Rochdale Town v AFC Darwen

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Boundary Park v Balderstone

First Sunday League this season

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The Beat

Went to the Rochdale Feelgood Festival today. As always a great event but for me the highlight was The Beat. Brilliant set.

Peterloo Memorial 2012

An event I've been meaning to get to for years but finally managed it today. The event commemorates the Peterloo massacre on 16th August 1819 - very moving.

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Graduation

Shamelessly blowing my own trumpet here, but Wednesday was my graduation for my PhD at the University of Manchester.  Seven years of hard work - and it's taken me two days to really recover from the celebration!

Rochdale Town v Colne

New season starts with the first pre-season friendly of the year. Watch this space for more games.

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Manchester Day Parade

Sorry it's been a long time since I posted anything but I've had a hard time with my eyes. To put it in a nutshell I'm now blind in my left eye - a serious issue for a photographer - however I can see really well with my right eye so hopefully we can continue snapping away.

So today I went to one of my favourite events, the Manchester Day Parade, and am well pleased with the results (see below). The other change you'll notice is that I'm putting all my stuff on flickr now rather than photobucket - just seems silly to be paying for two hosting sites. Anyway, hope you enjoy.

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Rochdale Town v Wigan Robin Park

Last game of the season for Rochdale in the North West Counties League and an eventful one. Plan to be there next season and hopefully some pre-season training if I can arrange it.

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Manchester University World Cup

6-a-side footy to mark the end of the season.

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Manchester University Football cup final

Reaching the end of the footy season at Uni and the cup final for the Sports League was certainly an enjoyable occassion.

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The international language of sport

Amazing where the web brings up your photos. In this case an article about Government cut backs in France and the impact this will have on sports within one community. The photo of footy is from NW Counties League game .

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Boundary Park v Asia

Rochdale Sunday Football League Cup Final

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Rochdale Town v Norton United

God it was cold - under floods so all the usual caveats about lights - only stopped to half time as I had to go elsewhere afterwards so restricted in number of shots available.

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Boundary Park v Dicken Green

Rochdale Sunday Football League.

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Manchester University Football

Near the end of the season for the University footy this year - might manage a few more but time is now running out. Hope to cover some of the cup competititons though.

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Chadderton v Northwhich Villa

North West Counties League, and my first visit to Chaddy for a while - eye op, finishing off the PhD and dates of home games have all conspired to make it several weeks since I was last there - however I hope to be at more games as we near the end of the season.

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Boundary Park v Vasa FC, Cup 2011-12

Think this might be the first time I've shot Boundary this year, but I'd hope to try and get a few more games in prior to the end of the season.

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