Posts made in January, 2014

One Minute At… Bluewater Stadium

Posted By admin on Jan 30, 2014

Every time I visit a match I’ll take a minute long movie so readers can get a feel for the venue. In the latest in our One Minute At… series we’re at Bluewater Stadium in Napier. We were there for the ASB Premiership between Hawke’s Bay United and WaiBOP United, played on Saturday January 25, 2014. The game finished 3-2 to Hawke’s Bay United.

Oh, what a lovely evening

Posted By admin on Jan 27, 2014

Sometimes, even if you’re quite heavily involved with a team, it’s nice to be able to sit back and analyse a game of football as objectively as you can and appreciate it for what it was – a decent game of football. As annoying as WaiBOP United’s 3-2 loss at Hawke’s Bay United was I thought it had pretty much everything you could hope for in a match of ASB Premiership standard – goals (and some...

It’s a numbers game

Posted By admin on Jan 14, 2014

I run Google Analytics on this blog as well as its’ sister-site the Northern League Forum and, like any website owner I guess, I’m fascinated by the numbers it spits out at me. I don’t usually have the time to dig too deep but it’s fun to occasionally have a good look at the numbers and try to figure out what they mean. Here’s a brief analysis of my 2013 according to Google Analytics. The Matamata Bus The...

Pictorial 2013 – Part 3

Posted By admin on Jan 3, 2014

I took more than 7000 photos during 2013. Most of them were while I was at the football. Almost all were rubbish. But amongst all the dross I did manage to squeeze out a few decent shots. During my holiday down time I skimmed through my efforts and pulled out the best thirty. Here’s the final part of the trilogy. These photos come with a heavy WaiBOP United focus, which is not surprising given my involvement with that franchise...

Pictorial 2013 – Part 2

Posted By admin on Jan 2, 2014

I took more than 7000 photos during 2013. Most of them were while I was at the football. Almost all were rubbish. But amongst all the dross I did manage to squeeze out a few decent shots. During my holiday down time I skimmed through my efforts and pulled out the best thirty. Here’s the middle batch of ten photos, which were taken through the middle part of the year. Each photo comes with a little story that helps define my 2013...