27/10/04
Last night saw the opening meeting for the Leisure centre 5-a-side league. The barely half full Conference Room included the two Navvies FC representatives, Oli Sunter and Tom Knapp. The rules were explained, including mandatory registration with the FA (around �12) and fines for disciplinary matters, typically �7 but with extended bans and fines of up to around �150 in cases of sever bad behavious. The league fixtures were also announced and there was stunned silence all round as the Navvie contingent realised that the first match was against their bogey team, the Pudsey Reapers.
This dread was compounded when it was revealed that there willl be no appearance from club maverick Laybourn (Gambler's Anonyous pre-meeting in Las Vegas) and possibly skipper Chris (media commitments). Despite the setbacks the club's management was plotting the Reapers downfall within minutes of the meeting at a specially conviened gambling and tactic session at the Junction afterwards (Junction for Navvy local? Click here to vote). All attendees expressed their detirmination to defeat the opposition, except Daniel Bean who still had the imprint of the ball on his face and Tom Knapp who had major withdrawal symptoms from the bandit.
21/10/04
Preparations are underway as the much anticipated league season preapares to kick off. A league meeting is to be held at the Leisure Centre on Tuesday (26/0/04) and will be attented by the Oli Sunter and Tom Knapp, although it is stressed that all Navvies are welcome to attend also. Hopefully the league's search for a referee will have ended and the Navvies will have to prepare for the new season's iminent start. A brief message from Captain Ting was released and can be seen on the right.
Captain Ting
21/10/04
Plans for the Navvy batchelor pad are now in the next stage of planning. Congratulations are due to all the three main protagonists. Dawkes now has a pay rise after proving himself capable of working without supervision, Oli is due a promotion to Deputy Manager at William Hill and Mike has surpassed both by now just finding one job, but two! He now works evenings in the Shamrock in Pudsey and in Gamestation in Leeds. However it is now believed that Mike will spend most of his earnings at both of his work places. The news also means that all Navvies are in employment (or still a student in Sucky's case). The full range goes from bookie to scientist to chef and scivvy.
12/10/04
Last night's quiz at the Bankhouse brought forth a new chapter in the Navvy quest for independance in Pudsey. For a number of weeks speculation has been rife about the housing of Sunter and Dawkes, with both wanting a house to call their own but seeking a new housemate, after initial favourite, Sucky, went to Nottingham. A ray of light was found last night after Mike Allinson agreed to move in. Conditions such as him getting a permanant job were imposed but following Mike's 1st class honours degree this cannot be far off. He was found to be a suitable candidate after expressing his love of beer and gear as well as being the current number one Navvy supplier of porn and pirate DVDs.
7/10/04
Yesterday saw the first day of filming for one of the most ambitious Navvy projects undertaken: the Navvy season film. The first scenes to be shot included a no holds barred interview between defensive stalwart Tom Knapp and new club manager Oli Sunter. With the interview wrapped up shots were taken outside the Navvy home ground of Pudsey Leisure Centre of the manager holding his Navvy shirt aloft in pride. Not since their first season have the team attempted any kind of major media project and only time will tell how producer/director Chris Dawkes can hold the project together.
1/10/04
Reports of rupture in the Navvy camp have begun after a late night discussion between the manager and his players (Tuesday 28/9). Sunter said that he would be prepared to drop his flame haired maestro at a moments notice. Pete disagreed prompting Mike (who would be a possible replacement for the strawberry blonde playmaker) to ask if Sunter would be more like Sven Goram-Eriksson or Brian Clough. The statement, designed to cause discussion, began a serious debate over who Laybourn would be in this discussion. The immediate comparrisson was to David Beckham. Both are talented players who would walk into the Navvy first V, both have significant others with black hair and both have a tendency to throw hissy fits. Sadly the link fails as Beckham has two (nearly three) children and Pete doesn't have that many. Sunter insisted that if Pete stepped out of line he would soon face the wrath of a man known as "the big man" (thought to be a pseudonym for Sunter's member).
