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20th July 2010

Inter Club friendly
Saturday 1st versus Saturday reserve team
Followed by End of season do

We are pleased to advise that the club is to hold an 'Out with the Old and In with the New Party' to celebrate the end of last season and to welcome and look forward to the new season with all the players, officials and supporters of the club. The party will be in the form of A Hog Roast at The Black Horse (hopefully in the garden weather permitting) on Saturday August 7th from 7.30pm. At the function we will present the Players and Clubman of the Year trophies for last season. The cost for a great meal will be £15 per head. So that we can make sure we order the appropriate size 'pig' please let Boozer, Gary, a Manager or any member of the committee know you are coming. Partners and wives are welcome. Cash or cheques in advance with your booking will also make the administration much easier. Please support the night.

7th April 2010

Matt Edwards looking for London Marathon sponsors

Matt Edwards and his wife are running in this years London Marathon in aid of 'The Prostate Cancer Charity' and are hoping to raise £2,000. If anyone would like to sponsor them then please click on the link here www.justgiving.com/matt-edwards

15th March 2010

Referees do have a sense of humour after all!

After handing in a team sheet a few weeks ago, finally we found a referee with a sense of humour. Quick as a flash after reading through the list he turned to me and said your changing room must be hilarious ... what with Tommy Cooper and the young ones!

It took me a second to get it, but he was referring to Tom Cooper and Yun Wong!

Gary Manser looking for Sponsors

As you may be aware, I have been lucky enough to secure a place in the London Marathon in April 2010. The purpose of this email is to ask for your support in my challenge to raise as much money as possible for my chosen charity which is Sense.

Sense is the leading national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind. They provide expert advice and information as well as specialist services to deafblind people, their families, carers and the professionals who work with them. They also support people who have sensory impairments with additional disabilities. A link to their website can be found below:

http://www.sense.org.uk/

To make it easier for you to donate, I have set up an online donation page which can be accessed via the link below. It is very simple to use and makes it easier for you, the charity and myself. However, if you are a traditionalist and would prefer to fill in a paper sponsorship form, I have plenty available. Either give me a call on 07941194386 or grab me or my brother (Jay) in the pub.

Click here to go to Garys fund raising page http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=GaryManserLondon2010

Thank you in advance for your support which is greatly appreciated.

Gary Manser

16th February 2010

Help wanted - anybody know who the half-a-head is right at the back?

This picture was taken the night of the England vs West Germany Semi-final in 1990... looking at the smiles obviously before the game!!! Some familiar faces I think. Anybody know who the half-a-head is right at the back?

Right at the back: Steve Waterman
Next row: ???????, ???????,
2nd from front: ???????, Boozer, ???????, ???????,
Front:
Phil Craxton, Mark Files?, ???????, ???????, ???????, ???????, Tim Nagel

10th February 2010

Players get in touch with their feminine side

With the accusation recently that the players of today are not as macho or committed to football as they were in previous era's 'over the bar' has been on the case trying to figure out whether there is any truth in these accusations from those one time legends of the black and whites or if they are just the mumblings of old men with short memories!

Now we here at 'over the bar' are not in the habit of passing judgement and understand that in today's more 'metro sexual' environment that the modern man has a right to be more in touch with his feminine side, we even once used a candle and not only for use seeing in the dark!

Now 'over the bar' has held discussions with some players over the reasons they have given for not turning up to football and we will leave it to our readers to decide who is right in this particular argument as we do not want to be deemed as bias! Below are some of the excuses for player's unavailability!

First up a certain Ginger haired centre half of the Sunday 1st team could not make a fixture a couple of seasons ago while playing for the reserves due to cooking his girlfriend a BBQ, fair enough you say. But we delved deeper, sure I know what your thinking it was a family or friends gathering - no just the 2 of them, ok it must have been her birthday - wrong again, well it must have been a beautiful sunny summers day, no afraid not it was in November and raining!

Next up we have a big burly old fashioned centre forward who likes to put himself around, surely he would only miss a game in the most drastic of circumstances like his 4 year anniversary with his girlfriend (they actually split up for about 6 months as well so technically only there 3 1/2 year anniversary!) well at least they went away somewhere special, well not quite a show up in London. Very nice, a meal and an evening performance well almost - McDonalds and the cheaper matinee sitting!

Next up we have a veteran of Pembury FC who is only 25, has been playing for years in lots of different positions and is a regular for Sat and Sun 1st team, now a few seasons ago when his girlfriend was at Uni in Manchester it was understandable he may miss the odd game while visiting her, but this season she moved to Paddock Wood so how on earth could he miss a game now - well she was practising cheerleading so he had to go and watch.

