Black Country news and blogs Thursday 9 April 2015
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April & a calm time in the growing season. 
Bilston Jay 7 Apr 15
The greenhouse is clean, the tubs and planters are ready, the bamboo canes are in place, the compost is friable and the mineral dust is mixed, the seeds are all sprouting and the weeding is largely done, a pile of rubbish is ready to burn, the plan …
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The Midlands League System
Bilston Jay 5 Apr 15
As part of my ongoing research into Bilston Town FC I have been looking tonight at the league system in which they play and what route the club would have upwards in the non league football pyramid.
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West Midlands Regional League (Premier League) – Results – 31st March – 4th April 2015.
Bilston Jay 5 Apr 15
The season is drawing towards conclusion with the bottom of the table more exciting than the top.
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And they say romance is dead.
Bilston Jay 30 Mar 15
I’ve been laughing today about a character that showed up in a local Asda store one fine afternoon.
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Book update.
Bilston Jay 30 Mar 15
A lot of people (by a lot I mean more than five) are asking me and wondering when the history of Bilston town FC will be ready to buy and read.
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West Midlands Regional League (Premier League) – Results – 24th- 28th March 2015.
Bilston Jay 29 Mar 15
Bilston took a hammering at Malvern and Sporting Khalsa took two more giant strides towards a trophy that has been theirs since August.
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West Midlands Regional League (Premier League) – Results – 17th-21st March.
Bilston Jay 22 Mar 15
Bilston Town took the points in an away day at Bridgnorth which takes their points tally to 42 for the season and may just be enough to make sure that they are playing in this division again next season regardless of the remaining eight league games …
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West Midlands Regional league (Premier League) – Results – 14/03/2015
Bilston Jay 15 Mar 15
Bilston suffered another heavy defeat at home this time losing four-nil to Gornal Athletic, Bilston are looking safe enough in mid table to maintain their Premier league status into the 2015-16 season.
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Grand Design, With a Typo or Two.
Bilston Jay 11 Mar 15
I find it hard to understand why atheists are seen as the enemy of religion.
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West Midlands Regional league (Premier League) – Results – 07/03/2015
Bilston Jay 9 Mar 15
It was a close but disappointing result for Bilston who lost two-one away at Dudley Sports.
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How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse in Bilston.
Bilston Jay 9 Mar 15
Post disclaimer: If the missus reads this, it’s just a bit of fun.
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West Midlands Regional League (Premier league) – Results & Fixtures – 07/03/2015
Bilston Jay 5 Mar 15
After last Saturdays disappointing 8-1 home defeat this week has seen Bilston joint managers Danny Mason and Lee Onions sadly leave the club.
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West Midlands Regional League (Premier League) – Results – 28/02/2015
Bilston Jay 3 Mar 15
It was an unfortunate weekend for Bilston Town, even more unfortunate that the result saw the end of the reign of joint managers Lee Onions and Danny Mason, two guys who have been superb servants and representatives of Bilston Town as both players …
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West Midlands Regional League (Premier League) – Results and Fixtures – 25/02/2015
Bilston Jay 25 Feb 15
Results for 24/02/2015 Black Country Rangers 2-1 AFC Bridgnorth Dudley Sports 1-7 Sporting Khalsa Pegasus Juniors 3-0 Wednesfield Shifnal Town 2-2 Gornal Athletic Tonight’s Fixtures 25/02/2015 Dudley Town v Wolverhampton Sporting Community …
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Mars One is a myth and if I’m wrong it won’t benefit human kind.
Bilston Jay 24 Feb 15
I have long been fascinated with space.
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Just another quick reminder of a charity match at Queen Street.
Bilston Jay 23 Feb 15
Taken from the official Bilston Town Community FC website… JOHN MARTYN TROPHY UP FOR GRABS IN CHARITY MATCH AT QUEEN STREET The Steelmen face the Lockmen as Bilston Town host local rivals Willenhall Town in a charity match at Queen Street …
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West Midlands Regional League (Premier League) Results – 23rd February 2015
Bilston Jay 23 Feb 15
Regional football leagues and non leagues, like the professional ones, are heading into the business end of the season.
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Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Reset, and begin (again).
Bilston Jay 23 Feb 15
After my final Facebook breakdown I think the dust has settled now and I can get on with what I enjoy the most and that is talking here to who ever the hell reads this, like, lovely people like you! (Thanks for reading!) Social Media doesn’t suit …
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Sick of my own disgust.
Bilston Jay 17 Feb 15
I’ve been fighting an addiction it would seem over probably the last couple of years, an addiction to the internet.
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An Evening with Matt Murray – Thursday 12 March 2015
Bilston Jay 27 Jan 15
Another Darlaston Town fundraiser for all of you football fans to consider, details as follows: In conjunction with former Wolves, England Under 21 Goalkeeper and Sky Sports presenter Matt Murray, Darlaston Town (1874) FC are holding a special “…
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Barry Glendenning.
Bilston Jay 21 Jan 15
Before we start I need to point out, in honour of Barry Glendenning I have done little to no research before deciding to write this.
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Back in the eighties.
