between!
Hopefully I'll have a pic up of the 4th signing Peter Cusack in the FC colours very soon!

Girls Schools!

A remake of the old black and white St Trinians films is released today. Here's the trailer:


Looks a bit of a laugh. I went to an all girls school between the ages of 13 and 16. Amy Johnson High school for girls.
Believe me it was a madhouse! St Trinians isn't so far fetched believe me, I learned quite a few things at Amy I can tell you! :)

John Lennon

Another sad anniversary today is 27 years since the death of John Lennon. I remember so clearly hearing the news of his murder. It was on the radio in the salon where I was having my hair styled, and I remember everyone's shock. I had just started dating my husband at the time, and we spent the evening watching tributes to the great man on TV.
How we could have done with a man like John in these past few years of war and fear. Ok he wasn't a politician but he was a leader, and could rally people together. That's what we seem to be lacking nowadays, a leader and a voice of ordinary people.

King Billy

10 years ago Leeds United's greatest captain Billy Bremner passed on.
Lets hope the great man looks down today on a win for our beloved Mighty Whites.
God bless you Billy, and thanks for the memories.

One of my serious bits

I have a news flash program on my PC that pops up news flashes from the BBC,and this is the one I just received:

Smith plans 42-day terror limit.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced plans to extend the period that terrorism suspects can be held without charge to 42 days.
Ministers have struggled to find support for increasing the detention period beyond the current 28 days.

Previously ministers had proposed extensions to 56 or 58 days

The government tried to increase the limit to 90 days in 2005, but this was voted down by Conservatives, Lib Dems and some Labour backbenchers

Link.

Now I don't know about you, but all this doesn't sit easily with me. Isn't 28 days enough?? Surely if the Police have no evidence to charge someone in 28 days then they should let them go!!
And don't give me all this 'War on Terror' stuff, as I say if there is no evidence at all in 28 days, which remember is nigh on a month, then couldn't it just be the case that the person in question may be innocent???
We have to be fair and balanced in these sort of things, or we become what we profess to be fighting. Profess being the operative word here. I've been a bit of a cynic where the 'War on Terror' is concerned for some time.

Cute cat video alert!

Awww sweet! :)

Roll on the 8th of Feb!

That's our first game of the 2008 season away at Warrington. That is a Friday night so it could mean the game will be televised. I always love it when the fixtures come out, it seems as if the season isn't so far far away!



I was looking for internet TV streams for my daughter (she still isn't good with the lingo enough to follow Japanese TV!) I found a music channel, watched it for a bit and saw this song. Apparently the group Avion are taking a hiatus, but the lead singer and songwriter, Steve Bertrand has just released a new album.
This track is called 'Seven Days Without You' and is lovely easy listening.


If you like it, you can listen to more of Steve's music here: LINK
I don't know if his new album is available in the UK. Will have to do some digging.

Ok, a word about England......

Well, what a load of old hogwash the game was. There was no fight, too many players just seemed to think they were having a kick about at the local park! (I do exclude Peter Crouch and David Beckham from that comment) Steve McClaren just wasn't good enough for the job, and I've always been of that opinion right from the off.
We need someone now with stature, who can inspire respect and maybe even a little bit of fear in the 20 or so millionaires that make up the England squad.
I'd go for Jose Mourinho. But then the bloke isn't daft. According to the BBC news website he has ruled himself out already.
Who will want to take on the poison chalice this time I wonder...........

Confirmation came today that we have indeed signed South Sydney Rabbitohs captain Peter Cusack, whilst showing Hutch Maiava the door for 'gross misconduct'
In a way i'ts quite a relief Hutch started to misbehave off the pitch, so we could get rid of him without (I believe) paying up his contract. He has to be honest, been a disaster. I saw him have one good game (the home win against Saints last season) and that was it.
Tara Hutch, forgive me for not waving you off!

New signing?

It's looking very likely, although I don't want to tempt fate in any way, that we have signed South Sydney forward, Peter Cusack.
I've done a bit of reading up on him on fan's forums etc, and he seems to be just the right sort of player to strengthen our pack. Although 30, he seems to have been free of any serious injuries in his career so far, and of course forwards don't really mature until their late 20's early 30's. At 6ft 4, he definitely seems to be my sort of player !
I'm looking forward to next season, a very good, experienced Hull FC squad is going to hit Superleague, I think we may just stir the pot a wee bit !

Good look to the Mighty Whites at home to Swindon! Another step towards the top lads!

The End of the Affair........I hope!

From BBC Sport:

Cooke suspended over Hull KR move

Hull KR's Paul Cooke will miss the first six weeks of next season after being found guilty of misconduct over his controversial move from Hull.

Cooke, 26, was banned until 17 March for approaching Rovers with a view to joining them without permission from Hull FC, when he was under contract.

He resigned from Hull in April, saying he had never signed his contract.

Cooke, who has yet to comment on the case, was ordered to pay the costs of the hearing. He has 14 days to appeal.

The Rugby Football League accepted his registration and cleared the stand-off to make his Rovers debut on 27 April against Huddersfield.

He went on to make 14 appearances for the club for the club he supported as a boy, including two victories over Hull, which helped keep Rovers in Super league.

In those 14 games he scored one try, 36 goals and two drop goals.

