a new christmas past time- 'yule be gonna'! or 'yule get decked in the halls of holly'! blame grandpa...controlled cumberland wrestling is the new fad!

might have no games for a week or two, but the training regime doesn't stop! sprinting..

trønder christmas gingerbread house

two little dribblers

god's gang christmas nerf war!

megan is loving the tuesday evening futsal sessions with sheffield united girls at hillsborough college

yay! new hob is fitted & working! christmas is still on!

sheffield united's new top striker - played 1, scored 1

megan played her first match for sheffield united girls today, unfortunately lost 5-1 against ecclesall rangers

early christmas dinner with partridge but sadly no pear tree!

skye and bethany looking beautiful - ready for the christmas ball!

spaghetti and meatballs dinner with four families!

spaghetti and meatballs dinner with four families

cosy winter breakfast table

back up to graves to train with millhouses

birthday party with mates from god's gang - watching the second fantastic beasts film, crimes of grindelwald

sheffield schoolboys v leeds b at graves, tight game, fiercely contested in midfield, sheffield didn't convert their chances, leeds had few chances but were lucky to get 2 penalties, ended drawn 2-2

forget gannets, locusts, rats - domestos even - nothing cleans up fish & chips like these 3!!

joseph with his runners-up medal after sheffield lost on penalties in the final of the west yorkshire schools cup in leeds. brave & strong performance in horrible, cold, wet, muddy conditions. joseph scored both his penalties too - very proud!

and then some well-earned pizza!

after the match it was a quick dash across town for the football team christmas party at jump

closest game of the past two seasons against rotherham, ended up losing 1-0

football

bible study on moses at god's gang with nathan

quick dash to the other side of the world to see manchester united take on young boys in the champions league - made a fun birthday surprise for joseph!

away at nottingham university this morning for notts county v chesterfield, roundly beaten 5-0, nonetheless a brave, battling display right to the final whistle

great win for sheffield schoolboys against leeds b at graves today, came from 2-0 down to win 5-3

over to sheffield united for a friendly against their emerging talent group, some good stuff but ended losing 9-6

back at leeds for schoolboys 7-a-side tournament - a good day out, qualified for the next round by thumping bradford, draws with leeds a & leeds b, wins over doncaster, barnsley & scarborough, then a narrow loss to york

well observed silence before east riding v sheffield schoolboys at south hunsley school, melton

battered 10-0 away at burton

outside lunch out with auntie margaret

joseph played up an age group tonight with chesterfield u12s, taking on sheffield schoolboys u12s, scored a goal and drew after normal time, unfortunately his (adopted) team went on to lose on penalties

great win today, ended chesterfield beating bradford 8-2, joseph played central defence throughout

joseph and his classmates with mr malik as they set off to the thornbridge residential

really good performance against rotherham in heavy rain, scored the first goal and played some great attacking football, but two quick counters at the end made it a 4-2 loss

birthday lunch was big bowls of tasty chinese noodles

megan loves Mondays, it's girls football club at school (look carefully and you might spot who else has snuck in......)

joseph dressed up smartly as he's representing sheffield schoolboys at football today, back at graves again to play doncaster schoolboys

quick dash across town to hillsborough for the wednesday v leeds game

chesterfield played hartlepool at home this morning, nice conditions and a great game, ended up winning 3-1

well it's started... megan had her first training session with sheffield united girls this evening! joseph finally has a bit of competition (not least in the calendar department too!)

first home game for chesterfield this season, beat lincoln city 7-4 in a hard-fought contest

joseph played his first competitive games with sheffield schoolboys at a tournament on a wet and windy day in leeds today

beat stockton b 1-0
drew with york a 0-0
lost to wirral b 1-0
so they didn't progress from their group
but they had fun playing leeds whites in a friendly that ended 3-3

after the rain came the sunshine, joseph and megan were down at woodbourn road stadium for sprint training

back in training at graves last night, a good 9v9 game against the emerging talent group

calm evening, perfect for a walk at longshaw, and naturally, tree-climbing!

out for a walk on the next section of the sheffield round walk

another sunny sunday morning, perfect for an away game on the costa del doncaster rovers! played great but only had 8 players and ended losing 3-2

gotta respect the skills! the gang are loving having qt with cousin adam