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Weekly Horoscopes ARIES March 21st - April 20th Having a friend you know you can trust implicitly and open your heart to is worth its weight in gold. You both understand each other’s thoughts and feelings without exchanging a world. Furthermore, you have lots of interests and involvements in common. If you’re already in a relationship, encourage your other half to pursue a life-long dream. This may involve you working while your partner goes back to school or takes a year off to work on a project.
INTUITION LISTENING TO YOUR INNER GUIDANCE! is why victims of domestic abuse are attracted to, or attract similar types of partners and often end up in more than one violent relationship. Our thoughts can lie to us telling us that our fears are real leaving us terrified and unable to trust ourselves let alone anyone else. As I have studied our physiology further, intrigued to find out how we can ‘know’ where to go and what to do without being told, I discovered that other organs have considerable intelligence and guide us towards happiness. When a new life is made in the womb the rational part of the brain is the last to be developed, the emotional part of the brain is created first but even before that the heart is up and running. During a heart transplant surgeons have to cut the nerves that connect the heart to the brain and don’t know how to reconnect them in the transplant patient, yet the heart starts beating once in place and continues to do so even though it isn’t connected to the brain. The human
heart is beyond amazing. So, you may be surprised to learn, in an age where emotions are classed as girly and logic is king, that the human heart has at least forty thousand neurons, as many as there are in the brain. The heart also sends as many messages to the brain as the brain sends out to the other organs. The heart has its own nervous system yet we don’t listen to what it says as much as we listen to our thoughts. The heart is more than qualified to steer us. When our brain sends information to react in a certain way to the rest of the body, all organs co-operate apart from the heart. There is a delay and the heart ‘thinks’ how to react and does so according to the situation not the stimulus from the brain alone. The heart deserves listening too and next week we are going to look at how we listen to our heart and access yet another guidance system that can lead us to the life we deserve :0)
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Christmas has come and gone, more pubs have disappeared as smokers strengthen their resolve to ignore these once great bastions of the working classes- most classes actually. AS the labour government stagger from one disaster to another put more people out of business and more people out of work they cannot fail to realise that their reign of terror is coming to an end as election time looms.
way to get your message across. Remember the mp’s don’t often use pubs or clubs, they are not too bothered but these posters will be seen by all passers by; they make an impact. Secondly, on the download section you will find the legal “no smoking” signs but with our sentiments added underneathCHOICE. Again, effective.
The lies and fabrications are now coming to the forefront as more and more people realise that the smoke ban (hidden under the banner of public health) was really only a social engineering exercise. Now ‘they’ have started on alcohol, obesity and the climate change con people are slowly realising the depth of duplicity this government are prepared to sink to. The only chance we have is people power “sheeple” will carry on as normal, “people power” people will not- they want change.
We have to unite and fight Wanna play the game folks? back and you have to protect your livelihood. Remember At f2c we have a whole sec- that 98% of the W.M.C.I.U tion compiled for the MP’s want smoking rooms and who voted for the smoke now the conservative ban. Go to the website, home survey has produced front page, download and 73% in favour of choice. then ban your MP posters. A simple but effective 73%! Yes it’s true WHICH
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A weekly column written by International Medium, Author & Visionary Joanne Gregory
We really are a fantastic species. Our bodies rejuvenate during a nights sleep; our brain turns short term memory into long term, we can heal ourselves with just our belief systems and are hard wired with everything we need to successfully navigate life. Despite this though many of us frequently hit the proverbial brick wall and find ourselves in an unfavourable position. The reason being, we forget to access the unexplainable ‘feelings’ or ‘promptings’ that steer us towards positive relationships or situations and away from negative ones. After an acutely scientific age it is important to remember that we have all we need within us to be happy. As you know I prefer an eclectic mix of science and spirituality. I have discovered that listening to our thoughts is not necessarily the way to get results. Our Amygdala, the gland at the base of our brain, likes to steer us toward familiar even if familiar is not necessarily productive. That
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PROPERTY
TAURUS April 21st - May 21st You’ll be put in charge of a new project at work that requires you to head up a team of people. Fortunately, you have good instincts about how to handle each member of your group. Some will need gentle nurturing, others a firmer hand. If you’ve been thinking of pursuing another career, explore one that involves counselling or training others. Psychology, human relations or mentoring are all areas worth exploring. You set a good example for folk to follow. GEMINI May 22nd - June 21st Staying stuck in the workaday world has dampened your spirits. You’re ready for a new adventure. Whether this means studying abroad, taking a trip overseas or moving to a foreign country is immaterial. The important thing is you get a change of scenery. Different surroundings will get your creative juices flowing. This is a great time to take up a musical instrument or revisit a hobby you loved as a youngster. It’s time to flex the artistic muscles you were born with. CANCER June 22nd - July 23rd You could inherit a beautiful heirloom or work of art. Instead of stashing it away out of sight, use it on a daily basis or put it in a prominent place. Saving such treasures for special occasions robs them of their value. A powerful executive could make you a great offer and this could be your opportunity to climb the ladder of success and widen your prospects by acquiring new expertise and experience. A loving partner should understand that they also have a lot to gain from this.
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LEO July 24th - August 23rd A tendency to put your romantic partner on a pedestal leads to incredible highs and lows. When you are enjoying the good times you are over the moon. If you experience disappointment, it feels like you’re plumbing the depths of despair and while these extremes aren’t necessarily healthy, they do make life interesting. You’d rather be passionately engaged in life than going through the motions. Learning new lovemaking techniques will pay off handsomely. VIRGO August 24th - September 23rd A passionate encounter prompts you to consider some big changes. You’re no longer willing to settle for a stable but boring job. Explore job opportunities related to fashion, entertainment or film. Working for a glamorous industry helps you buy luxury goods at a great discount. Take this opportunity to spruce up your wardrobe, buy some beautiful pieces of jewellery, and try high end cosmetics. You may be able to pick up a few gifts for loved ones along the way. LIBRA September 24th - October 23rd The performing arts have a strong hold on your heart. This is a great week to put all your many talents on public delay. It doesn’t matter if you head out to a karaoke bar with friends or take on a leading role at work. The important thing is you find an outlet for your creative abilities. Big changes are occurring on the home front. Moving to a more artistic community will put you in line for better jobs and a more stimulating social life. SCORPIO October 24th - November 22nd You get a lot of emotional satisfaction by staying close to home. A female relative or friend may come to stay with you. Entertaining her will help you escape from a boring routine. After she leaves, you may decide to make more time for your favourite activities. If an admirer is doing some hot and heavy flirting with you it could be the beginning of a passion packed partnership, if that’s what you want. You won’t have to make the first move; just keep playing hard to get. SAGITTARIUS November 23rd - December 21st Putting your feelings down on paper can be very illuminating. In the past, you’ve had difficulty articulating your devotion for a romantic partner. Instead of worrying about ruining your image, pour your thoughts into a love letter. Send it before you have time to reconsider. If you’re looking for work or a career change, explore opportunities that pay on a commission basis. You’ll earn far more this way, as you have a history of outperforming rivals. CAPRICORN December 22nd - January 20th Getting involved with a charitable cause restores your faith in humanity. It’s enlightening and energising to be surrounded by people who are willing to work together to help others. You may get a chance to plant a garden, paint a mural or work with youngsters. Putting your creative skills to work will put you back in touch with a side you’ve been neglecting. Maybe this is a sign you need to write, play music or paint on a regular basis, not just special occasions. AQUARIUS January 21st - February 19th People really like your creative vision. This is a great opportunity to present your work for review. Alternatively, you may want to sell your handiwork at a craft fair or gallery. You could make a handsome bit of extra cash this way. Cut back your work schedule for the sake of your hobbies. Spending more time on the activities you love helps you unwind and your chilled out look will be a real turn on for someone who hasn’t shown you much attention up to now. PISCES February 20th - March 20th You want to retreat from the rest of the world, but take care that your private hideaway doesn’t become an addiction. It’s such a relief to shield yourself from all the stress of work, family and personal responsibilities. Focusing your time and energy on your amour will draw you closer together. Having someone in your corner makes it easier to endure the aggravations of daily life. If you’re single, you could meet someone special at a very local club, pub or cinema.
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BIG STRYDE’S ‘Star In The Hood’ Tinchy Stryder returns. (O2 Academy, 6th Feb). After topping the charts with his groundbreaking debut ‘Catch 22’. Stryder hails from the Bow in East London, and has been referred to by Rewind Magazine as the “Prince of Grime”. He first gained fame performing on pirate radio stations in his early teens, including Deja Vu and Rinse. He became prominent in the underground scene after constantly going on radio and performing live shows with Wiley and Dizzee Rascal, who were prominent figures in grime at the time. Stryder came to prominence first in 2003, winning ‘best newcomer’ at the Sidewinder awards. Since then he has collaborated with many major artists in the grime genre, including two re-mixes with The Streets. Stryder received
a financial boost around this time when Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament Norman Lamb re-mortgaged his house to raise funds to chart Stryder’s first songs. (Now that’s what I call an MP!). Lamb’s son Archie is Stryder’s producer. His debut album Star In the Hood was released on 13th August 2007. A single “Breakaway” was released from the album, along with “Something About Your Smile”, and “Mainstream Money” as a bonus track. His next single, called “Take Me Back”, featuring Taio Cruz, was a popular hit following numerous plays on Radio 1, Kiss FM and many other TV and radio stations. Stryder’s next single, a collaboration with N-Dubz (whom he had toured with on their recent Uncle B tour), titled “Number 1” topped the UK Singles Chart giving Stryder and N-Dubz their first number one single. Tinchy Stryder: O2 Academy, Saturday 6th February, Door time: 6.30pm
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A BIT OF COLOUR ON THE SCENE! Ocean Colour Scene have clocked up an impressive 11 hit singles and five top 10 albums in the UK alone. We bring great tidings. Birmingham’s emperors of rock’n’folk Ocean Colour Scene are back with their ninth studio album, entitled Saturday. In the two years since 2007’s On The Leyline – described by Uncut as their “career best” – they’ve played with thrash metal bands in Korea, stolen the show at this year’s ‘V’ (where they were named ‘Band Of The Festival’ by Radio 2 and Absolute Radio) and later this month will jet off for a debut show in Dubai. Falling between the energetic pop/rock of mod revival and the psychedelic experimentation’s of Traffic, Ocean Colour Scene came to be
one of the leading bands of the traditionalist, post-Oasis British rock of the mid-’90s. Although they had formed in the late ‘80s and had several hits during the height of Madchester in the early ‘90s, the band didn’t earn a large following until 1996, when their second album, Moseley Shoals, became a multi-platinum success story in the U.K. Their ascent was greatly aided by Paul Weller and Oasis’ Noel Gallagher, who both publicly praised Ocean Colour Scene for keeping the flame of real rock & roll burning during the ‘90s. And, according to one specific definition, they were right, since Ocean Colour Scene was nothing if not rock & roll traditionalists, drawing heavily from British Invasion pop, psychedelia, soul, R&B, and blues-rock to create a reverential homage to classic rock. See them live onstage at Sheffield’s O2 Academy on the 9th. Ocean Colour Scene: O2 Academy, Tuesday 9th February, Door time: TBC, Show time: TBC
reviews by presley artist: Sade single: Soldier of Love release date: Mon 8th Feb
artist: The Who album: Greatest Hits release date: Mon 8th Feb
The Nigerian born singer exploded onto the Worlds charts in the ‘80’s. Making lounge music sound cool (kinda). ‘You’re Love Is King’ and ‘Smooth Operator’ being her two biggest hits at the time. The album ‘Diamond Life’ sold trillions it seemed and then she seemed to disappear from our radar. It’s easy for artists to disappear unwittingly, if the promotion isn’t there or the record company stops putting the money in, then you’re nowhere. The consensus at the time was that Sade had earnt so much money that she didn’t need to work ever again and so, quite simply, she stopped. That isn’t quite the whole truth, as with most things in the press (here not included) you have to not take everything at face value and try to eek the little bit of truth out of the whole thing. Yes she’s made a fortune, but she still made a few more albums, she just didn’t do the whole promotion trail as much as she once had. Having said that, this is the first album recorded and released for ten years. So what do we get? There’s an ageing in her voice that has improved it a lot I feel. It has much more depth to it. It’s maybe not as unique but it is far richer (bit like her bank balance!……….I know, bad gag!) The album’s production is as beautifully done as you would expect, but it’s much more than that. The only thing I can describe it to is the few ‘90’s Bryan Ferry albums, the Slave to Love era and beyond. It’s as full and as rich and passionate as that but with a powerful bottom end and chugging sparse guitar riffs stabbing in and out that makes it feel very current. If you weren’t sure about hearing Sade again, this is far better than anyone could have expected from her, it really is a very accomplished album. As always, if you want to check it out first, have a listen to it on her Myspace page, just Google the words Myspace and Sade.
