West Ham United Vs Isla de Canvey

Team Sponsors: West Ham United - Bob Mabon, London, UK Isla de Canvey - Jon Vile, London, UK Youth, Education, Sport - Grupo de Apoyo Ray Thomas Los Cabos Little Soccer League. Cangrejos School. Cabo San Lucas. Mexico Exactly a decade since we had last shared digs and six years since we last hung out together, I came to Mexico again to see my old pal from school, Bob, and I ended up staying a bit longer than planned. It was great to get to know my friend again, reminisce about old times and create some new ones. We’ve both done a lot to be proud of in the years that have passed. Mostly though, we find it hard to speak proudly, for our friendship is one stuck in the playground, the park and the terrace, where everything is game, banter rules and credit is rarely given. At times we are bold enough to share our achievements in confidence, but a joke is never far away from smirking lips. It’s like we’ve gone off to build very different lives, overcome obstacles, educate ourselves and develop into gentlemen. But it all counts for nowt when you look at your mate in the eye and know that he sees you, and will always see you, as a little chubby ginger kid quoting young guns “you have to challenge yourselves every day gentlemen” before jumping off the roof of a garage. True friends are the ones that know you most and suffer bullshit the least, tethering you to your roots, keeping you real. When you’re a long way from it, friends are home. Bob soon introduced me to Steve Mills, another globe-trotting Englishmen in Cabo San Lucas. Bob and another friend of ours Jon Vile, had sponsored a few teams through the Grupo de Apoyo program that Steve manages. A $200 pledge will shirt-up a team of seven lads or lasses for a year, in a logo and team name of whatever you want, pay for their fifa accredited coaching clinic and a medal/trophy giving ceremony at the end of the season. In homage to our London team, Bob named his little squad aft...

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