Trevor has named a squad of 16 for this Sunday's match Away to Cheshunt Town as follows:
Jack Tompkins (GK)
Garry Cover (GK/Outfield)
Lexton Harrison
Terry Moore
George Stahlmann
Krishan Singh
Ryan Foreman
Danny Hagan
Francis Karemo
Leon McKenzie-McKay
Jack Bangs
Daniel Daley
John Scouller
Daniel Cascoe
Martin Cruickshank
Lee King
If any of the above are not available, then either Junior Brown or Ali 'TJ' Sowe will come into the squad to replace them (if they are available themselves).
Alan Barnard will also be there, but as he is still suffering from a thigh strain, he will only play if we have less than eleven or no goalkeeper...as was the case last Sunday.
I wont go into why some players are in the squad and others are not, as it is extremely complex ! Players who are not at training should be phoning the Manager (i.e. Trevor) anyway if they want to know why they have been left out.

We had 16 there at training last night including me, but 7 of them were Riaz and his mates, none of whom are registered. Most of them seemed happy to sign up to play on Sundays if we want them and two of them said they were central defenders, which is obviously useful. If they bring photos next Wednesday I will sign them up, but we will probably need to see them a bit more in training before they can be put in the squad. The biggest problem last night was that nobody knew each other's names, so it was just one big 7-a-side kickabout (albeit three-touch) with everybody just calling 'yeah' or 'ere ya mate' whenever they wanted the ball !
The other players at training were Barney, Jack Bangs, John Scouller, Martin, & Lee, then Lexton, Ryan & Krishan all turned up at 9.20.p.m. again.
Leon, Frankie & Junior were all going to attend but dropped out. (They let us know though). Everybody else was working (as normal).

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/football-cliches/2013/oct/31/talking-language-sunday-league-football?CMP=twt_gu

Funny link

Seen it. Several months ago actually.
Adam Hurrey (who wrote it) plays for one of my regular customers for filming Cup Finals (The Ship FC from West London). His brother Ollie is (or was) their Secretary and is one of my Facebook friends.

That article is getting massive publicity at the moment. It's everywhere you look on Facebook & Twitter.

Regarding No.8 on that list ('Away'), I remember in one of our matches, our goalkeeper at the time, Stavros Elia, shouted to one of our defenders who was in possession of the ball 'Go away'...meaning kick the ball away downfield. The defender (can't remember who it was) thought Stav meant go away as in walk away and leave the ball to him ! Cue a panicked last-ditch clearance by Stav just as a forward was about to score from the loose ball.

Can't see 'Lino' or 'Can Ya ?' on that list.

I have been out working all day today (Saturday), so I have no idea if any players have phoned/texted Trevor to say if they are playing or not...apart from Hagan, who is ill and will not be playing. I only knew that because he copied me in.
Jack Tompkins put on Teamer yesterday that he is not playing either, so that means Garry or Barney will be in goal.

I advise Junior, TJ and any other registered players who want to play to phone/text Trevor in the morning on 07894 961484 to see if they are needed.
There are at least 6 players in the squad who were either not at training or who disappeared when the lights went out at 10.00.p.m. I therefore have no idea if they are playing tomorrow or if they know where we are playing.

I have told Lee and Martin that I will give them a lift from Edmonton Green, but they both have no money to pay their subs. I have told them not to worry about that because we will probably be short of players, but they have not replied yet. At the moment, there is no guarantee they will play tomorrow.