Then there is the player who after being turned down by almost every girl in the UK moved onto neighbouring country France and now spends some weekends there, before his reputation and personality filter through and she dumps him!

These are just a few of the examples of excuses and reasons for not being available which 'over the bar' has come across. Now you can make up your own minds! Plus if you have any 'questionable' excuses of your own please send them in!

3rd February 2010

Pride Provides Solution to Fixture Congestion

As we all know the football world has experienced some severe weather conditions over the last few months and this has caused havoc to an already congested fixture list with many doubting if the 2009 / 2010 season will actually finish before this years upcoming world cup in South Africa.

In order to come up with a solution to this issue some of the areas greatest minds convened at the notorious watering hole The Black Horse. Witnesses confirmed some of those in attendance were Saturday 1st Team Manager Michael Brown, Sunday 1st Team Manager Mark Lester, players Marc Wood and Mark Wyles alongside Pembury stalwart Phil Craxton.

With such an array of minds congregating in one place anticipation and a small crowd grew to see what innovative ideas this mob could come up with. After flippant suggestions such as the league been scrapped, tossing a coin over the phone and paper stone scissors it was left to Pembury Sunday Secretary Craxton to announce his revelation.

An idea that had brewed over the previous few hours along with several pints of Pride whilst suggestions fell away all around him the proposition to the league would be to introduce the triple header!! This way three games and therefore three weeks could be removed from the fixture list in one fell swoop.

A double header league game with the third being a cup game - this fits into Pembury's fixtures nicely as they have to play Simla in the league twice and once in the cup.

The absence of home-ridden Chairman Boozer meant such a decision would have to wait until he'd cleared up the Slovakian kit from his living room floor allowing him permission to leave his abode.

Veterans Fail to Navigate Venues

Local low level cloud cover led to senior players Mark Boorman and Steve MacMillan failing to navigate their way to recent away fixtures.

Their lack of willingness to embrace technology and utilise satellite navigation resulted in late arrival to a recent Kent Cup fixture near Ashford with both players bemused by the extreme weather conditions stating "we've never seen anything like it... all this cloud cover meant there wasn't the visibility to use the sextant I got for Christmas" on-looker Ollie Allman reportedly hadn't ever seen such a piece of technology commenting "it looks more like something my sister uses". Boorman's lack of direction continued the following weekend when trying to find the reserve teams game he ended up in East Peckham, many miles away from the oppositions pitch in Horsmonden.

7th January 2010

100 Club

Due to the fact that there has been no football over the last month or so and as a consequence it has not been possible to collect any outstanding 100 club membership fees the cash draw for December did not take place. The draw will however be carried forward and take place as soon as football is resumed and the remaining fees collected.

11th November

Sam Nagle Leaving Drinks

As you may or may not have been aware, Sam "Powerhouse" Nagle is heading back to Australia later this month. Sam has been an ever-present in both the Saturday and Sunday 1st teams this season but unfortunately since he has actually started to work in the UK after 6 months of tending to his facebook farm he has deemed it necessary to head back to sunnier climbs to re-familiarise himself with unemployment until he starts university in February.

To celebrate, sorry I mean comiserate him leaving the country and the club, we're going to have some drinks on Saturday 21st November. I hope it'll start by celebrating a double win for the Saturday sides in the Black Horse and then meet in town from around 8 onwards (venue yet to be determined).

Anyway, should you need to contact me for further details:

Mob: 0773 056 3354 Mail: liam.gent@barclaysglobal.com

All are welcome.

Liam/Posh/Partidge/Genty

19th October

Sponsors wanted

This is Caitlin Sargent, Nick Sargents Daughter. I was wondering if you could put a message on the Pembury website for us, as for Children in Need we are going to be doing a sponsered bike ride from Paddock Wood to Rye and back! On the 14th November. This is around 60 miles. We would apreciate any sponsers/donations. If you could ask people to see Dad (in the pub!) and he will write their names down on our sponser form or alternativley contact us on 07970926685.

6th October

Referee Assessor praises conduct of Saturday 1st team

Letter sent to Bill Baker click here Acrobat reader required

22nd September 2009

Best wishes Dan for a full recovery

Members of the club have asked Over-the-Bar to wish Cherry aka Dan Hughes (the Machine), a full recovery after Sundays first team game was abandoned due to him breaking his leg. A team member kindly sent in a picture of Dan recovering (see below)