sunset sprint session at woodbourn road track

meanwhile joseph and his chesterfield teammates ground out a hard-earned 0-0 draw with doncaster rovers in the sunshine at warminster road

at the kings centre this morning for giles' ordination

friendly games against the chesterfield emerging talent centre at gosforth fields today, some good football and a good battle against the u12 group

very proud of farmor too as she made her first ascent of pen-y-ghent with meg - particularly adept at the scrambling sections!

very proud of megan who climbed her first mountain today along with farmor, and not a shabby one either, but a true yorkshire classic, pen-y-ghent

out to farnley to walk the washburn valley section of the six dales trail

walk (and dribble!) to wath

chilling out with nine mens morris

friendly v sheffield united academy at shirecliffe tonight, good challenge but lost 5-1

not quite the deathly hallows.. but entertaining tales of three brothers all the same!

quick visit to canons ashby

relaxing and reclining with the rellies

really great to see pat n pat again!

out to the broadfield with the mitchells for richard's birthday celebration

grimsby town festival today, with games against lincoln city (won 1-0), doncaster rovers (won 1-0), scunthorpe united (drew 0-0 but won penalty shoot-out), grimsby town (won 1-0) and notts county (lost 0-3)

lost 6-3 to a strong and fast nottingham schoolboys side at graves this morning

meg was at hillsborough college this evening - mercifully indoors - for futsal training with sheffield united academy girls

away to bradford city at woodhouse grove school, rough pitch and rough opponents, created loads of chances, ended 2-2

schoolboys friendly against greenhill at graves, beaten 2-1 by a really good team

the kids are loving having a dog-sitting day - here's myla taking megan for a walk around chelsea park!

great match between dobcroft and porter croft at tapton this afternoon, sadly ended with a 2-1 loss

back at graves for schoolboys green 'un tournament, here's joseph in action against scarborough

a red sun rises over oslo, on the home swing

andy's new year stanage panorama

the kids had a good time too!

out to blow the cobwebs off! nice new year's walk with the mitchells at stanage

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

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