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Statement Of Intent...
Despite this website not getting the loving attention it had become accustomed
to of late, Chiesa bosses have not been resting on their laurels. Far from it, this season has been termed Promotion or Bust
by the top brass, and to signal how serious we are, we have hired a electronic board in the middle of all major shopping centres
advertising our intention for the coming season. Not content with that wehave splashed out on new shorts for both kits, and
blue socks to boot! You better be taking us seriously rest of Division Three... (14.09.05)
One More Fucking Hit...
Judging by the emails and letters that have been arriving at Chiesa HQ,
our fans are climbing the walls! Barely any news has been forthcoming about Hornchurch's favourite football club since the
season ended and our loyal supporters are beginning to suffer symptoms similar to the cold turkey Renton went through in Trainspotting
all those years ago.... Questions are keeping them awake at night and they are waking up in a cold sweat... Are there going
to be any pre season friendlies??? Where will home matches be staged next season???? Will Samuel Knowles have grown
a beard before he is allowed to play again??? Oh I can't put you through it any longer beloved fans - We will be fielding
two sides in a 5 a side competition at the Fire Brigade Ground, Aveley on June 26th, while there are acouple of friendlies
organized for late August/ early September - details tbc. Our home ground is being worked on as we write, and the length of
Knowles' ban??? Well, who knows, it could go on for ever.... (16.06.05)
It's That Time Of Year Again...
Nails are being bitten and acceptance speeches prepared all over Hornchurch
as the winner of coveted La Chiesa Player of the Year award is to be revealed. As expected, midfielders feature heavily
in the Player of the Year category, with Dean Jordan, Iain Gay and Colin Williams nominated, along with defender Terry
Soteriou, dimunitive striker Adam Jeffers and last years runner up John Riley.
The winner will be announced at
the LCDC gala dinner later this month. (26.04.05)
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Norden the Silver Lining Of 5 a Side Misery...
A little while ago, Sunday June 26th to be exact, La Chiesa sent two teams
to the annual Barking Colts 5 a side tournament in Aveley. In the weeks building up to the event we had dreamed of seven
man squads, a final involving both LC/DC entries, a pulsating match that was to finish all square and the cup be
shared by US... and US! On the day only the ten overweight, hungover, dont want to be here, couldnt give a shit
members of the squad arrived... The La Chiesa Reds, featuring Adam Jeffers, Iain Gay, John Riley, Warren Hardwick, and Danny
Trew were to win two games out of five, including a momentous comeback against Mansard when Towser scored the winner his first
goal for the club (including training), while the LC/DC Blues (Dennis Peck, Mark Harris, Cy Taylor, Samuel Knowles, and
Darren Hodsoll) were to record just the one victory, with a draw and three defeats to boot... disappointing stuff indeed.
However, the banter was there! Whether it was was poking fun at unpleasant sights behind the Burger Bar stall, or guffawing
the state of Soul Provider Taylor between matches, it was good to be back amongst the lads on a Sunday. The coup de gras,
however was Chiesa String Jeffers' hilarious Dennis Norden impersonation... " 'If you're one of those people who thinks that
they're one of those people, then you're probably...." <pause for effect>... "one of those people....!!' Piss off
Norden!" Different class! How I love the lads! (13.07.05)
La Chiesa Roadshow rolls on...
This week La Chiesa take on Bryant Rovers in what will be their last fixture
of the 04/05season. A home match in name but, as with the national side since Wembley was demolished, we are travelling around
the country until our new stadium is built. Coopers, The Leys, Avondale Drive and now Warren School have all had the pleasure
of hosting our matches his year and are all in the race to be our permanent hosts next season (well, Coopers might not be
so keen). Amazingly enough, our lack of a home pitch has actually IMPROVED our home record - a win at the Leys, and a creditable
draw at Avondale Drive - maybe we should keep on the move next season? Anyhow, all at LC/DC would like to thank our various
landlords for putting up with our highly strung performers in the last six months or so...(27.04.05)
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We're Sane and Everybody Else is Crazy!
In the crazy world of Sunday Morning Football, it has often been overheard
in changing rooms that certain players would rather have their nose/jaw/legs broken than have somebody spit in their direction.
Weighing up the six weeks off work, agonising pain, possible disfigurement, retirement from the game, inability to walk for
months, against the horrendous prospect of wiping their arm across their shirt/shorts its easy to see the logic behind their
reasoning... Anyway I always new Guillem was a kindred spirit - La Chiesa are truly a continental team playing in the East
End of London!!! (21.09.05)
Guillem's view on this 'Taboo' subject
Chiesa Find a Place To Call Home...
Marvin Gaye may be happy to call his wherever his hat lays, and the littles
hobo was happy to rough it, but us Chiesa boys like to know where our home is... and now we do. Arranged by Norden impersonator/
Local string, Adam Jeffers, Cottons Park, London Road, Romford is the place where we will be thrilling crowds every other
week in the 2005/06 season. Check out the exclusive picture above ,of the daunting entrance to the new home of football -
who could fail to be impressed/daunted??? (18.07.05)
Italian Cousins Are Fellow Sufferers...
A season that had looked as though it could be spectacular for LC/DC and
sister club AC Milan, ended in heartbreak for both as they fell at the final fence in two of the planet's premier cup
competitions. BAck in early April, La Chiesa felt the pain of Arthur Atkinson defeat at the hands of Maze, and so it
was left to the Milanese Rossoneri to do their bit and bring home the equally prestigious UEFA Champions League Trophy. Alas,
it was to be the Mickey Mousers that triumphed in one of the most thrilling football matches the world has ever seen and all
at Chiesa could empathise with Milan legend Paolo Maldini when he phoned fellow veteran John Riley in tears minutes after
the penalty shoot out ended... " Johnny itsa terrible, Ive a never felta pain like it! Now I know how you guys
felta at Thurrock when those Pezzonavantes from Maze fluked the Arthur Atkinson... boo hoo... I am a weeping like a Bambino...."
(16.06.05)
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