National 1 Prediction league 2022 week 29

Bishop's Stortford 1-4 Blackheath

Leeds Tykes 1-5 Cambridge

Plymouth Albion 5-0 Tonbridge Juddians

Rams 5-0 Birmingham Moseley

Rosslyn Park 1-4 Caldy

Sale 5-1 Cinderford

Taunton 2-5 Chinnor

Anyway that was in the way of a preamble to explain that those predictors who are pencilling in a Caldy win away against Rosslyn Park should read Park News and then reconsider. Two weeks out and Park have the Caldy game down as THE BIG ONE! and are exhorting most of London to be there on the grounds that 'Caldy take a very large contingent of very noisy supporters to all their recent matches'....

FFS there's only likely to be six of us !....although to be fair one of us has an uncomfortably loud voice, another never shuts up, a couple are noisy eaters and one snores on the way home and sometimes during the game...........I understand it is a health condition caused by acid reflux which is exacerbated by too much alcohol ...........it gets worse on a Saturday and is not going to improve until early May.

I think the excellent and informative Park News may have conflated 'Caldy's large and voiciferous away support' with the coincidence of 200 Caldy Minis and parents, on their Yorkshire Tour, turning up to watch the recent away match against Leeds Tykes. Their youthful addition to the normal band of geriatrics that follow the Ravers was very welcome but probably had little influence on matters happening on the pitch. By and large the minis were preoccupied, rolling each other around the pitch inside some abandoned tractor tires, and by kick off time their parents were generally all on the way towards serious acid reflux.

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Wow! I wonder what happened 20 years ago? 

.....took a moment!

Ha ha.......it was ever thus! Thanks for your support Sid. 

We know we are 2nd favourites in this one but if the weather holds we will have a good day out in the Capital and a little sleep on the train home..........if we catch it. 

Our travel co ordinator and Caldy President, Graham Armitage is in complete charge of logistics. It is the last train journey of the season and Graham will be getting his appraisal on the way home......... So far we have only lost one player en route to a game (At Crewe station) and Graham himself has generally caught the right train on the way home.

Nothing guaranteed but that is a big improvement on his performances in our previous seasons in National 1 so he has a fair shot of keeping the job for another year.

I certainly will. The logistics are a bit difficult. The Red side of Liverpool and the Blue side of Manchester are travelling down the M6 as well because I am told they have a semi final at Wembley. Graham is working out the route now. I suspect we may arrive by the morning of Easter Sunday.

Gary Devaney the Caldy Chairman did offer up Graham's services to Anfield to assist with the co-ordination of the players' travel arrangements.............Jurgen was appreciative of the gesture but he regretfully declined because Liverpool like to travel and arrive with a full squad.

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leeds     1   4 cambridge

plymouth  5  0 tonbridge j

rams        5 0 birmingham m

rosslyn p   3 3 caldy

sale fc        5  1 cinderford

taunton      5 0 chinnor

Away to DMP when they were in excess of 7 leagues higher than them…. DMP won