DiCheapio
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DundeeFC, Derby County, Scotland, the last hour in the local. U11s dad/manager.
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DiCheapio
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· Nov 15
For my first post here is my treasured note from Big Jocky as dictated to Barry Phillips/Dundee Barry back in the day. A thing of beauty.
Decent day for Dundee. No game for the kids so spent the day looking at boats we could never afford in Southampton.
September 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Decent day for Dundee. No game for the kids so spent the day looking at boats we could never afford in Southampton.
September 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Fair play to the Coupar boys taking nae pish from the paps fae Perth.
1890 | The Scottish Qualifying Cup 1st round tie between St Johnstone and Coupar Angus comes to an abrupt end with the score tied at 2-2. Coupar Angus walked off in protest at St Johnstone's equaliser being given and Saints were awarded the tie.
September 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Fair play to the Coupar boys taking nae pish from the paps fae Perth.
Friggin bye week just when the boys are putting a run of results together and can’t for the life of me find an opposition despite having a pitch and ref booked. Might have to brave the berks friendlies Facebook page. FFS.
September 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Friggin bye week just when the boys are putting a run of results together and can’t for the life of me find an opposition despite having a pitch and ref booked. Might have to brave the berks friendlies Facebook page. FFS.
First league game, first win. Playing in bottom section where everyone is nice. Kids football is sound.
September 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
First league game, first win. Playing in bottom section where everyone is nice. Kids football is sound.
Pre-season tournament at FCBracknell. Boys did great playing with a player short and against sides that will be in higher sections this season. Roll on first league game next Saturday.
August 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Pre-season tournament at FCBracknell. Boys did great playing with a player short and against sides that will be in higher sections this season. Roll on first league game next Saturday.
Dunno about the 100, it ain’t cricket but that quite entertaining fare.
August 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Dunno about the 100, it ain’t cricket but that quite entertaining fare.
This is worth a read. Noel was a proper defender, fully committed who raised the game of players around him. Mind his final game for Dundee at Stranraer with everyone on the pitch at the end singing his name.
‘Self-pity came into it as I was a proud man’: footballer Noel Blake on recovering from a stroke
‘Self-pity came into it as I was a proud man’: footballer Noel Blake on recovering from a stroke
In an extract from a new book, the former Portsmouth, Leeds and Exeter defender talks about the day his life changed for ever in 2015 and his healing process
Noel Blake walked through Trentham Gardens on the outskirts of Stoke-on-Trent staring up at the trees and making a mental note of those with the sturdiest branches. What he was trying to get clear in his head in those fleeting moments only he could really know.
There comes a time in most stroke healing – or the lack of hope for it – when the victim reflects on the dark side. For professional athletes to be robbed of that they cherished most – their athleticism – must be the hardest cut of all. Continue reading...
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August 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This is worth a read. Noel was a proper defender, fully committed who raised the game of players around him. Mind his final game for Dundee at Stranraer with everyone on the pitch at the end singing his name.
My young lad (10) came home from school a few weeks ago singing the 1 World Cup and 2 world wars refrain that he’d learnt at school. I just gave him the look and explained that thats one he shouldn’t repeat. I think he knew.
Rupert Lowe tweets at his anger that we are simply never allowed to ever mention that this country won the World Wars - nor England's 1966 World Cup. [How did we let those become unknown, untold stories, whose anniversaries just slip by - unnoticed, verboten - in politics. media & broader society?
July 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My young lad (10) came home from school a few weeks ago singing the 1 World Cup and 2 world wars refrain that he’d learnt at school. I just gave him the look and explained that thats one he shouldn’t repeat. I think he knew.
Used to laugh at my auld dear saying England’s too hot in the summer for her to visit (mother, it’s Bracknell not Benidorm). Not laughing now am I.
July 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Used to laugh at my auld dear saying England’s too hot in the summer for her to visit (mother, it’s Bracknell not Benidorm). Not laughing now am I.
I’m sure there was a period in the mid to late 2000s when Tebbit, MacKenzie and Clarkson all had columns in the Sun. Horrible bastards and a horrible paper, I used to read the pub copy just to get annoyed. Starmer cozying up to the Sun just before the election was first big red flag for me.