I think partly, the CSI series is to blame for this release as they use ‘Wont Get Fooled Again’ heavily in their series. Well I say blame, what I should be saying is thankyou. Everyone should have a little bit of The Who in their collection somewhere I believe. Like The Beatles and The Stones you’re probably gonna prefer one era over another, I know I do. I wasn’t ever into the early mod stuff, but when they started to do the brilliant rock opera ‘Tommy’ and then later albums such as ‘Who Are You’ I loved them. The blues were still there but the rock was slammed right into the centre of their sound and it was astounding. If like me you only prefer one era then a collection of their biggest hits may not be the way to go, but on the other hand all the songs on here are such classics that it’s hard not to like ‘em. Plus if you go for the Special Edition (only two quid more) you get a full live 75 minute cd too, a bargain surely.
artist:You Me at Six single: Underdog release date: Mon 8th Feb After supporting the fantastic Paramore late last year, Underdog hit us on their own with their new single and a headline UK tour. This is ok but it’s not amazing. It does have that slightly annoying American College Rock sound to it especially vocally. I think supporting Paramore will have helped their name get out there, but I doubt that musically they can live up to it; it’s just not original enough.
The Parson Cross Amateur Boxing Club are proud to present for the first time ever the new and exciting Yorkshire Belt that can be competed for by any Senior Amateur Boxer in any of the twelve Olympic weight divisions The belt equivalent in amateur terms to the Lonsdale belt will be first contested by Light Weight Joe Rodgers Of the Parson cross Club against Tom Marcon of Wakefield And Middle Weight Callum Cotton also of the Parson Cross club will be up against Liam Walsh of Halifax. Plus supporting contest to make this a memorable occasion
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NEWSPAPERS CAN BE THE FUTURE I keep reading that newspapers are on the demise and that regional titles such as The Yorkshire Post and even our own Sheffield Star are looking towards new ways, for them, to make money. We know that the circulation of The Star is far below the levels it was however the parent company Johnstons Press have many titles under their belt which rely on classified advertising for their income. Johnston Press is to close its final salary pension scheme to existing members. The
company says it will help cut its pensions deficit, which has grown from £74m to £146m since 2002 which is another indicator that these are less prosperous times for them. Personally I buy The Star every night as it is a fairly decent read and obviously I have a professional interest in the content. When we look at all of the titles available in South Yorkshire it strikes me that none of them are as involved in the community these days as we are at The Mercury. A newspaper has
traditionally been much more than somewhere to read news and advertise and as the bigger titles have passed into national ownership they really do seem to have lost the community spirit. I well remember the days of the ‘Star Walk’ and there didn’t seem to be a community event that didn’t have the support of the local press. Successful business are all too well aware that it’s people that make the difference. The Mercury is involved in community based events on a regular basis and
JON SET TO MAKE A BIG IMPRESSION AT TRIBUTE CONCERT Entertainment and television star Jon Culshaw is the latest big name to sign up to a tribute concert in memory of the charity achievements of former radio presenter Dave Kilner. The impressionist and comedian will form part of the star-studded line-up performing at Dave Kilner - A Night to Remember. The event, taking place at Sheffield City Hall on Friday 30 April, has been organised by Dave’s widow Shirley and his two daughters Rebecca and Nicola and will mark the launch of a new charity to help local, disadvantaged children. Jon is renowned for his work with Radio 1’s Chris Moyles, Dead Ringers and Spitting Image where he came to fame with more than 40 voice impressions of personalities including the then Prime Minister John Major. More recently he has launched a new comedy sketch show with Debra Stephenson, The Impression Show, which is due to be released on DVD. Jon said: “Dave was a warm, bright, kind, funny man and a good friend. And a broadcasting legend, let’s not forget that. It is an honour to be part of a show that pays such a fitting tribute to him.” Other entertainment stars and bands linked to Sheffield who have confirmed so far include Joe Elliott and Rick
Savage from legendary rock group Def Leppard, Tony Christie whose recent Made in Sheffield album was an outstanding success and singer/songwriter John Parr – renowned for St Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion). Shirley said: “It is fantastic that Jon has agreed to perform at the concert. Dave and Jon were really close and, during his visits to Sheffield, he often used to pop round to our house to watch football on TV with Dave. “They worked together on many occasions and Jon supported Dave throughout his career, particularly when it came to charity events and we are so grateful he giving up his time once again. I’m sure his impressions will delight the audience and also help raise money for a worthwhile cause. “We are currently talking to other big names from Sheffield and are very confident of making further announcements in the coming weeks about additional acts to join the line-up.” Dave died aged 48. Born and bred in Sheffield, the fatherof-two, who lived in Whirlow, was a radio presenter with the best contacts book in the local world of showbiz and sport. He was also a prominent voice at Sheffield United, in fundraising for local charities and even in pantomime. It was as a DJ with Radio
Hallam and Hallam FM that he made his initial major impression. Starting as a 17-year-old trainee, he was with the radio station for more than 20 years. He eventually moved to Magic AM before becoming one of the guiding forces behind Peak FM when the Chesterfield station was launched. Then he returned to Magic AM. After his radio career, he became fundraising manager for Help A Hallam Child, running charity balls and other events. All the money raised from Dave Kilner - A Night to Remember will go to help local disadvantaged children. Tickets are on sale priced £25 and £30 available from the Sheffield City hall box office. For more information or to book call 0114 2789789 or visit www. sheffieldcityhall.co.uk.
the next one is in aid of the BBC Radio Sheffield Children’s Hospital Scanner appeal on February 26th at Wadsley Bridge WMC. Our circulation and readership is growing all of the time and I confidently predict that we will double in size over the next couple of years or so. More and more people are telling us that they see The Mercury all over the place and an indication of how well the paper is read is the simple fact that we never seem to have any returns at the end of the week. Advertisers come back to us time and time again and it’s good to hear people telling us how their advertising is working well for them. As businesses face difficult times the last thing they should do is stop telling people what they do as public relations and advertising are the very oxygen that businesses rely on for growth. If nobody tells you how are you supposed to
know. The secret of good advertising is to see your business as other people see it. Furthermore, if the medium you choose to advertise in doesn’t get read then it’s as bad as not advertising at all. Advertising is nearly always the first budget to be cut and then the accountants wonder why business continues to fall. Advertising should be a minimum of 6% of your annual turnover so if you take £3000 over the bar at the weekend it would not be unreasonable to look at a budget of £180 just for that weekend alone. The problem here is that you can only get out of any business what you are prepared to put in so if you only spend £20 per week on advertising that level of investment will yield a lower return. As we have the benefit of knowing how much is spent on advertising it will not surprise anyone that the most successful clubs are the ones that advertise the most. I rest my case.
NEW NEWS IS GOOD NEWS!
