Weekly Photo Challenge: Hands

Cheating Hands!

Celebrating Hands

Traffic Directing Hands

Symbolic Hands

Weekly Photo Challenge: Blue

Wingate & Finchley – The Blues
Danny Nielsen, the club captain, brings the ball forward.

The Blues and Royals
A member of the Houshold Cavalry Regiment standing guard outside Horseguards Parade

Blue Sky, Blue Sea, Blue Door
Tenerife

Football – When it CeasesTo Matter

On Saturday I attended the home game between Wingate & Finchley and Hastings United, a report of which will follow later.   After the match we congregated in the bar as usual to chat with each other and the players.   The man of the match award was handed out and we all applauded.   The tv was switched to ESPN so that the Tottenham fans and the non-Tottenham fans, who perhaps had alterior motives, could watch the match.   As we chatted about a variety of non-league football matters our attention was drawn to the sudden silence from the TV.  The camera had zoomed out and the commentator was talking in hushed tones…

We learned over the next few minutes of the collapse with a major heart attack of Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba.    As he was gently lifted onto a stretcher and carried from the field amidst a large gathering of medical personnel I think we were all prompted to consider just how minor a distraction winning or losing a game of football is when compared with the fragile nature of human life.   Our thoughts and prayers are with Fabrice, his family and his friends as he continues his battle for life.