The Referee's Alphabet

Technical Area is where the manager, coaches etc. are supposed to stay inside during the game.
Pleat not David, but simply the fold or crease.
Walter Pidgeon Canadian actor, MGM's resident "perfect gentleman". Played Mr. Gruffydd, the preacher, in...
How Green Was My Valley John Ford melodrama, which beat Citizen Kane for the Best Picture Academy award in 1941. Spanning 50 years, the film revolves on the life of a Welsh mining family, told through the eyes of its youngest child, Huw Morgan, played by...
Roddy McDowall also famous for his Planet of the Apes movies. Died in 1998. Not to be confused with A Clockwork Orange's Malcolm.
Yate town in south Gloucestershire, north-east of Bristol. There's also a Yate not far from Zeal Monachorum, by coincidence...
Zidane Zinedine, French midfielder now at Real Madrid after five years at Juventus.
Zico Arthur Antunes Coimbra, Brazilian forward from the 70's to the early 90's. Had a spell at Udinese in the 80's in between his two terms at Flamengo. 67 goals in 94 games for Brazil, a record second only to Pele. Took over as coach of Japan after the 2002 World Cup.
Zola Gianfranco, Italian forward now at Chelsea after spells at Napoli and Parma.
Zubizaretta Spanish keeper in the 80's and 90's, 126 caps for his country, which I believe is a record.
Zoff Dino, Italian keeper from '68-'82 (112 appearances), played for Udinese, Mantova, Napoli and most famously for Juventus ('72-'83). Since coached at Juve and Lazio, with a spell in the Italian hotseat for Euro 2000.
Zondervan Midfielder, played for West Brom ('82-'84) and Ipswich ('84-'92). Born in Surinam, made a handful of appearances for Holland. Think he's still on the staff as a scout at Ipswich.
Zatopek Emil, Czech long-distance runner, set 20 world records, and won the 5,000m, 10,000m and marathon in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.
Zeus the god in whose honour the Ancient Olympic games were held, and whose statue at Olympia is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Zeal Monachorum a small village on the western edge of mid-Devon.

Jā, jā, jā - runa iet par Kalgarī! Overtaima 14-jā minūtē, zināmās meitenes var sākt jau piedzerties ielās ar striptīzu un pārējām lietām, pateicoties Džeromam Iginlam, kurš ir noplosījies kā zvērs (spēlei sekoju līdzi teksta režīmā un tagad arī gatavojos izģērbties - tiesa, prozaiskāku mērķu labad, miedziņš nāk).

Atmiņā atnāca pirmais NHL fināls, kuru puslīdz sakarīgi atceros pēc kaut kādiem pilnīgi mistiskiem apskatiem - šķiet, tas bija 1989.gads, kad "Flames" ieguva Stenliju. Vēl tagad atmiņā stāv skats, kā tad vēl jaunais, bārdainais un spēka pilnais Els Makinniss ieslido zonā , un tur nekavējoties sākas... vienkārši panika. No viņa klātbūtnes vien. Atzīmēšu, ka viņš vēl aizvien ir aizsargs ar spēcīgāko metienu līgā, tikai tagad jau atgādina dzīves paplucinātu Arizonas fermeri.

Iginla kādreiz būs arī parasts padzīvojis Bruklinas nigers, kurš iespējams būs pārņēmis sava bijušā komandas biedra, sīkās komplekcijas narkomāna Teo Flerī ieradumus. Bet tagad we are the champions tjipa. Bez piecām minūtēm.

Garastāvoklis:: pleased

Jākonstatē, ka visu laiku labākais hc albums, kas iznācis pēc Big Black "Songs About Fucking", ir tas, ko es šobrīd nevaru vien atklausīties - ģeniālā grupa "The Polysics" (un pirmais albums "Neu!") no tālās Tokijas. La Tikai bungas, geetar un kaut kāds bērnu "Casio", kurš gan ļoti reti figurē. Bet geetarists spēlē tā, ka pat man širmis iet ciet, kā rezultātā - labākais ieraksts, ko esmu dzirdējis pēdējo...nu, teiksim, trīs gadu laikā. Un pilnīgi nejauši uzgājās sīksoulā. This is something for pogo, dude.