In response to the article inside the Mercury last week about people wanting to know where they can get sticks and strings etc. We have opened a branch of Real Time Music in Sheffield centre at the West One Plaza (off West St.) and are now stocking a wide range of guitar and drum related products and accessories (including strings, sticks and cables etc.) We’ve been established over 15 years in Chesterfield and with the news that Reverb was closing it’s doors, felt that there was a niche in Sheffield for a decent music shop in a central location - we stock most major brands and are the city’s only dealer for Gibson and Epiphone guitars. We support local musicians and anyone wishing to advertise a gig, or looking for musicians, please feel free to put up an ad in our store. Contact manager Mark atwww.realtimemusic. co.uk Tel 0114 2723683
Many readers via this column and their many letters have expressed their views As 2010 dawned, new internet venture the on the success or North West Sheffield News Online started on demise of the regions clubs. Russell Cavanagh is happy. local authority developments, Personally I have long As an experienced journalist readers’ comments, and more.” been a believer that if you and qualified photographer, Russell keenly stresses that provide the right entertainthe man behind North West it’s easy to start a free site, ment the the members Sheffield News Online website using the likes of wordpress. will still fill the clubs. loves finding out what’s com, and use it as a platform Proof in the shape of quality happening around his local for common-interest groups entertainment at Woodhouse area, writing up and illustrat- to broadcast their message or Mill WMC and it’s concert ing articles, then publishing news on. Russell said, “There’s secretary Ian Sheldon. them on the world-wide web. a revolution happening right Last month it was in the Russell said, “Being selfnow and access to many of shape of Alexanders publishing is a joy. Right now, the required resources is free. Palace, a top class group old-style journalism jobs are It’s maintaining quality of site resulting in a packed club. disappearing as traditional content that’s the hardest part!” Saturday last (30th) it was a media struggles to keep up with On what’s next, Russell said, Take That tribute. Another sell today’s accelerating digital de“We’ve already gained lots of out night for a worthy set of livery of news and information. enthusiastic exposure through lads. Highly entertaining. The News blogs like NWS News the online community and last song of the night “Raise Online are therefore sprouting an amazingly adept technical me up” featured none other up in a lot of places right now. director - living locally - from than the Concert Sec. himself “NWS News Online a prominent Sheffield digital targets news, features and other services company is voluntarily who proved that amongst his snippets affecting that part of helping develop the site further. many talents he is a better than average singer. In house Sheffield stretching from the We’re also working to be more North edge of the city and inclusive of local businesses, es- talent, what next. Next month mainly to the West of the A61 pecially as they play an integral at the club it’s the turn of an Abba tribute band on February (Halifax/Penistone Road). part in any thriving community 19th, Lets see if they can We publish community news, – digitally and on the streets.” help to make it three out of voluntary groups’ recruitment three resounding successes. and free events listings, Read North West Shefcampaigning features, people profiles, money advice articles,
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ENTERTAINMENT
DIRECTORY
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Arundel Ex-Servicemens Club.................................................... S2 1GN Crookes Social Club................................................................S10 1TD Firth Park WMC.....................................................................S5 6UP High Green WMC.................................................................. S35 4LE Handsworth WMC................................................................S13 9DD Smithywood WMC.................................................................S8 0NW Colley WMC...........................................................................S5 9LS Chapeltown WMC................................................................S35 2UU Noahs Ark............................................................................S12 2AL
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Bellhouse Road WMC.............................................................. S5 0RF Woodseats WMC...................................................................S8 OPS Walkley WMC.......................................................................S6 5BH Sheffield Foundry WMC........................................................... S2 1RT Carlton Social Club................................................................ S12 2QF Manor Estate Social................................................................ S2 1GN Queens Social Club.................................................................S2 4DG Jack In A Box....................................................................... S12 4RP The Blue Ball......................................................................S35 ODQ The Black Bull......................................................................S26 3XH The Pheasant........................................................................ S5 0DQ Forty Foot.............................................................................S5 8ND Woodhouse Westend WMC.....................................................S13 7ES
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Wadsley Bridge WMC..............................................................S6 1LB Albion Road........................................................................ S60 2NF Sheffield Lane WMC...............................................................S5 6HU The Victory Club, Darnall......................................................... S9 5HQ Park Gardeners ......................................................................S2 5AT Sheffield Trades & Labour....................................................... S2 5QQ
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The Angel........................................................................... S13 7EQ The Sherwood.....................................................................S12 4WG Old Crown.............................................................................S2 4LE Meadowfarm...................................................................... S35 8ZX Beighton Social.................................................................... S20 1AY The Bassett............................................................................S6 1AG Hasland Wmc.......................................................................S41 0LH Big Tree.................................................................................S8 0SF Handsworth Social................................................................S13 9AG Earl Marshall.........................................................................S2 3PZ Chapeltown WMC................................................................S35 2UU
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Woodhouse Mill...................................................................S13 9WF Farm Road S&C.......................................................................S2 2TP Southey Social...................................................................... S5 7QQ La Plata................................................................................ S6 2PB Birdwell Club.......................................................................S70 5UY Greasborough WMC............................................................. S61 4DX Renishaw MW....................................................................S31 9UW The Midland........................................................................ S21 1DX Rotherham Transport Club...................................................... S61 1AA Rawmarsh Trades.................................................................S62 7QS
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Mastin Moor......................................................................S43 4DW Old Whittington MS...............................................................S41 9NL Dunston Inn......................................................................... S41 8HA Dusty Miller........................................................................S43 4TW Brimington Social.................................................................S43 1HH Red Lion..............................................................................S41 8LX Newbold WMC......................................................................S41 8EJ Club Chesterfield...................................................................S40 1DL North Wingfield MW............................................................S42 5NR Triple S.............................................................................NG17 3ED Victoria Club.........................................................................S41 8LX
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SOCIAL CLUB ARUNDEL CROOKES Mulehouse Road, Crookes S10 - 0114 266 0114 Ex-Servicemens Club
780 City Road, Sheffield - 0114 239 7151
Thursday 4th February
METROPOLIS Friday 5th February
DREAM GIRL Saturday 6th February
DREAM ON Sunday 7th February
BEDLAM Monday 8th February
CARLO PAUL SANTANA Thursday 11th February
Sunday 7th February
KELLY JORDAN Excellent Female Vocalist Saturday 13th February
LAUGHING GRAVY Superb Group
Contact Details Secretary 07801 606271 Club 07833 634057
WEDNESDAYS Blitz/French Jive Dancing (Concert Room) Ladies Section Evening in the Midland Suite followed by Ladies Raffle, Spot the Ball and a quiz in the lounge
ALBERT’S SKIFFLE BAND Thurs 11th February
JACK’S RAKE Folk, Acoustic & Traditional
Thurs 18th February
THURSDAYS
Blitz/French Jive Dancing (Concert Room)
SHAMROCK
Much Loved Local Irish Band & Guests
CARRY ON CABARET Sunday 7th February
STEVE ANDREWS
HANDSWORTH WMC
445 Handsworth Road Sheffield 0114 269 2525 Serving Quality Beers : Stones Situated on A57 on Bus Routes 52, 85, 215, 216
EVERY TUESDAY - LOUNGE BINGO
ONE MISSION ALISTAIR RAINES Sunday 7th February
TWILIGHT ZONE
COLLEY WMC - SAT 6th FEBRUARY
KENNY LYNNE SHOW 56 Idsworth Road - Sheffield - S5 6UP Telephone: 0114 242 6321 or 0114 243 8030
Saturday 6th February
Welcome Return of Top Vocalist
CRAIG DEAGON
for Great Weekend Entertainment
Superb Band
Thurs 4th February
Bowling Section Evening (In the Lounge)
Saturday 6th February
AFTERSHOCK
JOHNNY H BAND
TUESDAYS
Friday 12th February
Sunday 7th February
Saturday 6th February
in the Lounge
ANALICIA RYAN
Smithywood Road - Woodseats Tel:0114 2551909
Come to Smithywood
Dancing
Every Wednesday & Thursday - Lounge Bingo Every Friday - Bingo throughout the club
COMPETITIVE PRICES ON ALL DRINKS
SMITHYWOOD WMC
Tombola (with Jackpot House Every Night Except Thursdays MONDAYS Thursday Saturday Keep-Fit Music Nights 6th February Ballroom & Sequence
Monday Night quiz - 9:30pm onwards 8 pint s to the winner
FREE FUNCTION ROOM AVAILABLE Contact the committee
The Market Place - Chapeltown
Tel: 0114 246 2570 - Fax: 0114 257 7305 Friday 5th February
Great 5 Piece Band
HAYLEY
Saturday 6th February
every saturday in the lounge hero karaoke
HOT PROPERTY
bingo downstairs in lounge
Sunday 7th February
monday, wednesday, thursday, friday
Bus Routes too and from the club are Nos 17, 47, 48, 75, 76 & 265 from Barnsley
HIGH GREEN WMC 15 WESTWOOD ROAD, HIGH GREEN 0114 284 8239
Friday 5th February
CABARET
NOON EVENING
BEN GEDDES PHIL JAMES
Every Monday - Ladies Night & Raffle Every Wednesday - Take Your Pick & Tombola Every Thursday - Quiz Night Tuesday & Fridays are MARKET DAYS in the car park: any enquiries contact club JOHN SMITH’S AND STONES BITTER - NOW ON SALE
Lisa & Chris Welcome you to the
NOAH’S ARK
197 Mansfield Road, Sheffield S12 2AL - 0114 239 8681
Saturdays FAMILY NIGHT with Childrens Disco Sunday Lunch - EXOTIC DANCING
Live Entertainment - 3 Nights a Week
Sunday 7th February
PAT O’CONNOR
HI-DEFINITION Tuesday 9th February
SARAH KIDMAN
Friday, Saturday & Sunday Nights Friday 5th February
COLLEY WMC 2 Margetson Road, Parson Cross, Sheffield Telephone: 0114 232 1529
The Best Weekend in Town Friday 5th February
STAYRICH Saturday 6th February
TWILIGHT ZONE Sunday 7th February
COYOTE
Every Tuesday - from 8:30pm
LADIES DANCE NIGHT PLUS WIN A GALLON OF BEER
QUIZ NIGHT Wednesday 10th February
PLUS 3 TOMBOLA FLYERS
Saturday 6th February
STEVE ANDREWS
Monday - Quiz Night Tuesday - Buskers Night Thursday Curry Night & Pint £4.95
Friday 12th February
CARMEL
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BELLHOUSE ROAD WMC
470 Bellhouse Road - Shiregreen - 0114 245 6153
Friday 5th February Rock night!!!
BROWN BOTTLE BAND Saturday 6th February
SPIRAL SCRATCH Sunday 7th February
MENS CLUB
WALKLEY WMC
287 Providence Road - Walkley Tel: 0114 234 5020 Friday 5th February
CAREFREE Saturday 6th February
STEVE ADAMS Sunday 7th February
HAYLEY plus Fun Quiz WIN 10 PINTS!!!
