Back in the “Big Field”

February 16, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“Tonight, Me and my Mam got time to play football. I was practicing being in goal. I saved nearly all of the shots. I wish I was in goal more often. I did some diving. Mam was second best tonight. My Mam is slow like a 89 year old”. Alfie Lowe, Aged 8. {I lost […]

Four gems from today

November 22, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Goal Number 1. Goal Number 2. Goal Number 3. Can you see where this is going?… Goal Number 4. Yes! This handsome fella only went and scored four goals in one match today! You’d think the more goals scored, the quieter one Mam would become. Yyyyyeeaahh…about that… …although, I do think there’s one […]

Back in the game

September 13, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

…not that Alf ever stopped playing football because, err, this is Alfie Lowe we are talking about. There’s something to be said about watching the younger kids play football. They are brilliantly funny, their little faces full of concentration {and that tongue poking out at times too, Alf}, the way their legs go, their reactions […]

{captured} A Penrhos Rose

July 9, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“Mam, rho’r camera i lawr a dyro gic i’r pel ne!” // “Mam, put the camera down and kick the ball!” …and there ended an evening of what I like to call “just messing around with the camera”. But I beat Alf at football, so that was something ;)

Annwyl Bois Bach…

June 8, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Robb | …and just like that, by putting on a pair of glasses, I see a glimpse of the teenager that is soon to arrive at ours. Alfie | So much more confident in the village Summer League than anywhere else!…even if your shorts are way too big and back to front. {Insert all […]

To All You Parents On the Sideline

February 22, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

To you on my left. I know, I’m cold too. To you on my right, I can’t feel my toes, either. To those of you on the other side of the pitch, supporting the other team. We nod at each other, roll our eyes and do the ‘what are we thinking face’. That’s when we haven’t […]