Dear Santa,
I’ve been really good this year.
I always did my best and I tried to obey my mum, dad and my coach.
I respected Jim Hey’s decisions (but didn’t always agree).
I respected the opposition and thanked them when we won and congratulated them when we lost.
Because I’ve been such a good boy I would like these cool things for Christmas:
Books:
- Tony Davison’s biography: Years of Dedication
- Pete Wild’s biography: The Heir Apparent
- Catriona Bennett’s biography: The Pukekohe Toiler
- Men’s reserve team Season Review 2006: Year of the Oggy
- Women’s 1st team Season Review 2006: Onward and Upward
- Over 35’s Season Review 2006: Team of Destiny
- Men’s 1st team Season Review 2006: What the?
- Women’s reserve team Season Review 2006: Football - Hull Style
- Men’s 3rd team Season Review 2006: The name’s Dodd. Jeff Dodd
DVDs:
- Maroon Wonderstrikes '06 – included on the 8-disc set
- Andy Davey’s effort from halfway v Waiuku
- Gaylene Woolley’s pile-driver v Western Springs
- Every goal Fin scored because he’s never in the web site reports
- Steve Fabrello’s Cup final hat-trick
- Vaughan Banfield’s 25-yarder at Papakura
- Lee du Maurier’s “arse-first” effort
- Opposition Wonderstrikes '06 – included on the 2-disc set are:
- All 10 Te Atatu goals
- Jim Hey’s Oggys
- Rebecca Tegg’s rocket for Eastern Suburbs in the Uncle Toby’s Cup
- Mangere’s swerving 20-yarder in the Counties-Manukau Knockout Cup
And I hear those “Behind the Scenes” Pukekohe AFC reality DVDs are really good. Here’s a few I’d like:
- Short and Sweet - A failed Northern League Odyssey
- Better with Age – Double Winners
- The Birth of a Web Site
- Committee Meetings (the unedited version)
- Women’s Road Trip: Palmy North
- Roy Cook: “I Only Score Screamers”
- Trent’s 21st: The Directors Cut
Other stuff:
- A year’s worth of Cold Power (so the ladies don’t moan when the bibs aren’t “Rainforest fresh”)
- Beep test tape
- Yellow and blue Nike ball x 2
- Radio Sport’s Sports Anthem CD – (gets me hyped before the game big time)
- A John Murdie poster (I’ve already got the Trevor Wild, Jason Paranihi and Leanne Dodd ones)
- New shin pads (Willy broke my other ones)
- Fluffy ear-muffs (like the ones Kelsey has)
- A new set of golf clubs (the set Tony sold me haven’t made me any better)
- A Denise Edmonds autographed shirt
- Jim Hey’s whistle (so he can’t blow it)
- A Jim McCormick coffee mug (the one with “Let’s start playing football!” on it)
- Some flash shoes like Mike Botting has (he’s got all the cool stuff)
- One of the those white headbands like the girls in ladies first team wear (I want to look like that tennis guy Roger Federer – he’s choice)
- One of those knee-braces that everyone wears at the club
- The Pukekohe clubroom jigsaw puzzle
- That new Pukekohe AFC Playstation game – the one where you can choose to be either Russell Whiter, Lana Morris, Andy Hargreaves or Marguerite Cooke and you play a season as them (I want to be Russ)
- A Pukekohe AFC sheet/duvet set like the Man City ones Thomas has
That’s it really Santa. If I could get some of that it would be really awesome.
I will leave some beer and some of Sonja’s, Shona’s and Tracey’s chocolate chippies out for you. The beer will be in Jimmy’s Celtic mug. I hope that’s okay. I know you’re a Rangers fan.
Merry Christmas.
P.S. The clubrooms don’t have a chimney so you’ll have to come in through the training door at the side. Be careful, the roller door is a bit tricky.