Up for air

It's been a while, but I've been kinda busy recently.

Actually, that's a bit of a lie, I've been just as busy as I ever was, but I have started a new job, one that is more, ahem, labour intensive than my last, so this has dropped a little of the last few months.

But now I'm back.

So, what have I missed ......

JUNE

Don't drink in D***y

I've only ever had two pints in the city of D***y, and both of those were pish, but some funny wag decided to give me a copy of the D***y Drinker as a leaving present from the NHS. You'd think that on the front cover there'd be a picture of the best pub in D***y, yes ? Well, all boarded up and run down, yes there is a picture of the best pub in D***y. Drink in Nottingham, you know it makes sense.

Try before you buy ? Er, no thanks

I wish I was intelligent enough for this to be photoshopped, but trust me, it isn't. ASDA in West Bridgford inviting people to "Try before you buy" on toilet paper in the middle of the shop. That's south of the river for you, I suppose.

Provided You Don't Kiss Me

Duncan Hamilton, the former Nottingham Forest journalist & author of the 'Provided You Don't Kiss Me' Brian Clough book held a Q&A session at the Broadway. A clearly intelligent, but very nervous, man put into a position of unquestionable responsibility, reporting on Forest's, but ultimately Clough's, story. Preceding the session was a fourty minute film of archive footage from the Derby & Forest eras, most of which I'd not seen before. Hopefully it will see the light of day at some point.

One piece had Gary Newbon interviewing Clough & John McGovern after a match before the Hamburg final.

Clough was asked whether it was more interesting having Kevin Keegan in the opposition. Clough being Clough said no, but it was better that Hamburg were a better side than some they’d faced, but they weren’t too worried about Hamburg, or the fact that Trevor Francis was out injured etc etc. John McGovern said that Keegan was a good player, as was their right back, Manny Kaltz. Clough feigned he didn’t know who Kaltz was, so Gary Newbon explained, to which Clough told Newbon “of course (he) knew who he was, don’t come that with me” and then said;

“We’ve got a little fat lad who’ll run rings round him”

Cue the footage of Robertson being shown onto his right foot by Kaltz, one two with Birtles before scoring with his right foot with Kaltz yards behind.

Genius.

Nice guys finish last

It's cold, cloudy, a hint of a thunder-storm in the air, it must be the cricket season. Notts needed to beat Yorkshire to progress to the 20/20 knockout stages. They didn't. BUT, Yorkshire played an illegible player, so we're back in. Then Glamorgan step in, throw their dummy out of the pram and demand to be let back in, despite the initial problem being ABSOLUTELY F**K ALL NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM. Notts sit back playing the gentlemen, and the Welsh get their rightful (b******s) place in the knock-outs. Fortunately a, we'd have been hammered anyway, and b, Glamorgan were. Good riddance.