earlybirder: The Goal That Never Was - Coventry v C Palace 1980

Saturday 5 May 2012

The Goal That Never Was - Coventry v C Palace 1980

I remember this so well...they showed it more clearly on Match of the Day.The free kick flew past the keeper and hit the stanchion - a word that was new to our boyhood vocabulary - before bouncing out. Poor old Clive Allen who was a great player at QPR and again at Spurs but had a torrid time at Crystal Palace. Just shows goal line controversy is nothing new...I remember thinking the Coventry kit was really cool. Oh to be fifteen again.....

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Look at the sky, listen to the birds and smell the flowers....

Why the 'Earlybirder'? As a boy I slept in a room overlooking gardens and an old orchard. I preferred to sleep with the curtains open and as it became light in the morning I would get up and, armed with a heavy old pair of binoculars and an even heavier and older bicycle, head out to explore the Welsh Harp, Ruislip Lido or Cassiobury Park.

I like the exclusivity of early mornings. It's the best part of the day...the air is often still and fresh and the birdsong is not masked by the hum of lawnmowers or background hiss of traffic. The sun of a new day sheds a uniquely bright light which gives everything, from flowers to feathers, a lustre which fades in the less-forgiving light later in the day. The world belongs to you and you feel so alive. While others sleep the rest of the world awakes. To witness a sunrise, focus on the incredible richness of a nightingale's song or watch a newly-hatched mandarin chick dry in the warmth of a pool of morning sun is to experience life at its purest. Bed can wait...

Saturday 5 May 2012

The Goal That Never Was - Coventry v C Palace 1980

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Link to WWT - Welney