No. 95 Bus Stop 50 Yds Away
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SOCIAL CLUB Saturday 6th February
RICHIE TAYLOR TRIBUTE SHOW Sunday 7th February TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE CONCERT ROOM BINGO, QUIZES, DOMINOES AND CHIP BUTTY NIGHT FUNCTION ROOM AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS THE CONCERT ROOM IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE
NEW MEMBERS WELCOME
COYOTE
MANOR ESTATE SOCIAL CLUB TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY
WOODSEATS WMC Friday 5th February
MIKE EVERLEY
Saturday 6th February
SCANDAL
Sunday 7th February
INDIFFERENT JAMMING SESSION EVERY SUNDAY
3pm Start - ALL WELCOME Every Monday - 8pm
Line Dancing with the Arizona Shufflers Every Thursday 12-3pm
Dancing with the Steel City Dancers Monday
LOUNGE BINGO WITH JACKPOTS FUNCTION ROOM AVAILABLE FOR HIRE 7 DAYS A WEEK CONTACT THE CLUB FOR DETAILS
MANOR ESTATE SOCIAL CLUB
City Road, Sheffield Tel: 0114 239 8156 Friday 5th February
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW Saturday 6th February
NIGHT BY NIGHT Sunday 7th February
RUBY RUBY COYOTE RED ROCKS Tuesday 9th February
104-106 Beaumont Road, S2 TELEPHONE: 0114 264 1987 Saturday 6th February
KAREN KRISTIAN Sunday 7th February
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Monday to Friday FUNCTION ROOM AVAILABLE No Charge - Buffet Availble if Required
POKER NIGHT - EVERY FRIDAY 8:30pm Start - Cash Prize
QUEENS SOCIAL CLUB 4 Queens Road - S2 Tel: 0114 272 5544
Friday 12th February
STEPHANIE KING’S STAGE ACADEMY SPECTACULAR Show Starts at 8pm Tickets £3.00 EVERYONE WELCOME
Jack-In-A-Box
117 Silkstone Road - Frecheville S12 4RP Tel: 07721 052574
Tuesdays - GAMES LEAGUE Wednesdays - QUIZ & BINGO Thursdays - POOL LEAGUE Friday 26th February
SEASIDE RENDEZVOUS
Sundays KARAOKE WITH LOUISE + PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT FOR THAT EXTRA SPECIAL PARTY CONTACT US
THE BLUE BALL EVERY THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Jimmy Jones QUIZAOKE SHOWNIGHTS A Full Night of Entertainment
CABARET - QUIZ - KARAOKE - TAKE YOUR PICK THE TREASURE CHEST
EVERY SATURDAY
LIVE ARTISTES / KARAOKES / DISCO EVERY SUNDAY
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ EVERY TUESDAY BINGO
Andrea & Paul Welcome You To
FORTY FOOT Wordsworth Avenue - S5 8ND Telephone: 07961 795817
SUNDAY 7th FEBRUARY
RACHEL RAYNOR
SUNDAY 14th FEBRUARY
VINCE LEE GAYLE
HAPPY HOUR Monday to Thursday 12-8pm Friday 12-4pm
Wednesdays - Free Pool
Fridays Disco & Karaoke Woodhouse Westend WMC 151 Sheffield Road Sheffield Tel: 0114 2693 057
Monday - Quiz Night Wednesday - Dance Night 8-11pm + Bingo Dancing to Jon Smith on the Wersi Organ; Modern Sequence, Ballroom, Latin American **** THURSDAY - LINE DANCING ****
Friday 5th February
TARA
FEMALE VOCALIST Saturday 6th February
ANALICIA RYAN FEMALE VOCALIST
FULL MENU AVAILABLE UNTIL 8:45pm SUNDAY CARVERY 12 NOON - 4PM
TELEPHONE: 0114 286 2429
Friday 12th February
THE BLACK BULL
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Saturday 6th February BBC One 6:00 Breakfast - The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC’s Breakfast team 10:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 11:35 Rachel Allen: Home Cooking 12:00 BBC News 12:10 Regional News and Weather 12:15 Football Focus 1:00 Bill McLaren: Flower of Scotland 1:40 Six Nations Rugby: Ireland v Italy 4:25 BBC News 4:30 Regional News and Weather 4:35 Six Nations Rugby: England v Wales 7:05 So You Think You Can Dance We’re down to the final six dancers in the search to find Britain’s favourite dancer. The remaining dancers have been paired as the three new couples will have to two couple routines plus perform their all important solos. Who will make it through to the final and who will be forced to dance for their lives? It’s time to find out, as the dancers take to the floor in front of judges Nigel Lythgoe, Arlene Phillips, Louise Redknapp and Sisco Gomez. Presented by Cat Deeley 8:05 The National Lottery: In It to Win It 8:55 So You Think You Can Dance Results - Cat Deeley presents the results from the semi-final of the competition to find Britain’s favourite dancer 9:25 Casualty - An Ugly Truth. Gillian Kearney, Tristan Gemmill, Derek Thompson, Jane Hazlegrove, Matt Bardock, Laura Aikman. Dir: Ian Barnes. Knowing things will never be the same, Jessica makes an important decision. Charlie struggles to get Louis to do the right thing, and Dixie is pleased to see a face from the past 10:15 BBC News 10:35 Match of the Day - Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day’s Premier League fixtures, which included the Merseyside derby at Anfield, where Liverpool were looking to do the double over local rivals Everton. Champions Manchester United hosted struggling Portsmouth, having beaten them 4-1 at Fratton Park earlier in the season. Plus Tottenham and Aston Villa, two teams with Champions League aspirations, met at White Hart Lane 11:55 The Football League Show
BBC Two 6:00 Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks 6:20 Clifford the Big Red Dog 6:35 Boo! 6:45 Louie 7:00 Dennis & Gnasher 7:10 Dennis & Gnasher 7:25 Sportsround 7:40 What’s New Scooby-Doo? 8:00 Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab 8:30 Jump Nation 9:30 Prank Patrol 10:00 Ed and Oucho’s Excellent Inventions 10:30 Keep Your Enemies Close 11:00 The Slammer 11:30 Animals at Work 12:00 Greek 12:45 The 5.19 Show 1:10 The Well 1:20 The Well 1:35 The Cut 2:00 Revealed 2:15 FILM: Young Winston 4:30 Final Score 5:15 The Art of Russia 6:15 A History of Christianity 7:15 Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World - Sea Change. In the last of this four-part series, historian Dan Snow explores the ups and downs of a climactic century in naval and British history. The 19th-century Navy used ‘gunboat diplomacy’ to push British interests further afield. Technological advances saw Britain and France engage in an arms race over battleships. When Germany emerged as a new threat, Admiral Jackie Fisher was called to reform the Navy. Fisher believed in peace through deterrence and had plans for a huge new battleship 8:15 The Virtual Revolution 9:15 QI XL 10:00 Heroes - Tabula Rasa. Adrian Pasdar, Milo Ventimiglia, Greg Grunberg, Zachary Quinto, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere. Drama series in which people all over the world deal with their superpowers. Sylar starts to find his true identity, while Peter and HRG go on a quest to find someone that can save Hiro 10:45 FILM: Kill Bill: Vol 2 - Quentin Tarantino’s stylish, violent samurai sequel in which the vengeful assassin, The Bride, concludes her ruthless quest for revenge. Before she can get to her ultimate nemesis and former mentor, however, two more of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad stand in the way.
ITV 1
6:00 Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC’s Breakfast team 7:35 Match of the Day 9:00 The Andrew Marr Show 10:00 The Big Questions 11:00 Country Tracks 12:00 The Politics Show 1:00 EastEnders 2:30 Six Nations Rugby: Scotland v France 5:00 Songs of Praise 5:35 BBC News 5:50 Regional News and Weather Regional updates from newsrooms across the UK 6:00 Countryfile - Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury are in the Yorkshire Dales, to see how conservationists are restoring peat bogs destroyed during the 60s and 70s. They also re-home some travelling cave spiders and explore a remote location which inspired one of the finalists in the Countryfile Photographic Competition. On his Cotswold farm, Adam Henson calls in a horse whisperer to help him move some stubborn Exmoor ponies. Meanwhile John Craven investigates the demise of our dairy farms 7:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 Lark Rise to Candleford - Ben Aldridge, Linda Bassett, Ruby Bentall, Claudie Blakley, Tom Conti, Brendan Coyle. Dir: Moira Armstrong. Costume drama. Everyone is talking about the mysterious recluse, Mr Reppington, who’s been hiding at the Golden Lion Hotel for months. Why is he here, and why is he handing out money to local widows? Dorcas is fascinated by his lonely existence, and is determined to entice him back into the world 9:00 Seven Ages of Britain 10:00 BBC News - The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team 10:20 Regional News and Weather 10:25 Would I Lie to You? - Host Rob Brydon joins regular team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack for the comedy panel show all about truths and lies. Guests include Ken Livingstone, Reginald D Hunter, Fern Britton and Stephen Mangan 10:55 Super Bowl Live
BBC Two 6:00 Jakers 6:20 Clifford the Big Red Dog 6:35 Boo! 6:45 Louie 7:00 Arthur 7:15 Dennis & Gnasher 7:25 Dennis & Gnasher 7:40 The Basil Brush Show 8:05 Jinx 8:30 Dani’s House 9:00 Tracy Beaker Returns 9:30 Spirit Warriors 10:00 Something for the Weekend 11:30 FILM: Nicholas and Alexandra 2:30 EastEnders 3:00 FILM: Herbie Rides Again - The sequel to the hugely successful The Love Bug finds the free-wheeling Volkswagen doing his utmost to prevent ruthless property developers from erecting a skyscraper on the site of his friend’s house. As the bulldozers move in for the kill, Herbie arrives on the scene, supported by every other VW in San Francisco 4:25 Escape to the Country 5:10 Natural World 6:10 100 Years of Girl Guides - In September 2009, the Girl Guides celebrated their centenary. With a membership of over 600,000, nearly half the female population of Britain has been involved with the Brownies and Girl Guides at some time during their lives. This film delves into the movement’s extraordinary archive and interviews a host of former Girl Guides 7:10 Lost Kingdoms of Africa 8:00 The Best of Top Gear - Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May star in a compilation of their finest moments from 2009 featuring amazing challenges, spectacular stunts and a small amount of bickering. Plus, The Stig attacks the track in a new sports car and there is another chance to see a classic celebrity guest in the Reasonably Priced Car 9:00 The Great Rift: Africa’s Wild Heart 10:00 Match of the Day 2 11:00 This World: Mexico’s Drug War 12:00 The Persuasionists
