Sheff Wed vs. Middlesbrough

On Tuesday the 15th, me and good friends Keith, Chris and Rob took a trip down to Sheffield for Middlesbrough's away game.

It was fantastic! We enjoyed the great pubs, a gourmet burger, plenty of beer, Rob doing chin ups on a grab-rail on a tram, a great game of pool and some truly appalling Hillsborough disaster comments/songs. Best of all though was the 3-1 victory for Middlesbrough!

Actually no, best of all was raving in the back seat of the car on the way home with Rob to songs like this...



On third thought the very best thing was writing poor Rob's mobile number on the back of a betting coupon and asking him to put it in the gents. I still don't think he clicked on that it was his number!

Photo evidence...

Where Have I Been?

I've been up to all sorts lately hence the lack of blog posts.

I've been...

Minding my brother's dog for the past seven days whilst they were on holiday; spending a belter of a day in Sheffield for the recent Boro game; enjoying a few nights out with the gang and working far too hard.

I'll try and get some blogging done on the above plus some good stuff about my new phone and of course Derren Brown who has been pretty much the only thing talked about at work for the past week.

If I can get out of my chair tonight, I'll try and blog my experience of being stuck to it!

Aviva Advert

This advert has been a huge source of amusement over the last week...



"Green Arrrmy!!!"

Football

The Championship restarted last weekend with a lot more hype than usual amongst my friends; simply because of local team Middlesbrough's newfound position within the league. They visit Swansea today (mates Keith and Rob have gotten the train down and I'm already receiving some fantastic texts through of their exploits. I shall have to blog them later) for the Boro game.

But things really get going today with the return of the Premiership.

I'm currently watching Chelsea vs. Hull and I'm hooked already. As I type Didier Drogba's just confirmed how excellent it is with a delightful free-kick.

I think Chelsea are going to win the whole thing this season, they look like a much more fluid, attack minded force. Man Utd will miss the attacking menace and skills of Ronaldo. He's been far too important a player for them in too many matches in the last two seasons to not be missed. In contrast, Chelsea have lost no-one and brought in one or two whilst getting some key players back from injury. They've also got a player who I think has been one of the best players in the land for the last five years; Frank Lampard. His record is immense. He's scored 20 or more goals in all competitions in the past five consecutive seasons. I am a real admirer of his talent and ability to perform consistently throughout the season, every season.

I'm certain though that it will be as unpredictable as ever and I'm really looking forward to it.

Here's too another spectacular season and plenty to talk, blog and tweet about in the forthcoming season!

ITV

Please stop doing football. Thanks.