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Monday 30 April 2012

London In The City

Approaching From the Mall
Pano View Of Buckingham Palace




Horse Guards Parade

Horse Guards Parade was formerly the site, where tournaments (including jousting) were held in the time of King Henry V111. It was also the scene of annual celebrations of the birthday of Queen Elizabeth 1.
The area has been used for a variety of reviews, parades and other ceremonies since the 17th century.
It was once the Headquarters of the British Army. The Duke Of Wellington was based in Horse Guards when he was Commander-In-Chief of the British Army. The current General Officer Commanding London District still occupies the same office and uses the same desk. Wellington also had living quarters within the building, which today are used as offices




Tower Bridge

Inside The Tower Grounds  + View Of The Gherkin




The Bloody Tower


View From The Thames
White Tower




Westminster Abbey




Parliament

Downing Street


View From The London Eye

Trendy Shopping

Live Music Venue 100 Oxford Street

Globe Theatre

Trafalgar Square





Nelson s Column
The whole monument is 169 ft 3ins (51.59 metres) tall from the bottom of the pedestal to the top of Nelson's hat.

Sunday 29 April 2012

Rochdale Town

Ground 51

Match 53

Ground Venue The Mayfield sports Centre

Capacity 1,500

Founded 1924 as St Gabriels

Nickname he Angels

North west Counties Division 1

Rochdale Town 1-4 Wigan Robin Park

Admission £2.50

Programme £1

Attendance 73

In 2008 Gabriels changed their name to Rochdale Town to try and attract support and sponsors from the wider Rochdale area, rather than just Castleton. They also formed links with the major club of the town, Rochdale, who gave their blessing to the name change. They also adopted Rochdale's centenary kit of black and white stripes. Their first home game in the league as Rochdale Town was a 4–5 defeat at the start of the 2008–09 season to the newly formed AFC Liverpool on 16 August 2008




 You enter the stadium  to the main concourse , through a narrow entrance to the main seated Grandstand .
The stadium has a good mixture of seated and standing covered terracing adorned by a a press box  positioned above the main stand .


The scenery surrounding the ground is absolutely stunning !


Alternative View Opposite The Main Stand 




Rochdale Town
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Wigan Robin Park

Today's opponents Wigan Robin Park  need a win to secure the Champions title and the game proves to be open and entertaining with a controversial penalty and sending off . Town are determined to spoil the party but find it difficult after being reduced to ten men when their keeper receives his marching orders for attempting to bring down Phil Howard just outside the box . The referee appeared to allow the advantage but when Howard failed to score a spot kick was awarded which the replacement goalie saved .The Robins from Wigan run out winners by 4-1 and are presented with the North West Counties Division 1 Trophy by representatives from nwcf  


 Caught In The Moment


Says It All !!!  Where's R Pies !!! Only Joking !!


Ryan small makes it 4-1 to WRP



WRP CHAMPIONS

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Tuesday 24 April 2012

Haslingden St Marys


Ground 50

Match 52

Ground South Shore Street

West Lancs Division 1

Joined 1996/97

Haslingden St Marys 1-3 Longridge T

Admission Free

Programme No

Distance Travelled 23 miles

Haslingden is a small town in Rossemdale Lancashire 19 miles north of Manchester. The name means 'valley of the hazels', though the town is in fact set on a high and windy hill . . The town is notable for its stone quarrying, and Haslingden Flag (a quartz-based sandstone) was exported throughout the country in the 19th century with the opening up of the rail network. It was used in the paving of Trafalgar Square in London . The picturesque ground is situated at the bottom of South Shore Street via  terraced houses on Townsend Street

Panoramic View From The Home Dugout Touchline


Haslingden  in green/white hoops and in the lower half of the table  are up against Longridge Town already promoted , playing in red/black .  Both sides fail to take control of the first half , Haslingden are performing better than their league position suggests l, unphazed  by their  promoted opponents . The Town bench try to inject more urgency into their side with audibly charged instructions to steer them out of a low gear .

Longridge playing towards the Clubhouse goal in the first half

Second Half Gets Underway

Town begin to assert their authority after the restart grabbing three hard earned goals . Haslingden could have crumbled  even morebut persevered , pulling one back when Danny Wade turned Towns defender inside the box and netted from an acute angle .Town see the game out and run out winners 3-1 .







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