23/09/2007
Whiling the way the hours …
BORED 
BORED 
BORED 
Rattling around still waiting for a date to escape … 
after gathering all that momentum 
everything has s-lo-w-e-d right down 
Tomorrow I should be sat on our terrace being made a big fuss of 
by My Beloved 
instead I’ll be opening pressies over the phone waiting for the postie to arrive (hopefully!) 
Its bad enough turning another year older – but I was hoping for a warmer sunnier version this year!!! 
I’m not missing school – its just hard to entertain yourself when everyone’s at work , you can’t buy anything, and there’s nowt ont’telly 
I’ve already read 2 of the books I’d lined up for the flight!!! 
Limbo will be easy after this!!!! 
In other news – my beloved Warriors 
seemed to have cottoned on to the fact I won’t be around to watch them for much longer and have got their act together !!
Was present for the last match of the season against the auld enemy 
I still think you have to go a long long way to beat the atmosphere for a Wigan stains derby game 
and Friday the 14th 2007 didn’t disappoint!!!
And I had a front row seat for it all … and verily it was good to watch 
Almost the legendary Murrayfield 21 – 12 scoreline (it was 20 -12) – it was a very nice farewell to the JJB pressie for me from Nobby and the boys 
added to by the presence of the Great Billy Boston 
the return of Kelvin the Gorilla (the lucky 
mascot) and a half time appearence by my first RL ‘crush’ 
(yes there was one before Mr Radlinski 
) Gary ‘Kylie’ 
Connolly was there to make the half time draw – he didn’t pull out my number tho 
No someone else has already got that 
The victory meant that Wigan were in the playoffs for the first time in 3 years (remember we just escaped relegation last season!!! And they tried to make it happen again this one … do keep up!!! 
)
So Friday 21st saw a trip to Bradford – no one realistically raising their hopes … 
and the 30 – 6 scoreline half way through the 2nd half seem to suggest they were right to … 
but then – and if I hadn’t been listening to the radio I wouldn’t have believed it – the Bradford coach with perhaps one eye on the next playoff game took off some of his more influential players off … and the floodgates opened – with 4 minutes left Paaaaaaaaaaaaat Richards the winger turned FB slotted over a ‘dropper’ to bring the score to 30 – 31!!!! 
Wigan nicked the game right from under Bradford’s nose infront of their home support!!!
It became a real ‘hug a stranger’ moment 
– reading the Wigan message board yesterday was excellent!!!
So the Cherry and Whites march on … with 3 very nervous coaches wondering if Nobby’s men will get their team next!!!! 
Can they go the whole hog to the final from 6th place? And then go one step further and win it? Will My Beloved 
be in a total sate of panic 
that I may stay to see it all pan out (should the house stuff speed up and go through ….
)
Tune in again to find out ….
for now
)
