Festive Jeer
Four clubs stand out from the crowd on Christmas Day. Three of them are Casuals – Corinthian-Casuals, Walton Casuals, Wolverhampton Casuals – but there is also Upton Athletic Association. Why are these four teams so special? They all contain the letters of Santa Claus.
Upton Athletic Association play in the West Cheshire Association Football League Division 1 and are in a mid-table position after 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. Walton Casuals and Corinthian-Hyphen-Casuals both play in the Ryman South. It’s a shame the fixture makers didn’t arrange for these two teams to play in the Boxing Day matches. Finally, Wolverhampton Casuals are languishing near the foot of the West Midlands League.
Of course, there are only three teams with the letters of Christmas –these are Boldmere St Michaels, Bugbrooke St Michaels and Meltis Corinthians. And, before you start to scour the internet with a team containing the letters of Boxing Day, FootballCynic can advise you to stop wasting your time.
Below – Upton Athletic Association.
Upton Athletic Association play in the West Cheshire Association Football League Division 1 and are in a mid-table position after 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. Walton Casuals and Corinthian-Hyphen-Casuals both play in the Ryman South. It’s a shame the fixture makers didn’t arrange for these two teams to play in the Boxing Day matches. Finally, Wolverhampton Casuals are languishing near the foot of the West Midlands League.
Of course, there are only three teams with the letters of Christmas –these are Boldmere St Michaels, Bugbrooke St Michaels and Meltis Corinthians. And, before you start to scour the internet with a team containing the letters of Boxing Day, FootballCynic can advise you to stop wasting your time.
Below – Upton Athletic Association.
Lady Knobhead was in a foul mood after making a thorough mess of the Christmas Sudoku puzzle in her Country Life magazine. It was something of jumbo one to keep puzzlers especially busy after too much port had been drunk at the Christmas dinner table. After some whooping and rejoicing where she muttered things like “Huh, I’ve cracked it – they’re never as hard as they seem”, things took a turn for the worse when there were too many 8s in one line.
It was one of those moments when Lady Knobhead’s nostrils flare and it is best to say nothing until something unrelated happens. Something dire came on TV and Lady Knobhead without consultation turned it off. “Do you remember the old parlour games?” she said, recalling her distant youth. We went through a number of old games the family used to play like “Rat-a-tat-tat”, “The Minister’s Cat” and others that I don’t recall.
I suddenly thought of the idea of trying to find football teams with the words Santa Claus in them. “Newcastle United” replied the football-hating, Lady Knobhead and seemed as satisfied as she had been earlier when the Sudoku puzzle was going well. It seemed plausible, but a piece of paper and pen proved that her guess fell short by three letters. I told Lady Knobhead that she was wrong. “Upton Athletic Association”, she promptly replied in a trilling voice, looking more jubilant as she spilt the last of her glass of port. “Damn me”, you are right, I replied, whereupon I hurried off to my den to check out Footballcynic’s Christmas offering. And there, lo and behold, were three more Santa Claus teams. It’s time for some more port, I fancy, and probably best not to mention the Sudoku. (FootballCynic writes: Is Rat-a-tat-rat a form of Postman's Knock but with rodents involved? More port needed)
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i play for Wovlerhampton Casuals. i bet the lads dont know this. (FootballCynic writes: Ian, great to hear from you. I am sure the lads will be delighted)
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Manchester City contains all the letters of sh**e. (FootballCynic writes: Well, this is true, ABS. More interestingly, an anagram of Manchester City is Synthetic Cream.)
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Goodness me, Mr Cynic. You have never played Rat-a-tat-tat? It's a fine card game where you have to try to get the lowest points in your hand by swapping cards. There is, of course, a peek card and a power card to make the game more challenging for those with an IQ in excess of 50. Rodents are not needed for this game. In reply to And Berbabtov Scores, I amazed that Synthetic Cream is an anagram of Manchester City. (FootballCynic writes: It sounds as though Rat-a-tat-tat's peek card and power card would challenge most readers of footballcynic.com)
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