#division one

[leicamoments]

Harrogate Railway 1-2 Selby Town

At the start of the day, Railway found themselves above Selby in the table and looking to get their charge for the play-off places reignited. A late pitch inspection deemed the surface playable as many teams in the local area found their games falling foul of waterlogged and frozen turf.

The fact that Harrogate Town's game against Grimsby had been called off with many of the away fans already in the spa town - was to prove fortunate for Railway as they sought to find a game to watch.

It was great to see so many supporters in through the gates of Station View and they were to be served up a great game of football.

The first half was all Railway. The home team playing some scintillating football; attacking with pace and getting shots away to test the resolve of the visitor's defence.

New signing Eliel Anku powered in what threatened to be the first of many for The Rail on six minutes, finishing off a move that swept through Selby like they weren't there, 1-0.

A combination of woodwork, profligate finishing, and superb keeping meant that Railway were frustrated throughout the first 45; unable to add to their safe-looking lead.

In fact, it was the visitors who appeared to be rattled as the half time whistle approached - with the manager on the sideline and his keeper exchanging words as they disagreed about the urgency needed to take a goal kick.

The home supporters seemed happy as the first half came to an end, but were also voicing their wariness about the slender lead and the potential to let it slip.

That concern was to prove right as the second half progressed and Selby pressed forward to get an equaliser.

Somehow, where the Harrogate midfield was dominant in the first 45...it was to cede control to the visitors, as they seemed to drop back a few yards and as a result started to lose the initial challenges and not pick up the player in possession as quickly.

Such are the tiny differences that change games.

Selby's equaliser came from the penalty spot as Edward Day stroked the ball into the back of the net on 67 minutes, setting up a nervous final 20 minutes.

Railway tried to respond, pushing forward to reestablish their first half superiority, but this meant that spaces appeared all around the pitch and it was Selby that capitalised.

A quick attack in the 80th minute was finished off with a fairly simple tap in by Harry Clapham, who ran to the small contingent of away supporters at the side of the pitch to celebrate.

Railway switched on...instantly pushing forward trying to avoid the defeat that at one point in the game, had seemed impossible. A series of attacks, corners and free kicks were all missed, saved by the keeper or hacked clear by the Selby defenders.

There were two shouts for penalties for Railway, one definitely wasn't but was appealed more in hope; the other was more uncertain and on another day, with another referee...would have been given.

The final whistle went and Selby had won the game, and on their second half showing, probably deserved it...by the tiniest of margins. This defeat will leave Harrogate Railway kicking themselves; if any of the numerous shots had gone in in the first half, or the woodwork hadn't come to the visitor's rescue...then no one would have argued that the men from Station View didn't deserve points from this game.

A tough one to take...but Rob, Lee and Fraser have this team going in the right direction and more importantly, they are still in the race for those play-off places. They just need three points to kick off that challenge.

And thanks to the Grimsby and Harrogate Town fans for boosting Railway's attendance to the second best at level six on Saturday in the country.

[thealanwrightblog]

The 2024 English cricket season starts on Friday, 5th April. Not long to wait.

Lancashire have been handed the toughest possible start - a home match against champions Surrey followed by two of the toughest teams in Division One - Hampshire & Essex, both away.

[baddawgsports]

USL Super League Granted Division One Status

Division One sanctioning represents major milestone in USL Super League’s commitment to operate at the highest level for women’s soccer in the United States.  Brooklyn, N.Y., awarded franchise, completing field of teams to compete in 2024/25 inaugural season. The USL Super League is thrilled to confirm today that it will compete at the highest level for professional women’s soccer in the United…

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Kiss Kiss Fallen Tree!

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[isjasz]

[Day 69]

“I’m not going to kill you.”

Kinda from @mochiwrites and @hitheeprithee 's fic ties of string and sand i hate you guys happy day 69 mfs <3

[marbleboa]

damaged goods

[part 1] [part 2]

[ruporas]

can’t talk about it

[ID: Black and white comic of Vash and Wolfwood from Trigun Maximum. The comic starts with the sounds "thud, thud, click". Vash, mid-action of peeling an apple, turns to the sound, noticing who it was that entered, and says, "Oh, Wolfwood, you're back." He resumes back to his apple in the next panel as he speaks, "Where'd you go? You snuck out of bed quickly this morning..." Wolfwood's hand then enters the panel, hovering over Vash's cheek and Vash looks up as Wolfwood asks, "Can I?" Vash responds, "Not going to talk about it?" while using a hand to gently hold Wolfwood's hovering hand and presses a kiss to his inner palm.

Vash then gets up fully, setting down the knife down on the table and the apple onto a plate, He leans into Wolfwood as Wolfwood explains, "Had to meet someone. Nothing interesting to talk about." Vash kisses Wolfwood's left cheek and a hand moves to cup his other cheek while muttering, "You're being vague." Wolfwood says neutrally, "If yer really that curious, keep askin'. We  can talk about that instead of doing this." Vash leans back and responds, "Let's talk after, since... You look so tired."