The Salt Path caper and Tebbit in the space of a few days. Kelvin MacKenzie for the hat-trick please.
July 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I’m sure there was a period in the mid to late 2000s when Tebbit, MacKenzie and Clarkson all had columns in the Sun. Horrible bastards and a horrible paper, I used to read the pub copy just to get annoyed. Starmer cozying up to the Sun just before the election was first big red flag for me.
Young lasses hamster died in the night and is now in a box in the freezer ready for burial with full honours when I get back from 5-a-sides tonight.
Fare thee well naughty Neville the little devil.
Fare thee well naughty Neville the little devil.
July 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Young lasses hamster died in the night and is now in a box in the freezer ready for burial with full honours when I get back from 5-a-sides tonight.
Fare thee well naughty Neville the little devil.
Fare thee well naughty Neville the little devil.
Last tournament of the season in Maidenhead with the boys. Not sure about the surface mind.
July 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Last tournament of the season in Maidenhead with the boys. Not sure about the surface mind.
I had this as a screen saver first time we got proper pc’s at work in 1998…before then it’d been workstations linked to a mainframe. How clever I thought I was, the only Scot in the office. Young, daft and no heedin a fuck.
June 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I had this as a screen saver first time we got proper pc’s at work in 1998…before then it’d been workstations linked to a mainframe. How clever I thought I was, the only Scot in the office. Young, daft and no heedin a fuck.
Knew an old landlord who insisted we stayed open even if empty because if a regular popped out for late drink and the pubs closed then next time they’ll go someplace else that they know will be open and they might like it. Got to be consistent.
June 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Knew an old landlord who insisted we stayed open even if empty because if a regular popped out for late drink and the pubs closed then next time they’ll go someplace else that they know will be open and they might like it. Got to be consistent.
Must be well over 20 people in the local green king and they’ve rung last orders at 20 past 10. Ridiculous behaviour.
June 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Must be well over 20 people in the local green king and they’ve rung last orders at 20 past 10. Ridiculous behaviour.
Proper mental now. Great stuff. I could warm to this tournament.
June 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Proper mental now. Great stuff. I could warm to this tournament.
No idea how there’s been no on field cards in this game so far.
June 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
No idea how there’s been no on field cards in this game so far.
She ordered a full summer wardrobe in small men’s from Next for our sprouting 13 year old and half it is too small. Got it bagged up ready to take back and it appears the fucking rabbit managed to piss in the returns bag while it was running in and out of the house on Saturday.
June 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM
She ordered a full summer wardrobe in small men’s from Next for our sprouting 13 year old and half it is too small. Got it bagged up ready to take back and it appears the fucking rabbit managed to piss in the returns bag while it was running in and out of the house on Saturday.
Boys beaten on pens in tourney final @ Windsor & Eton. Head burnt tae buggery. Need to invest in hats.
June 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Boys beaten on pens in tourney final @ Windsor & Eton. Head burnt tae buggery. Need to invest in hats.
Marina on form as per…
So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun? | Marina Hyde www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun? | Marina Hyde www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun? | Marina Hyde
In his spat with Trump, the man who literally owns X has been hoist by his own platform. Guys, no one is safe!, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Marina on form as per…
So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun? | Marina Hyde www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun? | Marina Hyde www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ate breakfast at the Mickleover Court with Roy Hodgson at the next table. We nodded.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Ate breakfast at the Mickleover Court with Roy Hodgson at the next table. We nodded.
Just repegged the washing out after the rain and it’s like someone’s turned a heater on out there. Mental weather.
June 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Just repegged the washing out after the rain and it’s like someone’s turned a heater on out there. Mental weather.
Amyl & the sniffers moved to 25th Oct when we’re in Tenerife. Bollocks.
June 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Amyl & the sniffers moved to 25th Oct when we’re in Tenerife. Bollocks.
Yet another reason Jeremy Clarkson is a wanker.
Someone on here (yesterday?) was talking about a lager top being a crime and well, I just found one in the garden centre. Was it @alanbeattie.bsky.social? Perhaps
June 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Yet another reason Jeremy Clarkson is a wanker.