Saturday, June 30, 2012
Stepney FC - more than a football club
An adventure that surfed the Ocean
On strong tides swept Stepney FC
Picking pace with harmonic motion
Rippling strength for the community
Alan with the promotion launch pad
Then the star who was the scourge of the goal
Prayers for the thirty goal Amjad
May God have mercy on his soul
David Joseph combines new and old
Relegation meant no prize bouquet
It's time for the club to go bold
Forid goes zonal with keep ball play
With Zaa technically directing
Unbeaten title season so pivotal
Lord Mayor's Cup added to the bling
Sonai's men with the millennium title
Thrashing Beaumont five nil at Chelsea
Ken Bates impressed immensely
Much highs and lows aplenty
A long way since nineteen ninety three
Emdad Rahman
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Every little helps
The right pinhole light winked. I was getting very frustrated at getting barred. Swipe, swipe, swipe until I realised my error. I calmly took a picture. The lady behind me asked: "all ok luv?" I explained my moment of folly. "You won't get extra points doing that loov," she laughed...
Azzuri reach third Euro final
Germany 1-2 Italy
Blues with no finals loss to Germany
Super Mario lights up Warsaw
Heading Azzurro Savoia ahead on twenty
Roman tensions beginning to thaw
Attacking eleven Prandelli had declared
Pirlo tucked the best in his pocket
Yellow card as the chest is bared
Right after Mario's sizzling rocket
Balzaretti's hand, Ozil to Buffon's left
Jogi Löw left speechless to explain
Mario left for a minute bereft
Azzurri hold out for a date with Spain
28.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Records fall as La Furia Roja reach third final
Portugal 0-0 Spain - Spain win 4-2 on penalties
They said Portugal just had Ronaldo
But turning up were Nani and Moutinho
Odd choice with the selection of Negredo
Del trying rotation like Joachim Löw
Donetsk saw a classic Iberian brawl
Spain went to slay brave Portugal
Rui Patricio quite simply a stone wall
Time out and spot kicks next for all
Alonso save by the brilliant Patricio
Casillas dealt a blow to Moutinho
Pepe, Pique, centre halves with the flow
Nani, after sending Alves back in tow
Ramos dinked, clinically precise
Alves failed after walking the gangplank twice
Fabregas won it on the roll of the dice
Not a kick for Ron who pay's the price
27.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Blue knockout for Lions
England 0-0 Italy
(Italy win 4-2 on penalties)
Harrowing penalty shootout
Lions fumbling the dead ball test
Azzurri controlling the 0-0 rout
Roy Hodgson's men always second best
Montolivo had created false hope
Gerrard and Rooney picked out the right corner
Ashley Young went for all out power
Managing to befriend the crossbar
Pirlo's dink most extraordinary
Cole handed the baton to Italy
Guy Mowbray's "reject" Diamanti
Strode and booked a place in the semi
24.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
Xabi the centurion fires Spain into semis
Spain 2-0 France
Samir Nasri given the shun
Xabi reaches a century of caps
Blanc deployed four five one
Designed to suffocate the gaps
Open spaces in Donbass Arena
Jordi Alba stuck one in between
tanking in came the ex Liverpool star
Alonso headed in on nineteen
"A delight to watch" were La Roja
Masterminded by the Madrid bigshot
Les Bleus agony not quite over
Alonso again from the penalty spot
23.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Germany grease Greece
Germany 4-2 Greece
Pure dominance from Die Mannschaft
Lahm with a dominant display
Second string signed the bank draft
Samaras threatened to outstay
Sami Khedira with a blaster
Cue a goal avalanche disaster
Miroslav Kloses in on the headmaster
Reus dabbled with the spectacular
Sweeping aside true blue greece
Salpingidis with a late penalty
Rest for Gomez, Muller Podolski
Kept fresh for England or Italy
22.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Ronaldo bounces Czechs
Czech Republic 0-1 Portugal
Great players will persist
The wily Rosicky much missed
Ronaldo thundered the post
Once in each half
Inspiring his fellow staff
Cech beaten by a shadowy red ghost
21 06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
England coast th-roo to last eight
England 1-0 Ukraine
Hosts stand in the way of the knockout
Three lions intending to plunder