The panel pans to a close up of Wolfwood's downcast eyes, bags heavy underneath his eyes. He doesn't allow Vash to sit in that moment for long though, then saying, "Yer not helping, Spikey. Being all slow with it... I could fall asleep right now." He moves his hand to start unclasping Vash's coat, starting from his collar. Vash with red cheeks, responds briskly, "Oh, shut up. I'm worried about you. I can't be worried?"

The final shot shows Wolfwood's back to the viewer while Vash's softened expression can be seen as he holds gently onto the side of Wolfwood's face and a hand firm on his waist. Wolfwood responds, "I'm fine, seriously," pausing for a moment before continuing, "Is it okay to still..?" Vash responds, "Yeah, it's okay."

The next image is a shot from later that night after the previous comic. Vash and Wolfwood are now in bed, half naked. Wolfwood's buries his face into Vash's chest, his arms wrapped around him, while Vash is petting at his hair. Vash reminds him, "Hey. You said we'd talk about it." Wolfwood pauses for a moment before piping up, "In the morning? I'm sleepy." Vash says, "Okay..."

The next two pages start from the morning after. Wolfwood is already fully awake, pulling on his outer jacket as he says to Vash, whos' still bundled in his blankets, "Breakfast is on the table. Make sure to eat it. I'm going to grab some things in town and then we're leavin'. Got it?" Vash says, "Mh." Wolfwood responds, "Good. See ya in a bit." The dialogue starts to shift into Vash's inner thoughts now, as he gets up and eats toast, thinking, "Wait. Weren't we supposed to... talk about it?" The next shot then shows him fully up, meeting Wolfwood in town. He carries a half worried expression with him while Wolfwood slides on his glasses for him. A quick panel shows Wolfwood's tired expression from the night before and quickly juxtaposes with Wolfwood in front of him who's smiling gently, the shades covering his eye bags. Wolfwood asks him, "Still not awake yet?" Vash pauses, his thoughts stirring, thinking, "Oh. I guess I was getting ahead of myself... thinking you owe me that kind of honesty." He smiles at Wolfwood and responds, "I'm awake!" His thoughts continue, "Maybe one day, you'd trust me enough to share your burdens."

The final image shows Wolfwood pulling at Vash's cheek and Vash complains, "Owwwww why..." Wolfwood quickly says, "You were thinking something stupid, right? It's all over yer face." Vash mutters, "Nooo, I wasn't..." END ID]

[blackteaduck]

What if😏💜💜💜

D-16: You're hurt 🥺

Tarn: Anything for you..my lord 💜

[unnonexistence]

95% of math brainteasers that go viral are just bad notation and it drives me up the wall

[xamaxenta]

🎉🎉🎉HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DARLIGNT SWEETHEART 🎉🎉🎉

I didnt know what to draw for your bday so I drew every single thought I had in one go

Here’s to another year simping in your name ❤️‍🔥

[leicamoments]

Railway Escape The Brig With Their Heads Held High

Saturday saw Railway entertain Brigg Town at Station View in Spring-like conditions that made playing and watching football a real pleasure.

The two teams found themselves within touching distance in the NCEL Division One table at the start of the day, with Brigg having the slight advantage, sitting four points above The Rail but also having played four games more.

So it was important for the home team to earn a result to keep pace.

Railway have over the course of the past few seasons, regained their reputation for being a tough place to visit and leave with points. If anyone thought that with Mick O'Connell leaving for Tadcaster Albion at the end of the last league campaign meant that would change - they are being proved wrong.

In fact, the team that Rob Youhill, Frazer Lancaster and Lee Parker have put together, are proving as difficult to beat as their predecessors were.

Certainly over the course of the early part of the 2023/24 season, they have been working hard and grinding out some notable results to put them comfortably placed in the table, still with a shot of climbing into the play-off spots by the end of the campaign.

It was surprising that from kick-off, the men from Station View struggled to get to grips with the way in which the visitors were playing; and it only took eight minutes for Town to take the lead.

A cross in by Scott Hutchinson was met perfectly by Dean McCarthy who rifled the ball home to make it 0-1.

Railway tried to respond, but the visitors continued to press forward and it took only another nine minutes for Brigg to get their second through Jack Boswell after a fine team move cutting through Harrogate's half, 0-2.

It wasn't looking good for The Rail, if they continued to be cut through like this, it would have been a question of how many Brigg would get before the end of the game.

You could hear and feel the unease of the home supporters, desperate for something to cheer about.

Railway dug deep and slowly but surely got a toe-hold in the game, creating a few half-chances and some hope that they could get something. It was just a glimmer of hope, but hope nevertheless.

Halftime and the teams went in, with Rob, Frazer and Lee having quite a bit of work to do.

