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Just back from Hawks v Lewes. The game was dire, and when we went one down after 12 minutes I couldn't see us getting anything out of it. The most entertaining moment came when Rocky Baptiste collided with the massive Lewes goalie, and the keeper went down as if pole-axed and stayed on the deck for about three minutes. One Hawks fan yelled at him "Get up, you fairy-arsed git" and a couple more colourful insults - I'm not in favour of foul language at non-league but have to admit to having a bit of a chuckle. Well, it did enliven a boring match for a moment. We all sarcastically applauded when the keeper finally got up. Rocky was booked, leading to a chant of 'The referee's a wanker' from the Hawks fans behind the goal.

On 70 minutes, a lovely Brett Poate pass found Rocky free just outside the box, and he rounded the last defender and tapped past the goalie for the equaliser. It ended 1-1.

I didn't even try to race for the 5.15 train this time; headed for the clubhouse for a Coke (you can tell it's near the end of the month; if I'd had a couple more quid spare it'd have been a Magners) and to watch the results coming in on Sky Sports News. My Scottish team, East Stirlingshire, won 5-0 at home to local rivals Stenhousemuir :)

Gotta go watch X Factor.

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I like the x factor as well.

There's been some real nutters in the auditions, haven't there? What about the guy last week doing Michael Jackson, who fell against the back wall and almost collapsed it?? I felt sorry for that girl, Kylie, this week who had all her family carrying placards for her. They raised her hopes far too much.

Yeah, I know what you mean about the girl this week. I missed the person last week though who sang Michael Jackson because I was on holiday, but yeah, the auditions are pretty funny.

are you Scottish? Just curious why you would have a Scottish football team!

Alas, I have no connections with Scotland. Most English football fans choose a team from the Scottish Second or Third Divisions to 'support' (in practice just looking out for their score on telly or in the paper), while others will adopt one of the Glasgow big two.

Do you follow football at all? x

weird.. didn't know that!

uh no. Can't stand all that sectarian Rangers/Celtic crap. That and I just find it boring.