In the presence of greatness
Well it has'nt been reported anywhere I can find in the newspapers so I'm going to put it on this blog.
AND SHOUT IT OUT LOUD AND VERY, VERY PROUD.
Our great friend of very long standing and Kella fella David Parnaby who is the Academy Director at Middlesbrough FC has been honoured by the North East Football Writers Association.
David has received the award for "Outstanding Contribution to North East Football" for his work with the Boro Academy, which is the top producing academy in the country in terms of both International footballers and lads that have made the first team. He joins the ranks of Sir Bobby Robson and others.
Stewart Downing, James Morrison, Matthew Bates, Danny Graham, Anthony McMahon are amongst the players the academy has produced. There are others but being a Mackem I find myself choking trying to name others. If the AOL had a record like this then we too would be in good stead rather than the mess we now find ourselves in.
I know all of us who know David will be very pleased for him and appreciate the long hours and very hard work he has put in. Being the modest and unassuming guy that he is, he will be the first to acknowledge that it is a team effort and will look on it as a team award, a one he would not have achieved without good people to work with and especially the support of his smashing wife Jean and his lads Ian and Stuart.
Good lad David. Your the top lad.
The Coxhoe Cameraman
posted by Huyton Hoofer @ 11:51 PM
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15 Comments:
IT WAS ALL GOING VERY WELL UNTIL YOU SAID GOOD LAD BANGER
LOOKING DOWN THE THREADS JACK, YOU MUST HAVE BEEN ONE FOR THE LASSES HEY WHAT NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK
Aye and Mitts is looking fat and old now mind you judging by the photograph.
For a minute there Jack I thought you were referring to being in the presence of Jimmy!!!
Well done David, it's been good to make your acquiantance again after so many years and we'll forgive you for being a smoggie as we all know you're really red and white at heart.
P.S. Watch yersel Mr Anonymous. Nowt wrong with being older and fatter, happens to us all (well most us, there are certainly some signs of 'maturity' on Jim, Jack and myself but not so much on David - perhaps it's the daily does of smog and radiation that keeps him so young looking?)
P.P.S. Never mind us, what about Richard Poole in the background!
Duly edited Mr Anonymous. Terms of endearment whilst personal and rekindling of ones youth do not display due reverence to the real " Chosen One"
Lets have less of the anonymity as well. Reveal yourself ( but only in an appropriate way)
Yes Brian, Richard Poole is one of the great luminaries of Doggie, Spenny Grammar and the Stadium of Light. Another Top Lad.
Yeah, top lad Richard. Likes a pint in his local, The Square. Married Margaret Baines, another one of our classmates.
I remember Richard and his mate Jimmy Icedon (aka "Pele" for some reason). In those days of gaberdine coats etc Jimmy was famous for his balaclava (remember them, very warm but tended to get a bit soggy around the mouth) which he wore summer and winter.
How on earth do you post with a user name because I have tried and end up with a Blog site for myself?
Where it says 'choose an identity' click in the 'other' box then enter your name.
Thats what I've just done so lets see if it works.
It worked!
That works for posting comments but if you want to post a blog you'll need to be set up with a user name by Jimmy.
Billy, I never realised Richard married Margaret Baines.
And yes the old helmet, much loved on cold days, kept the lugs warm, but the soggy mouth used to freeze.
Our anonymous friend names himself, Doggy lad.
Who could he be?
No, I'm doggy lad! I just used that name as an example of how a posting could be done with another name.
Don't know who anonymous is but he's referred to me as 'Mitts' so he knows me from the past.
http://www.safc.com/news/?page_id=8449
McCarthy spoken about in the same breath as DP
Well it beats me. I tried Huyton Hoofer but the profile is denied then I tried billy and the profile is denied. I will give it another go when I get back from my holidays.Nobody seems to know what to do.
I thought the Numbskulls lived in the Beezer ;-)
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