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6.00 GMTV 6.00 The Fluffy Club 7.25 Toonattik 9.25 Planet’s Funniest Animals 9.55 FILM: When In Rome 11.30 Popstar to Operastar 12.35 ITV News & Weather 12.40 FILM: Big Fat Liar 2.20 FILM: Kangaroo Jack 4.00 Creature Comforts. Impressions 4.10 Calendar News and Weather 4.25 ITV News & Weather 4.40 FILM: Evan Almighty - Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham. Follow-up to hit comedy Bruce Almighty. God appears before a sceptical congressman to tell him that his destiny is to be the modern-day Noah and build an ark capable of withstanding a mighty flood. While he initially struggles to come to terms with his task and begins to question his own sanity, the congressman soon finds himself gathering animals, chopping wood and trying to convince his disbelieving family 6.30 New You’ve Been Framed! 7.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 7.30 Take Me Out - Six weeks in and host Paddy McGuinness still has 30 single girls to find a date for. Will any of tonight’s boys take them off his hands? Hoping to impress are a sexy firefighter, a party loving professional drummer, a tall, dark, handsome Irish charmer, and Jane McDonald’s biggest fan! We also catch up with last week’s matched couples - Jamie and Kelly, Stephan and Becka, and James and Laura - to find out if sparks flew when they got together on their dates at Fernando’s 8.30 All Star Mr & Mrs 9.30 FILM: Music and Lyrics - Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Haley Bennett. Romantic comedy about a washed-up former boy band member who tries to resurrect his career by writing for a young starlet, despite his lyrical inability. However, when he meets an offbeat young woman with a flair for wordplay, he thinks he may have found his perfect partner. Director: Marc Lawrence 11.25 ITV News & Weather 11.40 FILM: The Deer Hunter
Sunday 7th February BBC One
Birthdays: Babe Ruth (1895) - Dennis Norden (1922) - Fred Trueman (1931) - Jimmy Tarbuck (1940) - Bob Marley (1945) On This Day: Queen Elizabeth II celebrates Silver Jubilee (1977) - Torvill & Dean Win the European title (1981)
5:55 The Treacle People 6:10 The Hoobs 6:35 The Hoobs 7:00 Freesports On 4 7:30 World Sport 8:00 The Morning Line 8:55 T4 Friends 9:25 T4: Friends 10:00 T4: Glee 10:55 T4: Pixie Lott 11:05 T4: Dave Berry’s Great British No.1s 12:10 T4 At Fight Cervical Cancer In Style 1:00 T4: Smallville: Superman The Early Years 2:00 Channel 4 Racing 4:00 Three Hungry Boys 4:25 Come Dine With Me 5:00 Come Dine With Me 5:30 Come Dine With Me 6:00 Come Dine With Me 6:30 Come Dine With Me - It’s The Final Night Of The CoMpetition In Bolton. The Last Host Is Sarah Rothwell. Sarah Looked Like She Was Out Of The Race When She Fell Ill And Missed Last Night’s Dinner Party. But Tonight She’s Back In The Game, And Confident Of Getting Her Hands On The £1000 Prize 7:00 Channel 4 News - Includes Sport And Weather 7:30 Haiti’s Killer Quake: Why It Happened - On 12 January A Massive Earthquake Rocked The Caribbean Nation Of Haiti. The Ensuing Devastation Has Created What May Become The Biggest Humanitarian Crisis Of The Past DecadE. This Timely Documentary Looks At What Happened And Why, Using 3d Graphics And Location Footage To Pick Apart The Mechanics Of The Quake Itself 8:30 Independence Day - Aliens Reach Earth And They’re Clearly Hostile: Their Plan Is To Suck The Planet Of All Its Resources, Leave Behind A Burnt Cinder Circling The Sun, And Move On. Planting Giant Ships Above The World’s Major Cities, They Unleash Destruction On An Unprecedented Scale 11:15 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 12:00 As Good As It Gets
Five 6.00 Sunrise - National And International News 7.00 Elmo’s World 7.20 Fireman Sam 7.40 Chiro 7.45 Make Way For Noddy 8.00 Hana’s Helpline 8.15 Mist: Sheepdog Tales 8.30 The Adventures Of Bottle Top Bill And His Best Friend Corky 8.50 Harry And His Bucket Full Of Dinosaurs 9.00 Olivia 9.15 The Mr. Men Show 9.30 Gerald Mcboing Boing 10.00 The Gadget Show 11.00 Extreme Fishing With Robson Green 12.00 Austin Stevens Adventures 1.00 Zoo Days 1.30 Zoo Days 1.40 Film: Ryan’s Daughter 5.10 Five News - National And International News 5.15 Film: Steel Magnolias - Sally Field, Shirley Maclaine, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Olympia Dukakis, Daryl Hannah. Bittersweet Tale Of Six Women In A Small Louisiana Town Whose Lives Intersect At The Local Beauty Parlour. The Story Deals With The Changes - Some Of Them Painful And Poignant, Some Of Them Hilarious - That The Women Experience Over The Course Of Several Years. Based On Robert Harling’s Award-Winning Play 7.25 NCIS 8.15 NCIS - Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, David McCallum, Cote De Pablo, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray. Drama Series Following A Team Of Special Agents Who Investigate Crimes Connected To Navy And Marine Corps Personnel. When An Ambulance Carrying The Body Of A Dead Marine Explodes, The Agents Uncover Evidence Of Subterfuge That Leads Them To Suspect That The Marine’s Family Has Something To Hide 9.20 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 10.15 CSI: NY 11.15 Law And Order: SVU
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Independence Day Channel 4 - 8:30pm Aliens Reach Earth And They’re Clearly Hostile: Their Plan Is To Suck The Planet Of All Its Resources, Leave Behind A Burnt Cinder Circling The Sun, And Move On. Planting Giant Ships Above The World’s Major Cities, They Unleash Destruction On An Unprecedented Scale
Kill Bill - Vol 2 BBC 2 - 10:45pm
Quentin Tarantino’s stylish, violent samurai sequel in which the vengeful assassin, The Bride, concludes her ruthless quest for revenge. Before she can get to her ultimate nemesis and former mentor, however, two more of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad stand in the way
Birthdays: Charles Dickens (1812) - Eddie Izzard (1962) - Garth Brooks (1962) - Chris Rock (1966) - Brian Deane (1968) On This Day: The Beatles arrive in America for there first tour (1964) - Tom Cruise files for divorce from Nicole Kidman (2001)
ITV 1 6.00 GMTV 6.00 The Fluffy Club 7.25 Toonattik 9.25 Britain’s Favourite View 9.35 Coronation Street Omnibus 11.55 ITV News & Weather12.10 FILM: On the Buses 1.55 Columbo 3.25 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 5.25 Calendar News and Weather 5.40 ITV News & Weather 5.55 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 6.25 Dancing on Ice - Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby present another evening of cool entertainment, as Torvill and Dean give a spectacular opening performance, joined by Pixie Lott. The ten remaining celebrities then take to the ice in a bid to impress the panel. At the end of the main show the phone lines will open for you to vote for your favourite star and save them from the dreaded Skate Off 8.30 Wild at Heart - Danny and Alice’s plans for a romantic trip away are ruined when they come across a crash out in the bush. With an injured tourist on their hands and a lion on the loose, they are faced with a long, dark night ahead. Meanwhile, Du Plessis decides that it is time that Olivia learned some manners, but will his short, sharp technique do the job? 9.30 Dancing on Ice The Skate Off - The dreaded moment as the two couples with the fewest votes must battle it out in the Skate-Off, with the judges having the final word. Who will be the unlucky couple today? 10.00 ITV News & Weather 10.15 FILM: Closing the Ring - Shirley MacLaine, Neve Campbell, Christopher Plummer. Drama about a mother and daughter who find a relic from the past sparking an incendiary series of events. In 1991, as a small American town mourns the passing of World War II veteran Chuck Harris, his wife Ethel numbs herself with alcohol and completely neglects her grieving daughter Marie 12.25 FILM: To Kill a Mockingbird
Channel 4 5:45 The Hoobs 6:10 The Hoobs 6:35 Yo Gabba Gabba 7:05 Avp Pro Beach Volleyball Tour 8:00 Ironman Uk 8:30 Freesports On 4 9:00 T4 The Hills 9:25 T4: Friends 9:55 T4: Hollyoaks Omnibus 12:25 T4: Ultimate Traveller 1:35 T4: Friends 2:10 T4: Shooting Peter Andre 2:45 T4: 90210 3:40 T4: The Simpsons 4:15 T4: The Simpsons 4:40 Deal Or No Deal - Noel Edmonds Asks The All-Important Question As Contestants Do Battle With The Banker In Their Quest To Leave The Dream Factory With £250,000 5:30 Glee6:30 Channel 4 News Includes Sport And Weather. 7:00 The Bible: A History 8:00 Film: The Devil Wears Prada - Anne HatHaway Plays Andy Sachs, A Would-Be Journalist From Ohio Who Lands A Job As Assistant To The Assistant Of Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), Editor Of The Successful Fashion Magazine Runway And An Egomaniac In Immaculate Clothing. Andy Soon Learns That Her Personal Life And Her Partner Nate (Adrian Grenier) Run A Distant Second To Miranda’s Whims, But A Mutual Respect Slowly Grows Between The Two Women In David Frankel’s Whip-Smart Comedy. With Stand-Out Support From Emily Blunt And Stanley Tiucci, The Film FiRmly Belongs To Streep, Whose Character Should Not Be In Any Way Confused With Anna Wintour, Current Editor Of American Vogue , And Subject Of The September Issue , Which Follows 10:10 The September Issue 12:00 James Brown’s Supermodel Salon
Five 6.00 Sunrise - National And International News 7.00 Elmo’s World 7.15 Fireman Sam 7.25 Chiro 7.30 Make Way For Noddy 7.45 Milkshake! Bop Box 7.50 The Wotwots 8.00 Hana’s Helpline 8.15 Mist: Sheepdog Tales 8.30 The Adventures Of Bottle Top Bill And His Best Friend Corky 8.50 Harry And His Bucket Full Of Dinosaurs 9.00 Olivia 9.15 The Mr. Men Show 9.30 Milkshake! Show Songs 9.35 Gerald Mcboing Boing 10.00 Hannah Montana 10.35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 11.10 Build A New Life In The Country 12.10 Ice Road TruckeRs 1.10 The Gadget Show 1.15 Film: Before Winter Comes 3.15 Film: Robocop 5.05 Film: How To Hook Up Your Home Theater 5.10 Film: Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World Animated Sequel Continuing The Story Of A Native American Princess Who Falls In Love With An English Sea Captain. Pocahontas Travels To London To Convince The King That Her People Are Not Savages 6.45 Film: Pluto - Food For Feudin 6.50 Five News - National And International News 6.55 Film: Hollywood Homicide Fast-Paced Tongue-In-Cheek CRime Thriller. Two Lapd Homicide Cops Investigate The Brutal Murder Of An Aspiring Young Rap Act. The Older Cop Is A Veteran Detective Who Dabbles In Real Estate In His Spare Time, While His Young Partner Is A Sometime Actor. The Cops Contend With The Distractions Of Their Second Careers Even As The Murder Case Becomes Fraught With Danger 9.00 Film: S.W.A.T. 11.20 Film: Hannibal - Gory Sequel To ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’. The Outwardly Charming And Intelligent Psychopath Dr Hannibal Lecter Is In FlorencE, Masquerading As A Museum Curator. A Greedy Cop Discovers His True Identity And Plans To Hand Him Over To Someone Willing To Pay
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Wild at Heart ITV - 8:30pm Danny and Alice’s plans for a romantic trip away are ruined when they come across a crash out in the bush. With an injured tourist on their hands and a lion on the loose, they are faced with a long, dark night ahead.
Glee Channel 4 - 5:30pm The Rhodes Not Taken - Will Brings In His School Friend April, A Talented Singer Who Dropped Out Of School And Never Made It In The Music Industry, To Help Gee Up The Glee Club By Joining To Replace Rachel And Give Her A Boost. It Takes A While For The Teens To Warm To April But They Gradually Begin To Like Her.
