SUNWACD RIVERS:YORKSHIRE

It's been a pre-Christmas jaunt today, travelling in Yorkshire along the coast this time and I was reminded of a trip to Ripon City being a sort of central place, though I have been in the Swale Valley....you know, the River Swale, the most northern valley in the region with the following linked into the same drainage basin, as we travelled south..... over the URE, NIDD, WHARFE, AIRE, CALDER, DON. here it is flowing to the Humber, the North Sea, the English Channel and round the world!

I learned the rivers, taught Geography by a Yorkshireman and footballer, Brian Hardcastle, remembering SUNWACD! I could draw a colourful map of them. It was nice to cross all the valleys during my day or two away with my other half (on her birthday) and to think of BAH.

Just to remind you of some famous Yorkshiremen .who have made history in footballing history:
Herbert Chapman managed Huddersfield Town in the 1930s and then Arsenal. Hailing from:-
North Yorkshire:
Brian Clough
Bill Nicholson
Don Revie
Wilf Mannion

Chris Kamara
Marco Gabbiadini
Tony Mowbray
South Yorkshire:
Tommy Taylor...Munich United
Keith Burkinshaw...COYS
Gordon Banks
Howard Wilkinson
Kevin Keegan
Graham Rix,
David Seaman
Greenhoff bros
Mick McCarthy
From West Yorks:
Len Shackleton...who?...come on you should know! The CLOWN Prince...

Trevor Cherry
David Batty
Paul Madeley
David Harvey
Stuart McCall..falls off cars LEEDS LEEDS!
From East Yorkshire...a less densely populated region:
Nick Barmby..Hull
Dean Windass...Hull..now an after dinner speaker..who isn't
Paul Robinson...Beverley...remember that air shot?

and recently-Harry Maguire, Kyle Walker, John Stones (Penistone-see map!!), Danny Rose, Fabian Delph, Aaron Lennon, Gary Cahill, James Milner.
AND FINALLY for history sake.
On December 8th 1984, 371 people witnessed at Annfield, Stirling Albion in the Scottish FA Cup 1st Round v Selkirk (amateurs) setting a record for the highest score in a senior match in Britain in the 20th Century. Eight players scored for the Albion, Dave Thompson scored 7, half time was 15-0. The Selkirk keeper who must have had a blinder, for the second half went better for Selkirk who only let in 5 more-the final score 20-0. The keeper was presented with the ball.