Bilston Jay 20 Jan 15
Tonight has been another night lost on the internet, apart from the ten pm break to watch Drunk History on Comedy Central which is a show that is neither brilliant or shit, its just made for Dave in five years time, but is also new now, but feels …
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Golden.
Bilston Jay 13 Jan 15
The death of Sir Jack Hayward is a very sad moment.
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Bilston Town V Darlaston Town
Bilston Jay 28 Dec 14
On New Years Eve we all hope for a better year and on New Years Day it’ll be so… Because…..
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You can’t replace the irreplaceable; the system doesn’t allow it anymore.
Bilston Jay 21 Dec 14
What do the following people all have in common? Robin Williams, Joan Rivers, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lauren Bacall, Richard Attenborough, Harold Ramis, Mickey Rooney, Rik Mayall, Bob Hoskins, Eli Wallach, Tommy Ramone, Richard Kiel? Maybe obvious to…
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Hastiness is my forte, that and folding crisp bags into throwable, triangle darts.
Bilston Jay 11 Dec 14
Like nans, marketing cunts and al Qaeda I bloody love anniversaries.
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4 years.
Bilston Jay 9 Dec 14
The time flies as you get older; it flies when you’re having fun and so it flies like a Concorde when you’re older and having fun.
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If you can’t get to Wolves away why aren’t you coming to Bilston at home?
Bilston Jay 27 Nov 14
This Saturday past I was at Bilston football club for the ex-players reunion at Queen Street.
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Writing, blogging, where I’ve been and is there a point to it all.
Bilston Jay 20 Nov 14
Most people who have blogs, such as me, aren’t doing it for any other reason than they want to write about stuff.
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Zzzzzzzz (aka same old moaning minority)
Bilston Jay 11 Nov 14
Wolves recent form has been pretty bad.
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Yearning wanes as you get older, fatter and more contented. (300th post, crammed full of hot squash).
Bilston Jay 3 Nov 14
The urge to write has slowly started to leave me in recent months.
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Xmas In The Shops.
Bilston Jay 8 Oct 14
May I be the first to say to you this year, “Merry Christmas!” Yeah I was walking around Asda yesterday and was a little surprised by what I saw: I mean I am old fashioned.
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Well I shouldn’t but…. (aka Big Riddle Answers)
Bilston Jay 6 Oct 14
The first thing I have to say about The Big Riddle is that having a go at each question, regardless of how long it may take to solve is a rewarding experience.
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Vaping and other changes.
Bilston Jay 30 Sep 14
Well Autumn and October are here again where has the year gone folks? Remember the Olympics in London that happened what feels like ten minutes ago? Two more years have flowed under the bridge and away into the distance and I cannot believe it.
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“Unbelievable Jeff!” (aka the Wolves keep marching on)
Bilston Jay 21 Sep 14
I’ve not said anything about Wolves so far this season, in fact I said rather little last season as well.
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That’s the group won then: Switzerland 0-2 England.
Bilston Jay 8 Sep 14
Swiss roll anyone? Or should I say we rolled over the Swiss.
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Summer, where did you go?
Bilston Jay 4 Sep 14
September has crept upon us and flashed itself out of the blue.
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Remembering Noz.
Bilston Jay 13 Aug 14
It’s a tough old world that we live in.
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Quintessentially lazy.
Bilston Jay 31 Jul 14
I have been a stranger around wordpress in recent weeks.
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Palestine.
Bilston Jay 29 Jul 14
Life under clouds But wanting cloud nine.
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Quicksilver.
Bilston Jay 17 Jul 14
I don’t think that I have ever written anything that had a title that began with a Q.
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People hurting.
Bilston Jay 14 Jul 14
I’m going to keep this short.
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One post about gardening and growing.
Bilston Jay 7 Jul 14
I promised myself a while ago that I wouldn’t post about gardening and growing mostly because of my street cred.
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No one matters in Camerons Big Society.
Bilston Jay 5 Jul 14
The Big Society is a myth, it’s a joke.
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Make Hay While The Sun Shines (2014 – Book Update 5)
Bilston Jay 4 Jul 14
Well two days off work and I’ve spent it as I seem to spend a lot of my spare free time over the last few years, sat in front of the computer.
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Kakorrhaphiophobia.
Bilston Jay 9 Jun 14
This post was tapped out pretty quickly and uploaded, apologies for any grammatical errors or obvious spelling mistakes or heavy word repetition.
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Kakorrhaphiophobia.
Bilston Jay 9 Jun 14
This post was tapped out pretty quickly and uploaded, apologies for any grammatical errors or obvious spelling mistakes or heavy word repetition.
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Just a quickie – Darlaston FC fund raising continues.
Bilston Jay 9 Jun 14
I’ve received this email from Neil Chambers at Darlaston FC and thought I’d share it here.
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Just a quickie – Darlaston FC fund raising continues.
Bilston Jay 9 Jun 14
I’ve received this email from Neil Chambers at Darlaston FC and thought I’d share it here.
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I don’t believe it. (aka Bilston Town book update 4 – 2014)
Bilston Jay 4 Jun 14
Where has 2014 gone? In fact did 2013 even happen? Ever noticed how time speeds up as you get older.