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Weds:Carl is annoyed when the kids get up to mischief. Maisie’s recklessness takes a dangerous turn. John worries over the health of his animals Thurs:Maisie hits rock bottom. Val is worried that Pollard is working too hard. Carl realises that he has taken his kids for granted Fri:Nathan warns Ryan to stay away from his family. Carl suspects the Sharmas were behind the poisoning. Pollard reluctantly agrees to get help in the kitchen
takes matters into his own hands. Donna shirks her babysitting duties by handing India over to Lucas to look after
family again. Karl blames Libby for pressuring Susan into Home and Away Mon:Romeo’s sister going through with the surrogacy. Ringo arrives in Summer Bay. Martha and scoffs at Donna’s Liam share a moidea of taking out a ment. A deadly siege bank loan begins in the Diner Wed:With Sunny’s Eastenders parents due to arrive, Tues:Geoff struggles to protect Ruby inMon:As Marsden Zeke urges Sunny resolves to finally to return home - and side the Diner. Mink discover the identity rubs Gina up the vows to accompany of Archie’s murderer, her to Korea. Libby wrong way. Rabbit Jack turns up the decides she cannot has a premonition.. pressure on Bradley. live with Dan while Wed:Alf struggles Meanwhile, Bianca’s she blames him for with the aftermath of siblings make sure losing the baby the siege. Nicole and that her hen night is Thurs:As Harry Liam attempt to reone to remember struggles to cope pair their friendship. Tues:As police with life in fosIrene and Colleen rumours circle the ter care, Paul and comfort Leah Square, will Ronnie Toadie do their best Thurs: Nicole is be able to follow to present Lou as devastated by her through with her a suitable guardian exam results. Angelo promise of a fresh Coronation Street for the troubled lad. receives a promotion. start? Max does what Mon:Joe reveals Declan suspects there Alf withdraws from he can to protect his grand plan, but is trouble at Harry’s Bradley whilst will Gail agree? Can foster home. Zeke is those who love him Fri:Charlie admits Zainab determines to Peter and Leanne be determined to make she is annoyed about solve the mystery of reconciled?How far Sunny’s last day Angelo’s promotion. Bianca’s hen night. will Gail go to stop memorable Adam and Libby desperate Joe’s plan? Fri:Declan breaks up Martha’s concerns make a discovery A drunk Peter goes to a fight between Harry about Alf increase. Geoff faces up to his that threatens to ruin fetch Simon, much to and his bullying recent trauma Manda’s happiness George’s dismay foster brother. Lou Thurs:Ronnie begins Thurs:David rides to fold under the to the rescue after GOLF TOURS pressure of the police Joe’s vanishing act investigation whilst in the Lakes. Leanne Jack is torn between goes to Ken to help a rock and a hard Peter in his hour of place. Dot and Jim’s need. Sunita is in a anniversary party situation and only the comes to an abrupt dashing Dev can help end and Ricky gets a Fri:Ken decides nasty surprise to confront Peter Fri:Dot struggles to once and for all, come to terms with even though he is in Dotty’s behaviour. denial. Can David Marsden’s investihelp Gail to get gation hots up and her story straight? the suspects begin Dev and Sunita are to feel the pressure. forced to resurrect Meanwhile, Manda their marriageWill and Minty come to Gail’s guilty secret the end of the road come out on her and Ricky begins to return home? Can question Bianca’s Peter accept that he loyalty desperately needs help? Sunita’s aunts Emmerdale interrogate a flustered Mon:Natasha is Dev, much to his surprised when Ryan embarrassment seems keen to learn more about Mark. Neighbours Chas has a plan to Mon:Lucas reels bring Carl and his from Libby’s revelakids together. Zak tion that she cannot and Lisa dread the help but blame Dan cost of the clean up for the loss of the job ahead of them baby. Dan organises a Tues:Carl’s patience memorial ceremony. with the kids runs Is Ringo embarrassed out. Natasha’s atby Donna? tempts to help Maisie Tues:Susan suffers backfire. Olena finds an MS relapse and Sam’s attentions Dan fears he will uncomfortable never be part of the
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COPLEY’S COLUMN ALBERT SNODGRASS The Lone Ranger and Tonto walked into a bar and sat down for a beer. After a few minutes, a big mean looking cowboy walked into the saloon and said “Who owns that big white horse out-side?” The Lone Ranger stood up, felt for his gun and said “I do… Why?” The cowboy looked at the Lone Ranger and said “ I just thought you’d like to know that your horse is about dead outside” The Lone Ranger and Tonto rushed outside and sure enough Silver was ready to die from heat exhaustion. The Lone Ranger got the horse some water and soon Silver was starting to feel better. The Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and said “ Tonto, I want you to run around Silver as fast as you can and see if you can create enough of a breeze to cool Silver down and make him feel better.” Tonto said “Sure thing, Kemosabe” and took off running circles around Silver as fast as he could. Not able to do anything else but wait, the Lone Ranger returned to the bar to finish his drink. A few minutes later, another cowboy strutted into the saloon and asked “who owns that big white horse outside?” The Lone Ranger stood again and claimed “I do, what’s wrong with him this time?” The cowboy looked him in the eye and said “ Nothing, but you left your Injun runnin!”
I was intrigued by an advertisement in this newspaper for freedom and rights. I had to discover what this was all about and duly rang the advertiser, Phil Johnson. Regrettably, when I rang, Phil answered with the mother and father of all sore throats, and I could barely understand him. He did agree to send me an e-mail however. I was delighted to discover that at last we have an organisation prepared to take on the government with the aim of repealing the smoking ban. Phil stated that freedom2choose.info are a non political, non funded organisation made up of people from all walks of life, 70% of whom are non-smokers, who support freedom of choice on whether we smoke in public places. I tend to agree with Phil that this is a calculated tactic by the government to set 75% of the population against the now minority 25% of smokers, getting the population into a controlled state, where the government take control of our everyday life. I am indebted to Phil for the following statistics regarding the consequences of the smoking ban; five thousand businesses closed, 110,000 added to the unemployment list an ever increasing number of bankruptcies, twenty seven couples rendered homeless and four suicides. The smoking ban took away 68% of pubs regular drinkers, a number impossible to recover from. The government’s spin about the number of new drinkers, promised on
July 1st 2007 simply did not materialise. The Pubco’s are the major sufferers in all this, (good enough for them I hear you cry), leaving Punch and Enterprise £3.5 bn. in the red, and neither could sell all their outlets and finish up solvent. I feel very comfortable giving some free publicity to this worthy organisation, and I am sure that it will receive the full backing of this newspaper, which is committed to help and support our ailing club and publand scene. The top showbusiness story of the week has to be Mr. Jordan, Alex Reid winning Celebrity Big Brother. Alex entered the house to tumultuous boos and hisses, and left to massive applause. During his stay in the house, he has shown his true character, a likeable chap and perfect gentleman. Now that he has achieved a certain level of celebrity status, he felt confident in asking the awful Katie Price to marry him and got an affirmative reply. I have to say that despite the criticism that the celebrities were not A list, apart from Vinnie Jones according to him, this has been the best yet. It actually seemed to be quite real with liberal amounts of farting, and not only from the men. Vinnie Jones was the big disappointment for me. His sulking when Lady Sov (who is she?) escaped eviction was pathetic. Vinnie wants to remember his roots and not act like some kind of superstar. After all his football career is best remembered for him grabbing Gazza’s
testicles and signing for the Blades for the magnificent sum of 700k. If I remember right, a linesman would fetch 500k at that time, so he was hardly rated world class. Sheffield Wednesday continue to stack up the points, getting twelve out of the last possible fifteen. That is promotion form if ever I saw it, and they will continue to play with great confidence now that relegation is no longer likely. The Blades, meanwhile, continue to scrape wins on a regular basis despite not playing well. My act of the week has to go to a young man who really impressed me the first and only other time I saw him, Ged Hill. Ged was playing at the Victoria in Dronfield, and I went with the missus and two lovely lady friends of ours. I had arranged to meet Mandy G, Chesterfield’s very own top vocalist. Ged’s first spot lasted an hour and a half, long by most artiste’s standards, but he looked as if he was thoroughly enjoying himself. His material was terrific, including some sixties classics, Queen, the Beatles, Coldplay, and pretty much anything the appreciative audience requested. Ged is a competent guitarist, fantastic vocalist and his relaxed style made him very popular. I would encourage any concert secretary or pub landlord to give Ged a booking, as you will immediately want to re-book him. His contact details can be obtained from me on howardcopley@sky.com
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As part of their 30th Anniversary Tour Heaven 17 will perform their seminal 1981 album of the year ‘Penthouse And Pavement’ live in its entirety for the very first time at Magna, Rotherham on Saturday 6th March. Tickets, priced £26.50 (subject to booking fee) are available in person at the Arena Box Office, online at www.arenaticketshop.co.uk or through the ticket hotline on 0114 256 5656. Featuring original members lead singer Glenn Gregory and synthesist and vocalist Martyn Ware, together with backing vocalist Billie Godfrey, electric guitarist Asa Bennett, Joel Farland on electronic percussion and legendary bass guitarist Randy Hope-Taylor. Prior to the live performance of Penthouse and Pavements, Magna will host several audio visual experiences in its many rooms, the audience is encouraged to participate in this experience as a build up to the main event. These curated rooms will not involve live performances and provide an excellent opportunity to discover the many parts of magna. Lighting designer Pip Rhodes will coordinate a live digital visual show featuring some of the biggest names and most talented up-and-coming artists from the worlds of digital and graphic design, fine art and film, including Chris Bird (United Visual Artists), graphic designer Malcolm Garrett, Mike Faulkner (D-Fuse), famous artist Tim Head, Ian Anderson (Designers Republic), Ross Phillips (ShowStudio), Brian Duffy (Modified Toy Orchestra), James Strong, Kim Leliboux, Ed Cookson (The Sancho Plan), BAFTAwinning filmmaker Julian Henriques, Ben Tomlinson, James Bates, Chris Cheeseman and, of course, Pip Rhodes and Heaven 17 themselves. The event will be curated from the moment the audience enters the venue, as the LED wall will be showing the visual artists’ interpretations of BEF compositions from the same period, including tracks from BEF albums ‘Music For Stowaways’ and ‘Music Of Quality
And Distinction Vol.1’ – and all artists have been allowed to express their interpretations freely with no prior guidance from Heaven 17. The artists contributing to this ‘group show’ will be credited – this will be a world-first multimedia show – part art installation and part concert – the evening culminating with Penthouse And Pavement being performed in its entirety, the two sides punctuated by special BEF performances featuring surprise guest singers. This will be a unique opportunity for the audience to immerse themselves in Heaven 17 and BEF’s futuristic musical vision of the period, using today’s technologies and sensibilities – this is no nostalgia show… WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS!!! The lovely people at Sheffield Arena have given us here at The Mercury a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky reader. To have a chance of winning simply send your contact details with the answer to the following question to info@mercurynewspaper. co.uk before Friday 26th February. What year was the album ‘Penthouse and Pavement’ released?