Roy hoping to break the drought
With the return of the boy wonder
Playing at the Donbass Arena
Ukraine have never won in four
Roo heads the easiest of his career
Gerrard smashing one past the back door
One nil win was my pre match threat
More deafening shouts for goal line TV
Terry clearing from inside the net
It's showtime against the Azzurri
19.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Swede smell of success
Sweden 2-0 France
Ibrahimovic hysteria
Bicycle kick outside the area
Best goal of the games so far
Larsson turned the screw
Les Bleus still make it through
Blanc nervously lights the cigar
19.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Late show from Espana
Croatia 0-1 Spain
Del Bosque released the fury
La Furia Roja seal their fate
Not so convinced though were the jury
Modric and Rakitic banged on the gate
Torres came out with empty guns
Kockasti looked to make the champs pay
But weaving a spell on the chequered ones
Silva gracing the Gdansk ballet
Wycombe lookalikes broke the Vatreni spine
Cesc and Iniesta imposing Red clout
Navas breaks through the back line
Croatia heartbreakingly go out
18.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Azzurri advance
Italy 2-0 Republic of Ireland
Poznan with all the suspense
Damien Duff not out with a century
Pirlo's corner placed on the sixpence
Six yard box Cassano heading free
De Rossi again bossed the play
Shay Given had his work cut out
Much from the lively Di Natale
Municipal more like a boxing bout
Keith Andrews sent for the early bath
Balotelli muscled in to seal it late
Bonucci stemmed Mario's wrath
Azzurri march into the last eight
18.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Sunday, June 17, 2012
Ronaldo masters the Dutch
Portugal 2-1 Holland
Keano and Viera with the studio banter
Van Bomm ditched with a Father's Day gift
Van Der Vaart pinged a screamer
Red and Oranje dueledl in Kharkiv
Ronaldo stalked the back three like a ghost
Easily could have cracked a hat trick
Van the man thumped the post
Number seven hammered the loose brick
Another assist from Selleccaos hero
Nani missed and the critics were candid
Dutch Masters points reads zero
The egos have crash landed
17.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Löw's men hit high peaks
Löw's men hit high peaks
Denmark 1-2 Germany
Early chance mullered by Muller
Danes struggled with the Tiki Taka
One nil through Podolski the Gunner
Lukas with one hundred caps
Krohn-Dehli threatened a lapse
Late winner from fullback Lars Bender
17.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Poland Czeched out
Heartbreak for forty million Poles
Smuda's team chucked the book
Going all out in pursuit for goals
Falling foul to Jiracek's counter hook
At Wroclaw's Municipal ground
Szczezny not picked to apprehend
Polish pack each attacked like a hound
Alas an agonising Euro dreams end
Bilek lapped up the embraces
Rosicky out with an Achilles injury
Poles fell to the ground, clutching their faces
Ruing chances that cost a famous victory
16.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Saturday, June 16, 2012
Greeks stun the Russians
Greece 1-0 Russia
Giorgos Karagounis gave plenty
Winning goal and cap one twenty
Knocking out the Russian heavyweight
Advocaat's free flowing teams tingle
Failing to muster a single
Shockingly Greece reach the last eight
16.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Ikea two DFS three
Playing footy I kept tabs on the iPhone
Was sure Sweden would leave with nowt
Anthem spoilt by the deafening drone
God save the Queen drowned out
All but a home game for the yellow
Another day and a cross from Stevie G
Jack rabbit leap by that big haired fellow
Chops painfully smacked by big Andy
When Blighty indulged in a state of revel
Mellberg stormed the English tower
Walcott's missile drawing the game level
After Sweden were ahead by the hour
As it looked like another bogey draw
Theo ripped through two and was gone
Two to three the final score
Wellbeck back heeling Isaaksson
By the way we won 10-9 at Mulberry
Four up they had us bang to rights
Playing defence I netted three
Now it's time to savour the highlights
15.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Thunderstorms in Donetsk
Ukraine 0-2 France
Thunderbolts and lightning
Very very frightening
Electric storm had the teams scarpering
