Away from work

Aside from earthquakes, my main area of interest is football. I'm the men's president of the Oxford University Association Football Club for 2007/08. In addition to playing for the university, I also play (ocassionally) for Research Machines F.C. in Division 2 of the Upper Thames Valley Sunday League. Every now and again I also turn out for either the JCR or MCR teams of Worcester College. In addition to all this playing, I'm in the process of working my way through the coaching badges with the intention of becoming a half-way decent goalkeeper coach. As part of that, I'm currently working with Oxford United Ladies, doing some coaching of their goalkeepers. When I'm not playing or coaching, watching football is another love of mine - I'm a Manchester City supporter, and have followed them through thin and thinner. Although I don't find as much time to venture back North as I once used to and hence no longer have a season ticket, I still manage to watch a handful of games each season. Between the football seasons I always try my hand at a spot of cricket, however, its a sport that I've never really been very good at and I don't put in enough time practicing to get beyond the "this is incredibly frustrating, there's no way I should be getting out to a bowler like that" stage.

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