Eighties Lancs

Half-time pandemonium ensues as it is revealed there's only half a dozen Greenhalgh's meat & tattie left @ the pie hut!

Wigan Athletic -Vs- Bolton Wanderers. Springfield Park, 1986.

The Big Interview (LEP) - Phil Jevons

Those who bluff and swank their way through professional football should turn a corner and keep walking if they see Phil Jevons ahead. Jevons, Morecambe's top scorer, is a personable and modest man, and during his time he has seen football change beyond recognition since he buffed Duncan Ferguson's boots as an Everton apprentice at Goodison Park.

'I don't like fakes, never have done.' Phil Jevons, Jan 2010

A product of Everton's academy, he emerged as the star of their FA Youth Cup winning team, shoulder to shoulder with Francis Jeffers, Leon Osman and Danny Cadamarteri.

We sat in the deserted visitors' dressing room at Christie Park on a bone-chilling January afternoon and talked about the game and his life.

"It's another world now, the Premier League is showbiz," said Jevons.

"You look at Arsenal play and it's beautiful. It has changed for the better, but it does bug me when I see these guys diving around with their headbands and gloves on, trying to con referees. I don't like fakes, never have done.

"I was brought up at Everton in a good environment, and that was special. Every morning I'd get in early before the rest, run Duncan Ferguson's bath, get him his cuppa and a copy of the Daily Star. He was a hard lad, but he always treated me with respect and great kindness and you remember things like that in life."

By Tony Dewhurst for the Lancashire Evening Post.

Nowt down for us this weekend..

Hereford United P
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Morecambe P


Action from Edgar Street earlier today

The lack of football and the prospect of another Saturday afternoon spent traipsing round Wickes with the missus takes its toll on Michael.

Rearranged for Tuesday 16th March @ 19:45.

Theodore DeReese “Teddy” Pendergrass, Sr. (March 26th, 1950 — January 13th, 2010)

Dynamic R& B singer Teddy Pendergrass, died yesterday (Jan. 13th) after a long battle with colon cancer, he was 59 years old. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Pendergrass, who was paralysed after a 1982 car accident, died in a Philly's Bryn Mawr Hospital eight months after undergoing colon cancer surgery and suffering through a difficult recovery.

Teddy Pendergrass: Pioneer of the 'Philadelphia Sound'on Philadelphia International records & the first black male singer to record five consecutive multi-platinum albums – Teddy Pendergrass (1977), Life Is a Song Worth Singing (1978), Teddy (1979), Teddy Live! Coast to Coast (1980) and TP (1980).

Teddy Pendegrass - When Somebody Loves You Back (Live 1979)

Obituary from the NY Times.

Ales of our time [I]

Timothy Taylor Landlord




A fine brace @Ye Olde John O' Gaunt, Lancaster

A Classic Strong Pale Ale, Landlord has won more awards nationally than any other beer: This includes four times as Champion at the Brewers' International Exhibition and four times as CAMRA’s beer of the year.

Refreshingly reliable, nationally renowned, this full drinking Pale Ale with a complex and hoppy aroma has real "Pulling Power" and stands out in any bar as the ideal regular.

4.3% ABV

from the Timothy Taylor site.

The big freeze continues..

Morecambe P
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Burton Albion P


© Camp Dave

© Camp Dave

The Shrimps' League 2 game with Burton Albion on Saturday has been postponed.
An inspection has taken place on the pitch this afternoon and the pitch was deemed unplayable because of the recent winter weather.

Statement from the Official site.

Rearranged for Tuesday 16th February @ 19:45.

Willie Mitchell (March 1st, 1928 – January 5th, 2010)

Memphis-based Music producer, musician and songwriter Willie Mitchell passed away on January 5th, 2010 at the age of 81. Mitchell's son, Lawrence Mitchell, said his father suffered a cardiac arrest on Dec. 19th and died at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis at 7:25 a.m.

Willie 'Papa Willie' Mitchell: Soul patriarch who discovered Al Green and led Hi Records to become a major force in soul music.

Willie Mitchell - That Driving Beat.

Obituary from the Guardian.