Livewire Mezen struck for Blue
Cabaye struck to made it two
Blanc sending Blokhin retreating
15.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Murder on the Gdansk floor
Spain 4-0 Ireland
Gdansk for a goal shower
Silva passing into the corner
La Roja dishing up a treat
Six yard box bullet from Cesc
Shay Given statuesque
Even Nando twice on the scoresheet
14.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Pirlo rolls back the years
Italy 1-1 Croatia
Majestic all match
Years ahead of the batch
Andrea Pirlo curls an exquisite free kick
With Modric pulling the strings
Rakitic bombed the wings
Mandzukic pulled out his own party trick
14.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Super Mario shines in Kharkiv
Another day, another intense rivalry
Mr Bayern lays the ball on a dish
Rotten luck for R Van Persie
Mr Zuverlässig turning for the finish
Van Bommell's last in the jersey
First half the Germans had it won
Badstuber failed with the net at his mercy
Gomez making it two goals to none
Comeback on when awoke RVP
Another to watch again and again
Sheer belter on seventy three
Oranje need snookers to stay in the pen
13.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Varela leaves it late
More fireworks at the Lviv Arena
Pepe's head the first off the mark
Dreams of sun and the yacht in the marina
Ronal-Doh's mind some way off the park
When Postiga thumped in another
Great Danes sought the ice pack
Niklas Bendtner plundering a header
Morten Olsen's side looked to bounce back
Good grief what a woeful miss
Bendtner punished by pulling things level
Silvestre Varela puckered the death kiss
Second time blaster to seal all the points
13.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Kuba cracker saves the day
Poland 1-1 Russia
Near to Stalin's palace of culture
Swooped Dzagoev the Russian vulture
Red Army piling on great style
Wily Arshavin supplying all the guile
Sandwiched between a rivalry most bitter
Nervy Polska turned to their iconic skipper
Time ticking, Piszczek turned provider
Bang, a total blinder from Kuba
Blaszczykowski the fulcrum of the team
With magic that'll dwell in every Pole's dream
12.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Beware of Cech bearing gifts
Greece 1-2 Czech Republic
In Wroclaw the Greeks bore gifts
Jiracek with a very early lift
Second stake thrust by Vaclav Pilar
With the instinct of a serial killer
When Cech crazily fumbled in the heat
Gekas scored and Hellas were upbeat
Despite the marauding Gebr Selassie
Czech's missed the composure of Rosicky
Bilek's boys still weathered the storm
Semi revenge and a timely return to form
12.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Shevchenko at the double
They said he was over the hill
Time for an affectionate farewell
Dispelled much whilst going for the kill
In a terrific seven minute spell
Another icon sets events in motion
Ibrahimovich steering Kallstrom's cross
Dream start in Kyiv lacked devotion
Poachers brace adds sheen to the gloss
So the choice of nostalgia prevails
Ukraine shares a communal whoopee
Laid to rest all the old wives tales
Made in Kyiv, Milan, Chelsea
11.06.12
Number7
© Emdad Rahman
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Allez le blanc
Donetsk a greenhouse of humidity
Honed in centre from Stevie G
Rude not to finish such a delivery
Sky Blue Lescott bang on the money
Would Les Blues unbeaten streak survive?
As England waltzed to the jive
Once more the stadium came alive
Samir Nasri launched a punishing drive
Shush gesture from the game turner
Much sweat from Ox the learner
They don't really come much sterner
A point deemed a good day's earner
11.06.12
Number7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
Croatia deflate Irish spirits
Republic of Ireland 1-3 Croatia
Two goals early in each half
Concentration a deciding factor
Mandzukic and Given struck two
Memorable first from Sean St Ledger
Calls for offside disproved by a replay
Clinical by the Toffee Jelavic
Ball played by Stephen Ward
Happy man that Slaven Bilic
Trap has to shuffle the pack
Add some throttle to the cruise ship
Change of plan for the Emerald Isles
Its time to play further up the green strip
10.06.12
Number 7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Cesc rescues a point
La Roja faced the Azzurri
No famed Spanish firepower?
