Autumn

Afternoon at St Georges

Western Park

The colours of change

Random things

Walkabout on West St, a converted prayer hall with graves in front. A screwed representation of Aussie culture, only Fosters and no Lemon, Lime and Bitters. Oh - and no aussies either, not surprisingly.
The Drama Centre - performing waiting for Godot in a re-used church.
The Job Centre Plus - it has computers! (also the location for the job seeking scenes of the Full Monty) What a strange idea?!?

Sheffield Anglican Cathedral - an otherwise nice building with a Gotham City type entrance. In Sheffield even the oldest buildings are trying to look new (and a little ugly) unlike Melbourne where new buildings start to look old as soon as they are made.

Beneath the Gotham Tower.

Winter Garden. One of those Millenium projects.....

Part of the very tiny old part of Sheffield - a building attached to the Catholic Cathedral

Around town.

The Town Hall

Central Sheffield with the SUPER tram. It is very sweet. They have three lines. On goes Northeast to the big shopping centre, another south east past the station, and one to the west out to Sheffield Wednesday's home ground. The locals still get lost.
City Hall - a concert venue!

The Botanic Gardens
West Street, one of the major night-life streets where the Archaeology department is situated.

More West Street with one of the seven hills in the background.

Match of the Day!

Saturday 18th November: The much anticipated clash between Sheffield United and Manchester Utd. My first LIVE Premier League game! Only 20 minutes walk from home - the joy!

Bramall Lane Stadium - Home to Sheffield United Football Club - The Blades!

Manchester United warm-up. Rooney, Scholes, Ferdinand, Ronaldo, Giggs, Neville all in attendance.

The Girls (Anna, Tatiana, Gina) and I all went to see Sheffield United play Man U along with 32,000 other people in the freezing cold.

Manchester attack the Sheffield goal. Sheffield goalie (Paddy I learnt from the guy behind me) saved some amazing attempts!

Sheffield take a penalty as their best player Kazim goes off.

Biffo as Manchester levels the score 1 all. Half a dozen police mill on the stairs after one Manchester United fan celebrates and is punched in the face. One man arrested, the other led to a Manchester friendly area. After the match we walk past mounted police, and police with riot helmets surrounding a 30 strong group of chanting Sheffield supporters.

Sheffield celebrates the first goal of the match! Final result: Sheffield 1-2 Manchester. Sheffield was robbed! I must go again - maybe Sheffield v Aston Villa 5 pounds from the Student Union!