Is it Any Wonder That We Pine For The Ushaw Moor That's Linked With Brigadoon?

After all the media is bombarding us with revelations that should shock us to the core. We cannot even trust NHS inspections and ...... no I will not continue in that vein. But I could and it would take up scores of size A4 pages. The British Empire would take a verbal battering, I can tell you, and I will be telling Michael Gove the same thing.

So is it any wonder that we might wish to escape it all with a misty eyed walk down memory lane and with a familiar fondness for the old tramping grounds? As we begin to step out we have to be wary of a bit of false memory and a bit of exaggeration. Take the Ushaw Moor County School football team.

In its epic match against the present Spain side [I did not refer to Brigadoon for nothing]. the 1958/9 school football team performed with credit. But how much credit? That's a rhetorical question and because I have done some sterling work on that I insist on revealing my findings to you without delay.

My calculations have taken into account several pieces of information, as follows: Spain beat Tahiti 10-0 yesterday, at home; Chelsea takes only six seconds to score from its own goal line; Ushaw Moor would play fairly openly, and finally the magnificent Spain team would be trying. Very trying. So let me reveal the score:

Ushaw Moor 1 Spain 38. So that was a very credible result for Ushaw Moor County. Ah, I know what you are wondering but I am not going to reveal that. Not just yet. If you think this little article is a little overblown, just take on board one fact: West Auckland was too good for Juventus. 

WB