Party Lights- Claudine Clark.

I Just Don't Understand - Ann Margeret.

You Don't Have To Be In The Army ( To Fight In The War ) - Mungo Jerry

Don't- Elvis Presley.

I Go To Sleep- The Pretenders.

Seven Days Is Too Long - Chuck Wood.

The Games People Play- Joe South. Joe South died last week sadly.

Let's see if I understand this game- Play With Fire, The Rolling Stones. Or - Queen of Hearts , Dave Edmunds.

Err, right support ? That's we're it'll fall down then.

Sincere thanks for taking the time to write that Paul. If I'd have read that before the Tour De France I would have understood a lot more than I did. I love watching the TGF, as a spectacle it's hard to beat, but the actual racing strategies have left me scratching my head. As for the races in the velodrome, WTF are they all about.

How did a group of people riding bikes become such a complicated sport/event ? I know nothing about cycling but what I've seen so far doesn't make me want take any further interest in the event.

Sad news indeed. A player from the time when we were poor but happy.

I've been meaning to add a follow up to my earlier post above but the events of this week have left me very low. A pal of mine was a big Albert Hammond fan and he persuaded me to go to the gig. I thought it's not really my cup of tea. Well what a great gig and a great performer, He ran through his songwriting catalogue, very bravely starting out with " Little Arrows " and then "Gimme that Ding ", from then on it was upwards all the way. It was truly amazing to find out the number and range of songs he had written. " The air that I breathe ", "Private dancer", " One moment in time " were all his along with loads more I've forgotten. If you get the chance go and see him , you'll have a great night.

Going to see Albert Hammond at The Band On The Wall in Manchester tomorrow. " It never rains in Southern California ", " Free electric band " ring any bells.

If you're looking for a good Asian restaurant in central Manchester as opposed to Rusholme try " Zook or Zouk " just off Oxford Rd by the Palace Hotel. It's the place that Ballotelli goes to. I've been a few times and it's great. I've had the " Zook Special Fish Curry " every time , it's brilliant.

Well what a great gig. Superb band on top form and a brilliant little venue. Add that to a Rovers win and I've got a thick head this morning. The only drawback was I went with a pal who had to catch the Leeds train home. Manchester, International class city, and on Saturday night the last train to Leeds is 22.54 ! During the week it's something like 23.20. Why is the last train later midweek that on Saturday night ? It meant we missed the last couple of numbers but it was still a great gig. I've seen plenty of the top guitarists over the years but this guy is as good as any of them.

I got myself a great tee shirt yesterday. It's a drawing of a referee in dark glasses with a guide dog, the ref's holding up a red card. The guide dog is saying " Are you blind ref ? ".

Off to Manchester today. Going to see a band called " Dave Alvin and the Guilty Ones" at the Night and Day cafe on Oldham Street. He used to be in a band called "The Blasters". Check out " Harlan County Line" and "Johnny Ace is Dead" on youtube. He's got some great backing musicians, the woman drummer can really play. Should take my mind off today's game.

Great local derby at Spotland yesterday. The mighty Hornets defeated local rivals Oldham in an old fashioned war of attrition 18-10. Plenty of action and the odd brawl. I would imagine quite a few players from both sides will be up before the judiciary shortly.

It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good. My lot ( Hornets ) beat London Skolars, very rare event for both of my teams to win on the same weekend !

Best team I've ever seen Jim, no contest.However England should have got a draw at least, we were the only team to give them a real game. I can't recall a braver England performance. Imagine playing the best team in the world at 12.00 midday in Mexico City in the middle of summer. Bobby Moore and Alan Mullery were absolutely outstanding that day, and who can forget that Gordon Banks save from Pele.

Yeah great player, he made the game look ridiculously easy. Super photograph of him in his prime in yesterdays paper, he was wearing a proper kit with shorts which are short, none of these flapping baggy things players wear today. I'd hate to have to play in those.

I've suffered from it for about 15 years ever since a really messy divorce. I'm good at the moment but who knows what's around the corner. Getting it out in the open is a start,

Groung hog day.

Yeah, we have an International Board whatever that means, the reality is the aussies tell our guys what's going to happen and it happens, as can be seen by the final referee fiasco. I've got to give it to the convicts though, we've never won a series against them in 40 years and they're still not prepared to take any chances with the officials ! Hang on, maybe that's why we're still waiting for a win after all that time. What we could do with is Venkies selling Rovers and buying the Aussie Rugby League, we'd soon be running away with it then.