Hull KR were cleared of any wrong-doing over the affair, and have given their public backing to the player

Link: BBC Sport

I'm sick to death of the bloke, always moaning about how badly done to he is. I'm happy to see the back of him. Although you could say Hull FC could sue for compensation, I'd leave it now, and resign the whole matter to the dustbin.

Although he caused a lot of disruption last season, that is in the past. No man is bigger than Hull FC, Paul bloody Cooke certainly isn't!

I love the Foo Fighters!

I just cant stop listening to their new album 'Echoes, silence, patience and grace' It's fabulous.
Here's track 2 Let it Die:



Highly Recommended!!

Argghhh! Christmas!

There was a time when I loved Christmas, and really looked forward to it. I can remember around this time of year we used to buy the TV guides, to see what smashing programmes where being lined up for us to watch. I always used to have a look to see if there was going to be any really old movies to be shown. Especially a bit of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers. I LOVE those films! In fact I'm quite a sucker for old films generally, I'll have to do a post about my favourites.
But for now back to Christmas, after I got married, and had my girls, I still enjoyed Christmas. It was very hectic and busy but I loved watching my daughters open their presents. That made up for everything else.
NOW it is one big hassle from start to end. Work is mad, (working in a pub I'm there Xmas Eve and New Years Eve as standard). You worry about what presents to get everyone, and whether you will have enough cash to afford it all. Christmas Day for me is mainly spent in the kitchen. At least we've got a dishwasher now and I wont spend ages washing up!
This year is going to be very strange. Michelle is in Japan of course, and my youngest daughter, Kirsty will be spending her 1st Christmas living with her boyfriend. Boxing Day is usually spent at my in laws, but my Father in Law is still in hospital so that get together wont happen this year. Anyway, it falls on a normal work day for me, so I will be in over teatime I would think.
Ah well, there's always the hope of a bit of Fred and Ginger on the TV!

Just a quick post.

I thought I'd better post as its been nearly a week since my last update. To be honest things are pretty quiet here. RL season has finished, although a big well done to the GB lads in winning the test series against New Zealand!
Leeds Utd had their first defeat of the season away to leaders Carlisle on Saturday. I suppose it had to come sooner or later, and at least it was against a good team. I hope the departure of Wisey's no 2 Gus Poyet to Spurs hasn't unsettled things too much.

Usually at this time of year there are loads of rumours about who we (Hull FC) maybe signing, but it has been very quiet. Until today. There are reports we are talking to Aussie forward and Desperate Dan lookalike Willie Mason. That would be a fantastic signing, but I'm keeping my powder dry on this story.
The other whisper is we've signed NZ Warriors utility back Todd Byrne. So I think it's matter of watch this space!

My earliest TV memory.

My earliest memory of watching TV was of the Beatles, and of Ringo in particular as he was riding an exercise bike! This has long been a vivid memory of mine, I cant recall many things from when I was young, but this has stayed. I always thought I must have imagined it, till today.
I was having a meander through You Tube, linking from one thing to the next as you do, and started watching some Beatles songs. Anyway, the memory of Ringo popped into my mind again, so I just put in the search box 'Ringo on a bike' and there it was on the first page!!
The song is ' I feel fine',which I didn't remember. Apparently this was released in November 1964, so if this was filmed about then, I was just about to have my 6th birthday!
I'm so glad I wasn't imagining it! :)

Engrish!

One of my daughter Shells favourite things about Japan is the way nearly everything has some random English written on it. More often than not it doesn't make a lot of sense. It seems to me that what they want to say is put through some sort of translation machine, and they get some strange results!
Here's a few pics she has sent me:
On a note pad:


Going into an arcade:



On the window of a Cafe I think:



On the side of a special type of photo booth: (you can decorate the pics and print them out as stickers apparently)



I'm sure I'll have plenty more to post in the future! :)

Into the Void.

Yes dear readers, it's the time all us of The Faithful dread, the close season. My God I hate it! By the time Christmas is over I'm starting to twitch! There doesn't seem to be any new signings on the horizon either, but then Hull FC are very good at keeping things under their hats! I know there's the big union game on tomorrow, and good luck to England of course. But blimey o'riley, you cant compare League with union, its like the difference between cashmere and an oily rag!
Of course I now can concentrate on the Mighty Whites. We are away to Brighton tomorrow. I'm hoping for a good performance as although we've been getting the right results, we haven't played all that well the last couple of weeks. Oh OK, I'm moaning I know lol.
I'm also able to follow The Oakland Raiders a lot more this season. Sky are showing loads of games on a Sunday and if the Raiders aren't on there, I can get them on an internet feed. Consistency seems to be a problem for them. They can have a fantastic spell, and then fall to bits. Considering I've only been following them a couple of years they seem to be falling into the perfect pattern of airliebird teams, Awful depths, but fantastic highs!!
On the personal front things aren't too bad. Shell seems to be doing pretty well in Japan, and keeping very busy. We are definitely going to go over there next year, it will be some initiation for me as I have never flown before!
My youngest daughter Kirsty has just started the last year of her degree at University and seems to be doing very well. She's just moved into a new place with her boyfriend, it's a very nice big place.
I know this against everything I believe in, but I'm going to try and get some exercise and get some weight off before we go to Japan. Swimming is the only thing I can really do as it is low impact. That is the only kind I can do considering my arthritis. Anyway, after Christmas/ New Year, the pub I work in is being re-furbished, so I'm going to use the time off to good effect.
I'm actually a lazy bugger, but it will be to my benefit in the end wont it?