Don’t worry if you’re not into football. this is not a big footbally blog. It’s not going to be a blog entry of any significant size anyway, because I’ve got some ‘family ministry’ to do. I’ve been banging on a bit about family life and one element that has been interesting in my family fortunes […]
Read More The Role Of Football In The Dryden FamilyIt’s all about the best winning. Today was the FA Cup final between Portsmouth and Chelsea. Portsmouth have finished bottom of the Premier League while Chelsea have won the Premier League scoring a record amount of goals. I was reliably informed that this was the game that ‘no one wanted Chelsea to win’. Others suggested […]
Read More Why David vs. Goliath Is Not About The UnderdogThe thing about blogging is that in a sense it is a diary, it is a journal it is the placing of information about me and stuff and often it’s done with no reference to the historical context in which it exists. Often with a diary I don’t have to put down where such and […]
Read More You Support Liverpool?? DMCD Guide To Footy LoyaltyI enjoy spending some time reflecting on the issues of life. It’s good for me. It keeps me sane when I want to go berserk. So anyway, today I was given that opportunity to do some reflecting and it occurred to me that the story has a lot to do with whatever success I have in life. I do […]
Read More Power of the StoryAs I’ve noted before I’ve just suffered for the umpteenth time the fact that me hard drive has been corrupted seeing the end of a lot of work over 2009 and usually bringing on a season of mourning and great sadness. It did cause considerable inconvenience over the time I was without it and I […]
Read More Thanks For The Things That LastI don’t usually write about football on this blog. I know I did earlier on in the days of this blog, but since the other blog’s come along I’ve tended to share my comments about the sport to that site. Bear with me over this two-parter, if you’re not that way inclined, there is method […]
Read More Playing Out Of Position – Part OneQuite a lot to put out tonight and it’s a job to keep it all in perspective, but I’ll give it me best shot. First of all there is a saying that in terms of the meals of the day that it’s best to have breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner […]
Read More Food, Focus, Football and ChangesJust look at their track record, two European Cups, several league championships, other trinkets and memorabilia. It is no surprise that Brian Clough’s best days in management were when he had Peter Taylor by his side. It is no surprise that people tend to succeed well when they are surrounded by good people who help […]
Read More Getting Good Sense From Ol’ Big ‘eadJust look at their track record, two European Cups, several league championships, other trinkets and memorabilia. It is no surprise that Brian Clough’s best days in management were when he had Peter Taylor by his side. It is no surprise that people tend to succeed well when they are surrounded by good people who help […]
Read More Getting Good Sense From Ol’ Big ‘eadI’ll probably be in a better position to give a review of February after tomorrow, when I intend to prayerfully look back on what kind of month it’s been and the lesson learnt. For now I want to point out the new series beginning on me other blog as well as a brief update on […]
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