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CAMRA, The Campaign for Real Ale, is currently seeking nominations from across the UK to find its National Club of the Year for 2011. Under the rules of the competition, any club whose membership is open to all, and serves top quality real ale, is eligible to enter into the CAMRA Club of the Year competition. John Holland, CAMRA Club of the Year competition Coordinator, said: ‘This much sought after, prestigious award is open to all clubs that show commitment to good quality real ale and I’m really looking forward to seeing which clubs are nominated, whether known to CAMRA or not. No doubt they will come from
every corner of the UK and represent virtually every type of club we have. I fully expect the judges to have a hard job deciding between them.’ In 2009, the CAMRA Club of the Year Award went to the Guiseley Factory Workers club in West Yorkshire. Deadline for self-nominations is March 31st 2010, with the winner to be announced in May 2011. All nominations for the award, complete with name and address, can be submitted online at www.camra.org.uk/ coty or sent to: Ian Charlton, 11, Oxford Road, St. Johns, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. WF1 3LB, Tel (01924) 385 094 (home) 07776 383 477 (mobile) email ian.charlton@ blueyonder.co.uk
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Millers secure Parkgate deal Rotherham United continue to further strengthen off the field partnerships after announcing a contract extension with home shirt sponsors Parkgate Shopping. The Millers have agreed a deal which will see the Parkgate logo remain on the front of the home shirt for, at least, the next two seasons. The news follows the recent extension with car dealers Perrys who also agreed to extend their partnership. “I am delighted that we will be extending our relationship with Parkgate Shopping,” said Commercial Director Steve Coakley. “Rotherham United have a long and successful history with Parkgate and this news will further strengthen our fantastic and ever developing working relationship. The partnership is mutually beneficial to both the club and Parkgate Shopping. This relationship fits perfectly
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ate the Thursday evenings. Coming up through February we have further collections organised, this time out of the hospital on the Tanyard Shopping Centre at WickerVOICE OF THE sley in Rotherham. These NIGHTINGALE - ISSUE 23 will take place on the first, Radio Nightingale is a reg- second and last Saturday of istered charity and recently February between 8.30am we’ve returned to holding and 2.00pm. regular collections to raise All of these fundraising funds for the station. events are vital to raise Each week Radio Nightinfunds to continue the station; gale can collect in the foyer however the work that is set of the Rotherham General aside by our current team Hospital on Monday and of volunteers to cover them Thursday evenings between is equally as valuable to the 6.00pm and 8.30pm. The service. visitors to the hospital have If you could offer any time, been extremely generous and preferably on a regular we’re really pleased with basis (that could be just one the contribution this method evening per month), to help of fundraising will make Radio Nightingale in these towards our ongoing running collections it would be very costs. So far our volunmuch appreciated. Contact teers who regularly work us on 01709 304244 to on Monday evenings have discuss how your availabilbeen splitting their duties ity could contribute to our to carry out some of their fundraising. normal work plus cover the If you don’t have any time collections. Unfortunately, to offer but want to supas yet we’ve been unable to port us, please visit our secure regular commitments website where you can find out more about our lottery, from volunteers to oper-
webshop and search engine which raise money for Radio Nightingale. Or if you would like to be involved in the station in activities other than collecting, on our website you’ll also find an application pack which gives more information about the types of work we need volunteers to help with. Radio Nightingale broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the patients and staff of the Rotherham General Hospital on 945 &1350mw and Hospedia. For more information about the station visit www.radionightingale.org.uk Current volunteer vacancies: • Saturday sports show pre senter • Football commentator • Request collector (Tuesday or Wednesday morning) • Fundraiser • MW transmitter engineer • Voice over artist / creator Contact us on 01709 304244 for more information on volunteering
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with the strategic needs and requirements of both businesses and we are already working together on numerous activities throughout the forthcoming calendar year.” “Parkgate are very, very supportive of everything that we are trying to achieve and are as equally passionate about what we can achieve in the town.” Parkgate Regional Manager Denis Copeland added: “We are very pleased to announce that the landlords of Parkgate Shopping have confirmed a two year extension to the Parkgate Shopping shirt sponsorship of Rotherham United Football Club. We are delighted by this news, and doubly pleased that it follows swiftly on from the announcement of the new stadium back in Rotherham. During our current relationship we have also been able to participate in many joint community activities. Rotherham United and Parkgate share common values of local community support and we look forward to growing these and other initiatives over the next few years.” beneficial to me to be playing first team games.Hopefully I can keep my place and help the team win promotion to League One.” Fellow loanee Marcus Marshall has also agreed an extension until the end of the season following two substitute appearances.
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Chairman looks to encourage the next generation Following the news of the confirmed location for the Millers’ new stadium, Chairman Tony Stewart is looking to the next generation of supporters in the build-up to the move back into Rotherham. The Millers have introduced certain measures over the past 18 months designed to encourage younger supporters to attend Don Valley, and with Under 8s able to attend every home game free of charge, the Millers are looking to attract the supporters for the future: “It is very encouraging that we have seen an increase in our average attendance in comparison to last season and we are determined to do what we can in order to gather momentum with continuing that trend,” said Mr. Stewart. “To see young Rotherham United supporters, our next generation of Millers, enjoying games with their families is always a welcoming sight and, with this in mind, I am keen to remind all supporters that it is free of charge to come to every home League fixture for Under 8s.” “This initiative was introduced to directly encourage young supporters to come to games; the only stipulation is to be accompanied by a responsible adult.” “We are a community Club and put a very strong emphasis on good practice on promoting our home fixtures as a family event, we are looking to build for our future and I’d like to appeal to more and more families to take advantage of this opportunity and join at forthcoming home fixtures.” Anyone can take advantage of the under 8’s offer, starting with the home game against Macclesfield this Saturday.
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A Long Wait For a Power Play (Almost 87 Minutes, To Be Precise) Referee Moray Hanson might have removed the Scottish flag sticker from the back of his helmet, but his Scottish bias is still in plain view. It took him until the 87th minute of play during the Capitals vs Steelers double header weekend to award the Steelers their first power play, much to the frustration of the Steelers’ bench and traveling fans. New import Mike Sgroi, who only landed in the UK the day before the Scottish trip after a whirlwind journey across the US and Canada to obtain his travel documents, seemed immensely unimpressed with only his second experience of EIHL refereeing – and this is a man you don’t want to irritate. Sgroi, a trained UFC cage fighter, mixed martial arts instructor, AND pro hockey player, made his home debut on Friday against the Cardiff Devils after signing for Sheffield last week. Hype over his first meeting with Devils’ captain and resident hard man Brad Voth meant that Ice Sheffield was a sell-out, though the two were on their best behaviour all night. It looked like the sell-out crowd were going to witness another Steelers defeat, with the Devils taking a two goal lead early in the game. Ex-Steeler Ryan Finnerty fired home their first goal with just 15 seconds on the clock (the fastest goal this season), and Phil Hill doubled their lead in the 7th minute. Scott Basiuk gave hope to the Sheffield fans as he put one on the board for the Steelers at 43:08, but the Steelers fans were kept waiting for another 15 nail-biting minutes before Joey Talbot took the game
into overtime with a goal at 58:30. Overtime wasn’t needed however, as new boy Sgroi fired home the game-winning goal with just 11 seconds left on the clock. On Saturday the Steelers made the long haul up to Edinburgh for the double-header weekend. Saturday’s game saw the Steelers once again go 2-0 down in the first period, shots from Neil Hay and Marc Lefebvre finding the back of the Steelers’ net. However in the second period it was all Steelers, with goals from Robert Farmer and Rob Dowd leveling the scores. In the third period Sean Perkins scored his first goal for the Capitals, at 43:13 and less than a minute later, Farmer added his second of the evening. With the Steelers bench getting visibly frustrated, as Referee Hanson turned a blind eye to Capitals’ penaltyworthy actions, the Capitals added insult to injury with goals from Martin Cingel, returning to the line-up that night from injury, and Mark Garside within a minute. Owen Fussey adding the empty net goal with just 16 seconds remaining. With less than a minute left on the clock, ex-Steeler Andrew Sharp left the Capitals bench for the first time that night, skating over to Sgroi looking to mix it up. It took a few attempts for Sharp to get his point across, Sgroi presumably struggling to believe that the Edinburgh benchwarmer actually fancied his chances. Sharp has 36 Edinburgh games on his stats so far this season, with 78 penalty minutes, no goals and no assists. Sharp landed a couple of punches before Sgroi fired back, knocking the smaller player to
the floor. Sharpe’s penalty was the first awarded to the Capitals during the entire game. “We worked hard” said Head Coach Dave Matsos of Saturday’s performance, “really hard and I thought we deserved better. I couldn’t believe that we didn’t get one power play chance in the whole game, we had a lot of time in their zone and I thought we drew a fair few penalties. Problem was that the referee didn’t.” On Sunday the Steelers came out firing on all cylinders, taking the first period with a goal from Matt Hubbauer. During the second Jason Hewitt scored at 30:21, and Joey Talbot added a third, scoring his 100th EIHL career goal. It was a night for centuries, as Scott Basiuk assisted on Rob Dowd’s goal, earning his 100th EIHL career point. It was too soon for Steelers fans to sit back and relax, however, as Neil Hay and Owen Fussey added two goals in under two minutes for the home side. The Steelers soon got back in their stride, with goals from Doug Sheppard, Jeff Legue, and Rob Dowd completing the 7-2 score line. The Steelers’ next home game is a Challenge Cup Semi-Final against arch-rivals the Nottingham Panthers, on Wednesday February 3rd. Steelers are also in action this weekend, with a double header of home games at the Sheffield Arena against the Belfast Giants. For tickets for any of these games, call the Arena Box Office (0114 256 9089)
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SHEFFIELD VARNEY DOUBLE SINKS WEDNESDAY THE GREEN ARMY 2009/10 FIXTURES
August 8 Barnsley 15 Peterborough 19 Newcastle 22 Scunthorpe 29 Plymouth
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December 5 Reading 0-2 8 Doncaster 1-0 12 Leicester 3-0 19 Swansea 0-2 26 Newcastle 1-1 28 Blackpool 1-2 January 9 Peterborough 2-1 16 Barnsley 1-2 26 Scunthorpe 2-1 30 Plymouth 2-1 February 6 Nottm Forest 9 Blackpool 13 West Brom 16 Doncaster 20 Ipswich 27 Reading
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A first half brace from Luke Varney helped Sheffield Wednesday to a vital win against fellow strugglers Plymouth Argyle at Hillsborough. But the Owls had to come from behind to seal their fourth win in five under new manager Alan Irvine. Rory Fallon gave the Pilgrims the lead before Wednesday hit back with Varney’s crucial double. The victory puts more daylight between SWFC and the bottom three, with Irvine’s side now heading into next week’s trip to high-flyers Nottingham Forest with renewed confidence. Wednesday made one change from the side that lost to Scunthorpe in midweek, with Varney making his first start since returning to Hillsborough on loan from Derby County. But it was Plymouth that posed the first threat inside three minutes when dangerman and top scorer Jamie Mackie sent a low shot in that fizzed past the post, although Lee Grant appeared to have the midfielder cum striker’s effort covered. Mackie’s sidekick Fallon flicked a volley over the crossbar moments later, while the Owls struggled to make an impression in the final third. The game then exploded into life midway through the half with two goals in a little more than a minute. First, Plymouth took the lead through Fallon’s header from an Alan Judge corner, but the Owls hit straight back as Varney pounced on a Marcus Tudgay header to swiftly level the score from close range. Varney almost profited from Karl Arnason’s weak backpass ten minutes before the break before the in-form hitman did double his tally 42 minutes. Tudgay again played a key role, flicking Tommy Spurr’s punt down the left channel and from there it was all about Varney. The 27-year-old beat Rada Johnson for pace and cut inside to bury a rasping drive across David Stock-
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Sodje signs for Charlton Sheffield Wednesday striker Akpo Sodje has signed for Charlton Athletic on a halfseason loan, which will take the 29-year-old to the end of his current contract at Hillsborough. Sodje joined the League One side on a similar loan deal in November 2009 until the turn of the year and went on to make nine appearances for the Londoners, scoring twice. The former Port Vale man is eligible to play in Charlton’s trip to Walsall on Tuesday. Sodje signed for the Owls in August 2007 and made 44 appearances, scoring nine goals along the way. Sheffield Wednesday would like to thank Sodje for his services and wish him well for the future.
