Counting back from 76

The senior league season gets underway on April 14, and with around 50 home games to played at Bledisloe Park this year, here's a list of 76 things you can expect to see at some stage in the next six months:

(Feel free to add to the list by following Russell Speight's lead in the comment section below...this could be the longest thread yet!)

1. Neil Dollman screaming at a referee.
2. Steve Upfold saying "That's fantastic."
3. Jason Paranihi scoring from 25 yards.
4. Lana Morris winning a ball she shouldn't have been able to.
5. Debbie Speight, Mitch Rogerson, Steve Upson and Gordon Ngaia looking on from above and smiling.
6. Pete Wild putting out fires.
7. Catriona Bennett explaining to someone why things are done the way they are.
8. Leanne Dodd winning a header in the middle of the park.
9. Nikki Smith leading by example.
10. Kirstin Davey battling on.
11. Andy Davey getting injured.
12. Andy Davey playing through it.
13. Brad Frost running fast.
14. Andy Finlayson scoring from 60 yards.
15. Geoff Dodd scoring a goal.
16. Tom Cramer blowing up his young team at halftime.
17. Neil Kraakman doing a job at the back.
18. Andy Hargreaves turning a goal-bound Waiuku strike around a post.
19. Alice Birch opening up a defence.
20. Steve Cox smiling.
21. Mike Siemelink scoring with his head.
22. Mike Siemelink getting carded.
23. Trent Hirst showing no regard for his safety.
24. Donna Withers giving 100 percent.
25. Mark McCarrick expertly holding the ball up.
26. Steve Fabrello and Daryl Wilson doing some quality work behind the scenes.
27. The Wild family on the sideline supporting a team.
28. The Davey children in a tree.
29. Shona Miln laying it on the line.
30. Sarah Holmes bringing the ball under control with a silky first touch.
31. Chris Rowe under-selling his ability.
32. Andrew Bond beating a defender.
33. Gwyn Hughes winding back the clock.
34. Matt Hull saying he will quit smoking.
35. Matt Hull smoking three cigarettes in one half of play.
36. Mike Stuart getting penalised for no reason.
37. Ben Johnstone helping out.
38. Someone confusing Jason Harneiss with Shane Harneiss.
39. Someone confusing Shane Harneiss with Jason Harneiss.
40. Someone confusing John Murdie with George Best and/or Liam Whelan.
41. Kelsey Macdonald talking up The Warehouse while wearing fluffy ear muffs and technicolour gumboots.
42. Adrian Brocksopp clearing the danger.
43. Rose Kraakman scoring.
44. Tony Woulfe telling someone he shot 84 at Hauraki then in the next breath saying he wasn't happy with it.
45. Greg Twiss telling someone that Tony was god awful.
46. Spectators yelling: "c'mon Puke!"
47. Marguerite Cooke loving her football.
48. Sonja Abbott waking at 5:30am on a Sunday to prepare a wonderful post-game spread.
49. Sonja Abbott making a crucial save at 11.37am that same day.
50. Seven different people pitching in behind the bar.
51. An opposition team coming off the field knowing they've had a tough time.
52. An opposition team coming off the field with a win.
53. Someone from Pukekohe congratulating them on their victory.
54. Nikki Birch running herself into the ground for her team.
55. Sam Price-Bates turning his defender.
56. Lee du Maurier doing what a club captain does.
57. Thomas du Maurier talking up Manchester City.
58. A game getting cancelled due to the chopped up ground.
59. Emma McCrory scoring from distance.
60. Tony Wisnewski coming off the bench to score.
61. David Butler running his arse off for the cause.
62. David Butler filling in in between the sticks.
63. Clive Mendham playing a part.
64. Richie Sharples looking quality in his first game back.
65. Tony Davison helping out.
66. Lisa Holmes being proud of her daughter.
67. Nicole Fricker winning the ball then finding feet.
68. Someone asking: "Where is the loud, thin guy who used to play for the first team?".
69. Someone explaining that Jim McCormick is in Australia.
70. Mike Botting playing and refereeing in the same game.
71. An opposition player duffing a corner on the number one pitch.
72. An opposition player blaming the tree root.
73. A Pukekohe player doing 71 and 72.
74. Someone saying the box nets look cool.
75. Someone agreeing with that assessment.
76. Someone seeing how much fun football is at Pukekohe AFC and thinking to themselves..."I'm going to play there next year."

Happy Easter everyone and all the best for another great year in 2007.