A hugely delayed September summary comes over halfway into October after a busy few weeks was coupled with a lack of motivation to write. The pursuit of goals has continued gradually with just two successes across the month.
Sport
Rugby
league continued to dominate the schedule and saw a total of seven attendances
across the month with four senior and three academy. Super League 8s action
began with the 'On the Road' trip to Millwall with Wigan strolling past Catalans
(42-16) before a return to the DW saw Hull
defeated (30-24). After setting a target of reaching 15 away wins overall, the
hope had to continue into the next month after a defeat away at St
Helens (18-14) but the month did end on a high with a home win
against Castleford (47-12) which ensured second spot
behind a last-gasp Leeds LLS triumph.
The academy trilogy began with a narrow home win against Castleford 19s (22-20) to end the 8s campaign followed by a superb victory in the play-off semi against Warrington 19s (46-16) but the best was yet to come as Wigan retained their title with a 22-10 Grand Final win at the DW against St Helens to round off a near perfect season.
The new football season got into full swing but sadly Liverpool didn't as they came away from the month with just two wins in five games, a 3-1 defeat away to Manchester United opened September before 1-1 draws away to Bordeaux and at home to Norwich dampened the charge. However, the month did end on a high with a 3-2 win over Aston Villa which came after a lacklustre 1-1 draw with Carlisle United in the Capital One Cup which saw Liverpool narrowly advance on penalties.
As Liverpool stuttered, sadly so did Skelmersdale United with just two successes across the month,one of which came in my three visits to Stormy Corner. They began the month with a 3-2 win over Matlock but I was unable to see it as it clashed with the Wigan trip to London but sadly fell to defeats away to Mickleover (2-1) and Ashton United (5-0) which sandwiched my first attendance to SC which saw a 2-1 FA Cup win over Glossop North End and saw the goal of 15 games attended in 2015 achieved. My other visits to Stormy Corner were not as good though with Sutton Coldfield winning 2-1 and Darlington salvaging a 1-1 draw on consecutive Tuesday nights.
So a good month in terms of rugby league but more of the opposite for my football teams, though soon enough my fourth team re-entered the focus as the new NFL season began. Washington Redskins opened with a 17-10 loss to Miami Dolphins before getting their first win in week two with a 24-10 victory over St Louis Rams. The joy was dented by a 32-21 loss to New York Giants meaning a 1-2 record in the first month of the campaign.
The academy trilogy began with a narrow home win against Castleford 19s (22-20) to end the 8s campaign followed by a superb victory in the play-off semi against Warrington 19s (46-16) but the best was yet to come as Wigan retained their title with a 22-10 Grand Final win at the DW against St Helens to round off a near perfect season.
The new football season got into full swing but sadly Liverpool didn't as they came away from the month with just two wins in five games, a 3-1 defeat away to Manchester United opened September before 1-1 draws away to Bordeaux and at home to Norwich dampened the charge. However, the month did end on a high with a 3-2 win over Aston Villa which came after a lacklustre 1-1 draw with Carlisle United in the Capital One Cup which saw Liverpool narrowly advance on penalties.
As Liverpool stuttered, sadly so did Skelmersdale United with just two successes across the month,one of which came in my three visits to Stormy Corner. They began the month with a 3-2 win over Matlock but I was unable to see it as it clashed with the Wigan trip to London but sadly fell to defeats away to Mickleover (2-1) and Ashton United (5-0) which sandwiched my first attendance to SC which saw a 2-1 FA Cup win over Glossop North End and saw the goal of 15 games attended in 2015 achieved. My other visits to Stormy Corner were not as good though with Sutton Coldfield winning 2-1 and Darlington salvaging a 1-1 draw on consecutive Tuesday nights.
So a good month in terms of rugby league but more of the opposite for my football teams, though soon enough my fourth team re-entered the focus as the new NFL season began. Washington Redskins opened with a 17-10 loss to Miami Dolphins before getting their first win in week two with a 24-10 victory over St Louis Rams. The joy was dented by a 32-21 loss to New York Giants meaning a 1-2 record in the first month of the campaign.
Leisure
On the
video front, Super 8s Stories continued with St Helens while the 'Out and
About' Series reached 37 weeks and both meant continued progress towards the
next view count goal with 40,000 just on the horizon as the month came to an
end.
As has been mentioned on and off, over the last year or so is my job hunt while continuing to freelance for SARL but as September began, my financial situation reached breaking point. This led to 'signing on' for the first time since 2008 when I did so after leaving University with a degree but with no money at all. This time around it was to 'Universal Credit' which will help me survive and hopefully boost my chances of a job outside of the horrors of order picking.
The worst part of it is that any ambition and motivation that I had just evaporated as signing on after a seven year gap, basically makes me a failure as a person both career wise and life wise, seven years ago going into what was originally a stop/go at ASDA sees me now hitting rock bottom.
As has been mentioned on and off, over the last year or so is my job hunt while continuing to freelance for SARL but as September began, my financial situation reached breaking point. This led to 'signing on' for the first time since 2008 when I did so after leaving University with a degree but with no money at all. This time around it was to 'Universal Credit' which will help me survive and hopefully boost my chances of a job outside of the horrors of order picking.
The worst part of it is that any ambition and motivation that I had just evaporated as signing on after a seven year gap, basically makes me a failure as a person both career wise and life wise, seven years ago going into what was originally a stop/go at ASDA sees me now hitting rock bottom.
Gaming
After a mixed month in August, September continued
the trend with just 125 unlocks meaning October needs to be amazing to keep on
track for a 'Best Ever Year'.
The split saw a huge advantage on the Xbox One with 118 unlocks while the Windows/Xbox 360 platforms saw just seven unlocks.
The next TA goal of 225,000 is making good progress with the goal of 221,855 reached on the 18th which ensures this year tops 2014 as highest TA haul overall which was boosted by 4,375 across September itself.
What's Next?
As this post is being written midway through October, the first point will highlight events which have already been attended in the month followed by those which are still upcoming...
- A Super League play-off at home to Huddersfield and my sixth trip to the Grand Final as Wigan faced Leeds came with mixed success which will be detailed in the Oct post as will the Skem home game against Colwyn Bay.
- Upcoming is the trip to Stormy Corner on Tuesday 20th as Buxton FC visit as well as my fortnightly appointment with my work coach at the Job Centre next week.
- Some other events may just pop up but only time will tell in the next post.
A few photo highlights of the month can be seen below....
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