ISSUE 834
A VIEW Family football FROM THE TERRACE offer with Written by Bunsen Bob The Sun
Sheffield Wednesday is pleased to announce that families will be able to visit Hillsborough for just £29.50 with a new offer available in The Sun newspaper. The offer runs from Saturday January 30 until Friday February 5 and all Wednesday supporters need to do is to collect four of the six tokens printed in The Sun each day, fill in the form and take it to the Owls Megastore to claim your tickets, 24 hours before the game. Owls fans can enjoy the matches against Blackpool on Tuesday February 9, Sheffield Wednesday manIpswich on Saturday Febager Alan Irvine has hailed ruary 20 and Watford on the Owls for ‘winning ugly’ against Plymouth Argyle on Tuesday March 23. For each game the club has Saturday. allocated 2,000 seats in the SWFC came from behind to win a scrappy basement battle Kop allowing 500 families and pull further clear from of four to watch the Owls danger at the wrong end of the for the discounted price. Championship table. In addition, Sheffield And while Irvine conceded the Wednesday’s away games performance was not the best against Swansea on Saturin terms of quality, the gaffer day March 13 andPreston was delighted with the appliNorth End on Tuesday cation shown by the players. March 16 will also be He said: “If it takes winning included in the offer. ugly to stay in this division, I The club would like to adwill take it. We won and that vise supporters that tickets is the most important thing. are all based on a first“We need at least seven more wins and while we would like come, first-served basis. Please note that turnstile to be playing exciting, attracoperators and stewards will tive football in the long term, ensure that £29.50 tickets we have to do what’s necesare being used by families sary in the short term. “I’ll take seven more horrible and will check that two wins if that’s what it will take adults and two children to keep out of trouble. come into the stadium “The players are delighted together. Failure to do this with the win because they said will result in the tickets they don’t usually win games becoming invalid and the like that. Their performance need to purchase a new wasn’t the best but the appliticket for entry. cation was fantastic.” For more information and The Owls now have a little terms and conditions please breathing space before their next game, at high-flying Not- visit www.thesun.co.uk/ tingham Forest next Saturday. footballtickets
Winning ugly will do
The players have emerged from a hectic recent schedule with four wins from a possible five in a fortnight and Irvine welcomes the albeit brief respite. He added: “To play so many games in such a short space of time does take it out of the players. That’s why I think Lewis Buxton felt his hamstring today and had to come off. “I’ve given the players Monday off because they have put so much effort into the cause. Some of these lads will not have played five games in two weeks for a long time. “We’re looking forward now to having some more time on the training ground before what is another vital game against Nottingham Forest next week.”
Greek philosophy and Football League relegation tussles rarely produce any kind of correlation but the ancient proverb suggesting that beauty is in the eye of the beholder had a certain semblance to our win over Plymouth on Saturday. I was instructed “not to delve any deeper than the result” and Alan Irvine simply described the win as “horrible” but I gain a lot of satisfaction from any kind of victory. A starving man will not refuse mouldy bread (Bunsen Bob ©2010) and Wednesday fans shouldn’t turn their noses up at aesthetically unpleasing triumphs. Admittedly, there is probably an extra spring in my step walking up Penistone Road if we have sneaked a 7 goal thriller, grabbed a last minute winner or Purse has had a mistake free game. But any win makes my weekend football experience a lot more fulfilling. It turns a brace after the match into a gallon. I’ll stay up to watch The Football League Show and endure someone telling me what Trev from Wycombe thinks so I can see the goals again. I’ll buy the Sunday newspaper, read the match report and throw the rest away. I’ll even sit through Calendar on a Monday evening to relive the goals once more. Personally, I’ll never get bored of winning but something tells me I won’t get the chance. However, a few more “horrible” wins will mean I won’t be relaying Greek proverbs about an ugly win over the Grecians next season.
It’s all Greek to me
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ISSUE 834
BAGGIES LEAD BLADES TO FIRST DEFEAT OF 2010
United missed the chance to close the gap on West Brom following a first league defeat of 2010. A suspect penalty gave West Brom the initiative and the Blades were unable to recover - despite Darius Henderson netting his first goal since the end of November. Graham Dorrans, Roman Bednar and Jerome Thomas were on target for the home side Stewart and Henderson were recalled at the expense of Taylor, injured, and Evans, who dropped to the bench, prompting a switch to a 4-5-1 system with Ward and Cresswell supporting the leading goalscorer from the flanks. Yeates again had to be content with a place amongst the substitutes and West Brom included Bednar and Dorrans, both of whom were rated as doubts. The sun was shining in the West Midlands, but the winter chill was not over, forcing a number of the outfield players to don gloves. The early action was frantic but with opportunities at a premium. Albion won the first corner and at the other end Ward’s lay off was cut out just before Quinn arrived. Thomas danced inside Harper and Fortune but his left-footer was blocked by Morgan and Carson was the first goalkeeper called into action, saving from Cresswell on 10 minutes after a quick throw by Henderson had caught the home defence cold. On 19 minutes, Albion were gifted the lead thanks to two decisions that clearly benefitted the home side. In the build up Quinn was adjudged to have fouled when he was, if anything, the victim and then referee Russell thought a penalty was in order when the ball hit Montgomery, who was attempting to halt the progress of Dorrans. United’s protests were arduous to the point of explaining to the official that he had made a mistake, but the spot-kick stood and DORRANS sent Bunn the wrong way.
Within five minutes there was a chance to get back on level terms when Mulumbu failed to clear but Ward’s instinctive shot was saved by Carson and then Bednar missed from the centre of the goal, just six yards out, after a good move involving Koren and Jara. But the striker made amends on the half hour. From a United free-kick, the Baggies broke away with a number of neat passes and Thomas found an unmarked BEDNAR, who had been involved earlier in the move, and he slid beyond Bunn into the corner of the net. The second Albion goal prompted a rethink and for the remainder of the half Cresswell joined Henderson in attack with Quinn moving to the left. A slack back-pass by the Irish midfielder was cut out by Bednar but Bunn did well to force the striker wide and Koren was also off target for the home side. Ward was prevented from a shooting chance by Olsson’s challenge whilst the final opportunity of the first period fell to the home side but Koren’s shot looked to be blocked by a combination of Fortune’s arm and body but the referee, funnily enough, opted to ignore, although it didn’t stop him being questioned about the earlier penalty decision by the Blades management as he left the pitch for his half-time cuppa. It seemed to have the desired effect as within five minutes of the restart the Blades were also the recipients of a penalty. Walker, Ward and Quinn were all involved down the right before the latter’s run was crudely halted by Mulumbu’s clumsy challenge. The big shoulders of HENDERSON took responsibility and drilled the penalty past Carson. United’s revival, however, was stunted within a minute as the home side added a third. A quick break down the left resulted in Bednar taking the attentions of Fortune and THOMAS cutting inside before unleashing a shot
which deflected off Morgan, taking the ball away from Bunn’s reach. Cresswell started the half in attack with Henderson and remained in that position with the Blades trying to reduce the two-goal deficit once more whilst the bit of spice creeping into the play was ended by referee Russell showing yellow cards to Quinn and Jara. United were doing most of the second period’s attacking, forcing Albion into two substitutions, whilst the visitors threw on Camara and Yeates to try and open up the home defence. From a Harper corner, Ward failed to keep down an acrobatic effort. West Brom were still a threat on the break. A neat Cox pass resulted in Thomas beating Walker but his cross flew across the face of goal and Bednar was stopped by the offside flag. On 85 minutes United’s shouts for a second penalty went unrewarded for Olsson’s lunge on Camara. A minor skirmish between the two resulted in words from the referee but no cards, although Brunt was cautioned soon after for a foul on Stewart. Albion threw on more defensive cover for the closing minutes but from another break Bunn saved from Dorrans and, at the other end, the Baggies defence protected Carson well to negotiate the four minutes of injury-time. WBA: Carson, Olsson, Cech, Koren (Cox 66), Bednar, Brunt, Thomas (Mattock 88), Dorrans, Mulumbu, Tamas, Jara (Zuiverloon 70). Unused: Kiely, Miller, Moore, Meite.
BLADES SIGN INTERNATIONAL ‘KEEPER United have completed the signing of Estonian international goalkeeper Mihkel Aksalu. The 25-year-old, who has agreed a two-and-a-half year deal, joins from FC Flora Tallinn in his homeland for a nominal fee. He has spent time with goalkeeping coach Andy Leaning during a number of trial spells at the Shirecliffe training facility over the past two months, and joins to add competition for the goalkeeper’s jersey with Mark Bunn and Ian Bennett. Kevin Blackwell says: “He has proved to be one of the best goalkeeping triallists we have seen for a long time. “It is a terrific opportunity for him and if he continues his development he will become the number one Estonian goalkeeper. We are hoping he can fulfill his undoubted potential with Sheffield United and cement his international career.” The 6ft 4ins stopper is a full Estonia international with six caps after progressing through the U21s ranks. He was an unused substitute as Estonia lost to England in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley in October 2007. His list of club honours include being Estonian League runners-up in 2007 and 2008, whilst he was part of the FC Flora Tallinn team that won the Estonian Super Cup in 2009.
Blades: Bunn, Montgomery, Morgan, Henderson (Camara 73), Harper, Cresswell, Ward, Stewart, Quinn (Yeates77), Fortune, Walker. Unused: France, Evans, Williamson, Bennett, Geary.
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REID JOINS CHARLTON Blades midfielder Kyel Reid has joined League One promotion hopefuls Charlton Athletic on loan for the rest of the season. The former West Ham youngster was Kevin Blackwell’s first permanent signing of the season last summer. But he has failed to make a meaningful impression this campaign, starting just one game against Port Vale in the Carling Cup and coming on seven times as a substitute in the league. The loan is scheduled to run until 31st May, meaning Reid would be eligible for the Play-Offs should the Addicks be involved.
A VIEW FROM THE TERRACE
A Fan’s Weekly Verdict Written by Jon Warburton
A bitter pill to swallow Football fans can generally be categorised as those who see a cup half full and those who see a cup half empty. But when the drink has been spiked it doesn’t matter how much was in it. The drink is ruined, and that is how this January transfer window feels. Sheffield United were all set to be celebrating a very fruitful month in the transfer market, with the acquisitions of the inventive Mark Yeates, tough tackling left back Toni Kallio from Fulham, and bruising centre half Nyron Nosworthy from Sunderland. This was until Harry Redknapp decided, just 50 minutes before the transfer deadline, to cut short Kyle Walker’s season long loan at Bramall Lane and call the young defender back to London. The Sheffield-born right back has been one of our most impressive performers so far this season, and to lose him in such circumstances is fairly devastating. I had always assumed that when a player is on a season long loan, the only instance in which he can be re-called is if they were to be sold on to another club. This has been the main argument thrown at those calling for a return of Billy Sharp to aid our promotion push. It might have been that Spurs were only happy to let Walker come back to us on loan if a clause allowing his immediate recall was included, and we were willing to run that risk. If this is the case then that decision has backfired. It is a bitter pill to swallow but it must not be forgotten that we have made some decent moves to sure up our defence and breathe life into our attack in this January transfer window. Being a Sheffield United fan, you get used to dealing with massive disappointment, just when you thought things were going well. I sometimes wonder how we’d actually react if it was any other way.
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August 7 Middlesbrough 0-0 15 Watford 2-0 18 Leicester 1-1 22 Reading 3-1 29 West Brom 2-2 September 12 Derby 15 Coventry 18 Sheff Wed 26 Swansea 29 Ipswich
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