The second half kicked off and as with any game poised at 2-0...the next goal was critical. A goal for Brigg would spell certain doom for Railway, but a goal for the home side would raise the atmosphere inside the ground...and well who knows what could happen after that!

What happened next was remarkable.

Four minutes in and Railway got the foothold that they needed...Finn Darvill getting his head to a ball in a crowded penalty area, glancing it down and across the goal, seeing it sneak inside the far post despite the despairing lunge with an outstreatched leg by the Brigg defender, 1-2.

The Railway players raced back to the halfway line, wanting to keep the momentum up.

Less than a minute later, in the very next attack, a foul by Jordan Spencer saw the referee blow his whistle to give a free kick; however, before the players involved could get to their feet, there was a scuffle on the floor and the two sets of players came together, the situation threatening to boil over.

The referee consulted his assistant and produced a straight red for Dan Hickey. Whether it was a red is questionable, but if you get involved like this, then the referee has to make a decision. Railway found themselves down to ten.

This could have meant the end of Railway's comeback...but they weren't about to fold easily. The free kick was played into the penalty box, but was safely collected by Brigg's keeper, Lewis Hill.

Railway weren't allowing the man advantage to work against them, pressing forward time after time to try and find the equaliser.

The bright winter sun had now disappeared and as the minutes ticked by, the long shadow of defeat seemed to be looming over Station View.

Railway had been pushing hard, but each attack seemed to end in a shot off target, a clearance by one of the Town defenders, or the ball finding its way through to the Brigg stopper.

A reckless challenge in the 85th minute by Brigg Town's Prince Haywood on Railway's captain, Prince Attakorah, saw the latter go down in a heap and the referee again went to his assistant to consult about his next action.

Once again, if you make such challenges, then you risk the referee making a decision that you don't like. To be fair, this decision was an easy one.

Brigg found themselves down to ten and the momentum was definitely in Railway's favour. It was now a question of how many minutes the referee would add on, giving the home side a chance to snatch the equaliser. To be honest, there had been some long stoppages and it wasn't a surprise when he added around ten minutes.

Railway pressed, creating chance after chance...but as full-time approached, it appeared that Brigg would hold out.

The referee had checked the watch and he was preparing to blow his whistle, with Railway on the attack the ball was sent into the box one last time with Mike Morris timing his run to perfection to get between the two Town defenders, making contact with his right boot and sending it goal-wards.

A moment of uncertainty...all eyes on the trajectory of the ball...and then shouts of joy and relief as the fans saw the net ruffle; Railway had, what seemed at one point during the afternoon, an improbable equaliser, 2-2.

The goal was the final act and the last kick of the game. If Carlsberg did football games...they couldn't have come up with anything better...

What a rollercoaster of a game, one that in reality Railway snatched a result from deep out of the jaws of defeat.

By 5pm both teams were as finely matched on the pitch as they are in the table, with both sets of managers able to look back on what was an eventful game of football and a great advert for non league.

[iizuumi]

Guess Narumi isn't getting any paperwork done ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[nightfal1n]

"Hoshina, I think you have a fever"

(Mina totally think it's normal thing to do bc that's what Kafka was always doing//totally headcanon)

[zaiofender]

teru waterboards reigen ..????

[otaku553]

I have an agenda.

Long hair teenage sabo.

[bonefall]

If you’ve already answered this then no worries, but what would the typical clan cat lifespan be then (assuming they don’t die prematurely from injury/illness). Just curious as to how many generations have passed since the clan’s founding in the 80 or so years.

Clan cat lifespans can be pretty variable! They're considered senior warriors at 5, but if all works out their lifespan is often 16 years. Kittens usually enter the picture for a parent who is 2 to 8 years old, but they COULD have them anywhere between 1 to 15.

Clan cats play less attention to raw age than to EXPERIENCE, though. It is socially discouraged for a fresh warrior to become a parent, and you are NOT an adult until you're out of apprenticeship. They see age like this;

Child: Less than 6 full moons SEEN. If a kitten's eyes were not opened when the first moon of their life passed over them, that is not a month they were alive.

Adolescent: The amount of time you are an apprentice. Flamepaw was considered a child while his sister was an adult.

Young Adult: The first full year out of apprenticeship, when you've handled a full year on your own. A warrior is only eligible for an apprentice after this length of time, so by extension a cat COULD be a mentor around age 2 (BUT that's considered young. 3 is a better bet.)

Adulthood is even more variable, because you're usually not considered "aged" until you've had an apprentice or a litter and you're around 5 years old. Without either of those things, you often won't be considered a "senior warrior" until you're as old as 8.

So to answer your question directly, you can comfortably estimate a new crop of warriors about every 5 years, and full population turnover every 15. Between the numbers, 8 is a good estimation of how long it takes for a generation to pass

(Though I'm more partial to historic events and time periods than crunching numbers like that)

Elders can hang on for a LOOONG time though-- One-eye over in ThunderClan was a personal friend of Pinestar and witnessed the Crusades before passing away at the tender age of 20-something.