Not a striker in sight, no focal point
Arena Gdansk at Euro rush hour
Pirlo skipped Xavi, weighing a pass
Conductors of such intricate play
To the sub on for Balotelli
Crispy finish from Di Natale
Torres with another one to forget
Iniesta still an atomic mass
Silva's pass and a slick finish
By ex Londoner Cesc Fabregas
10.06.12
Number 7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Mario slays dour Portugal
Portugese dry as Rye bread
Gomez powered in with the head
Win starts the German campaign
With sudden get up and go
Cuffs freed from Nani and Ronaldo
Neuer made sure it all ended in vain
09.06.12
Number 7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Danes live to fight on
Denmark 1-0 Holland
With Total Football no more a pledge
Team Oranje lacked cutting edge
Restrained Holland ran out of breath
Wasteful Robben and Van Persie
Ruthlessness by Krohn-Dehli
Danes with the first shock in the group of death
09.06.12
Number 7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Republic rout
Russia 4-1 Czech Republic
Advocaat's men couldn't hold back
Firework display of attack
Pilar's goal couldn't save Bilek's face
Comrades Shirokov and Pavlyuchenko
Dazzled the winning Red glow
Icing cream being Dzagoev's brace
08.06.12
Number 7
(c) Emdad Rahman
Greece rain on opening parade
Lewandowski with the opener
Salpingidis showing willpower
Greece clearly lacking hydration
Tyton's first touch saved a penalty
After madness from Szczesny
Greece ruining the inauguration
08.06.12
Number 7
(c) Emdad Rahman
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Thursday, June 07, 2012
New Beefeater joins the Tower of London:
Name: Clive Towell
Age: 44
Marital status: Single with long term partner Sheena Lott
Family: Two daughters –Sophie aged 14 and Mollied aged 12
Living: I
am from Cheltenham Gloucester but have been in the Army since the age
of 16. I live with Sheena in Horley, Surrey. We are both looking forward
to moving into the Tower once my probation period has finished in 6
months.
Which regiments did you serve with? I
have served with the Kings Royal Hussars for almost my full career of
29 years. I started off as a Trooper and finished a Regimental Sergeant
Major. I then went on and became the first Household Cavalry and Royal
Armoured Corps Sergeant Major, a position I held for 2 years.
How many years in military service?
29
Where have you been stationed? UK, Northern Ireland, Germany, Canada, Belize, Bosnia, Iraq and France
What role did you do prior to becoming a Yeoman Warder? I was the Senior Recruiter at ACIO Bromley
How does it feel to be appointed a Yeoman Warder?
I am very proud to have been selected as a Yeoman Warder, I am looking
forward to serving for the next 20 years’ish! I found out about the role
from serving Yeoman Warder’s at the Tower. The recruitment procedure
took about three months and was a very fair process.
What are your first impressions of life as a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London? Life
is good at the Tower, it’s great working with the public and
outdoors. I have a great deal to learn over the next six months, but it
all seems to be settling down well.
Have you moved in to your home at the Tower of London? What is it like? Not yet, I have to serve out a probation period first
How are you finding living in Central London? I love it there is so much to see and do
What will you be doing over the next few weeks? Working on my Tour trying to learn the script!
Umrah 2012
We
travelled to Saudi for Umrah and for ten whole days and nights were able to
savour the sheer brilliance of Makkah as well as the magnificence that the golden
city of Madinah has to offer.
The
weather was very hot but bearable. The Umrah excursions, circumabulating
We also
toured the three mountain peaks in Makkah – Jabal Noor, Thawr and Rahmah. Jabal Noor was the sanctum of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him), the place of His devotions and meditations and
the sacred spot where the Holy Quran began to be revealed. The Cave is situated
on mount Al-Noor on the way to Mina near Makkah and its peak is visible from a
great distance. Muhammad (peace be upon him) visited frequently, when during a
night in the month of Ramadan the first 5 verses of the Surah Al-Alaque were
revealed to him.
Jabal
Thawr is the cave that provided sanctuary for the Prophet (peace be upon him), and
his companion Abu Bakr (RA).
Jabal
Rahmah is the Mount of mercy - This is the place where Adam and Eve met after
leaving heaven.
Other
highlights included visiting Mina, and the kids quad biking at Jabal Rahmah.
The Makkah clock tower was a striking sight but most definitely a distracting
and overbearing influence which totally dominated the skyline.
The crowds
were sparse and at most times we were able to roam An amazing experience which
I pray we can repeat next year. Our stay in Golden Madinah was short and we
hope to stay a few days extra next time round.
My travel
providers were superb throughout and I got a very good travel deal and
hospitality from Madinah travels, Unit 3, 86, Brick Lane, London, E1 6RL -
020 3246 0020. If you are looking for a budget deal then do contact these guys
to make enquiries. A big thank you goes out to Rajon and Liblu for making our
stay as pleasant as possible.
Here are
some of our highlights…
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