Back to the Grindstone.

Holidays are over for another year.
Here are some tunes I listened to while away.

Usually don't like bands with beards but this is nice.




Newish dublin band called Little Green Cars, loving the new album Absolute Zero with this being the stand out track for me.



Afraid of Heights is the album, Wavves are the band, top notch, get on it.
Sail to the Sun.



and finally one for the kids, they love this one. From the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album of the same name.

Avondale United Season 2012/2013

Played 50 Won 42, Drawn 4, Lost 4, Goals For 136, Goals Against 36
The season included a 45 match unbeaten run that ran from late August 2012 to early June 2013.

Trophies won
Tom Hand Trophy
Keane Cup
Donie Forde Cup
FAI Intermediate Cup
Munster Senior League Premier Division
Beamish Cup

Game	Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Scorers
50	Rockmount	16/06/2013	A	1-3	Michael Kiernan
49	Waterford United	12/06/2013	TX	0-3
48	Sheriff YC	09/06/2013	H	1-2	Graham McCarthy
47	College Corinthians	06/06/2013	H	5-1	Danny Long, Eoghan Lougheed 2, Graham McCarthy, Ian Stapleton
46	Douglas Hall	04/06/2013	H	3-0	Eoghan Lougheed, o.g., David Spratt
45	Rockmount	01/06/2013	A	0-0
44	UCC	30/05/2013	H	3-1	David Spratt, Ian Stapleton 2
43	Midleton	28/05/2013	H	5-2	Ian Stapleton 2, Brian Murphy, Eoghan Lougheed, Michael Mulconroy
42	St Marys	26/05/2013	TX	5-0	David Spratt, Kevin Mulcahy, Ian Stapleton 2, Mark O’Sullivan
41	Douglas Hall	23/05/2013	A	1-0	Ian Stapleton
40	St Marys	21/05/2013	A	3-1	Ian Stapleton 2 (1pen), Mark O’Sullivan
39	Blarney United	19/05/2013	H	2-0	Mark O’Sullivan 2
38	Everton	16/05/2013	H	1-0	Ian Stapleton
37	College Corinthians	14/05/2013	A	3-1	Mark O’Sullivan, Eoghan Lougheed, Ian Stapleton
36	Bluebell United	12/05/2013	A	4-1	Roy Long 2, Ian Stapleton (pen), Kevin Mulcahy
35	Fermoy	04/05/2013	H	3-0	Ian Stapleton 2, Danny Long
34	Rockmount	01/05/2013	H	2-1	Mark O’Sullivan, Ian Stapleton
33	Cork City	23/04/2013	H	2-0	Graham McCarthy, David Spratt
32	Mayfield United	20/04/2013	H	6-1	Graham McCarthy, Ian Stapleton 2, Karl Caulfield, Mark O’Sullivan 2
31	College Corinthians	12/04/2013	TX	3-2 aet	Mark O’Sullivan, Ian Stapleton, Danny Long
30	Leixlip United	07/04/2013	A	2-0	Ian Stapleton, Mark O’Sullivan
29	Wilton United	31/03/2013	A	3-0	Ian Stapleton, Roy Long, Graham McCarthy
28	College Corinthians	24/03/2013	A	1-1	Roy Long
27	Tramore Athletic	16/03/2013	H	3-0	David Spratt, Roy Long 2
26	UCC	08/03/2013	TX	2-1 aet	Danny Long, Roy Long
25	Beggsboro	03/03/2013	H	1-0	Kevin Mulcahy
24	Fermoy	24/02/2013	A	5-0	Mark O'Sullivan (4), Ian Stapleton
23	Limerick FC	17/02/2013	H	4-2	Ian Stapleton (pen), Roy Long, o.g., Mark O'Sullivan
22	College Corinthians	10/02/2013	H	2-0	Danny Long (2)
21	Rockmount	03/02/2013	H	1-0	Danny Long
20	UCC	19/01/2013	A	1-0	Ian Stapleton
19	Rockmount	12/01/2013	H	2-0	Conor Meade, Graham McCarthy
18	Mayfield United	05/01/2013	H	7-0	Eoin Lougheed, Conor Meade (2), Roy Long, Danny Long, Mark O'Sullivan, Michael Kiernan
17	Leeside	19/12/2012	A	2-1	Brian Fitzgerald, Roy Long
16	Rockmount	09/12/2012	A	2-0	Ian Stapleton, Graham McCarthy
15	Cherry Orchard	02/12/2012	A	2-0	Ian Stapleton, Mark O'Sullivan
14	Everton	18/11/2012	A	3-0	Eoin Lougheed (2), Kevin Mulcahy
13	Everton	10/11/2012	H	6-0	Ian Stapleton (3), Conor Meade, David Spratt, Declan Cahill
12	Castleview	04/11/2012	H	6-0	Eoin Lougheed, Conor Meade (2), Brian Fitzgerald, Ian Stapleton (2)
11	Fermoy	28/10/2012	H	2-0	Conor Meade (pen), Mark O'Sullivan
10	Midleton	19/10/2012	A	3-1	Mark O'Sullivan, Conor Meade, Kevin Mulcahy
9	Douglas Hall	13/10/2012	H	6-3	Mark Horgan (2), Conor Meade, Karl Caulfield, Declan Cahill, Graham McCarthy
8	Fermoy	07/10/2012	A	3-1	Mark O'Sullivan, Ken Murphy, David Spratt
7	Cobh Wanderers	29/09/2012	A	2-0	o.g., Ian Stapleton
6	Mayfield United	15/09/2012	A	2-2	Brian Murphy, Danny Long
5	St Marys	07/09/2012	H	2-2	Conor Meade, Mark O'Sullivan (pen)
4	Mallow United	01/09/2012	A	2-1	David Spratt (2)
3	Glasheen	30/08/2012	A	4-0	Ian Stapleton (2), David Spratt, Mark O'Sullivan
2	Bohemians	24/08/2012	A	0-1
1	Sheriff YC	19/08/2012	A	2-1	David Spratt, Roy Long

An Icon of Individualism

An Icon of Individualism

Single focus, tunnel vision

What she wanted, her decision

Cabinet, frightened schoolboys all

The iron handbag made them crawl

Opposed a ban on ivory trade

Las Malvinas, rash crusade

Belgrano most heinous of crimes

Three hundred and twenty three lives

           

Against Mandela and the ANC

Apartheid reign got your decree

You beat the Unions methods sly

You let the hunger strikers die

Football fans the under class

Big Brother ID cards en masse

Hillsborough’s deathly lies laid bare

Collusion, scorn and laissez faire.

Coal mines closed throughout the land

Miners left with cap in hand

Ruined communities, burn and slash

While coppers goaded them with cash

Community charge your force majeure

Burden moved from rich to poor

Geoffrey Howe so quiet and meek

Dug the knife in firm and deep

You helped Pol Pot while cast away

Took Pinochet for tea one day

With hungry children across the nation

School milk a further deprivation

Your latter years were filled with pain

Dementia, small strokes chipped away

Gone from your own mind, however

Your monstrous past remains forever

Well she has finally died and while I cannot condone celebrating the death of a frail old lady the world must never forget the horrible things she did to so many people.

The list goes on and on and on.

The name was taken from the following article from Russell Brand.

All the TV of the last week has certainly taken me back to the 80's and while I have this romantic notion of my teenage years, it certainly was economically a dank and dismal time.