Fill in the spaces with the name of an English or Scottish league football team.  The number of dashes indicates how many letters to use.  The answers are a mixture of Football team's first names, although a few are second names.

The sun shone (1) -------- the day we set sail for the (2) ------ aboard an ancient wooden ship which had a (3) ---- riddled with holes.  As we sailed down the river which (4) ----- to the sea, we waved to the maid leaning against the (5) --------.  The (6) ----- was made up of Scotsmen, Welshmen and others of the (7) ------ race.  They were a rowdy bunch and after a drinking session, they did in fact (8) ------- furniture.  The exception was a young man named (9) ----- whose job it was to (10) ----- the boilers.  He was illiterate, but won our (11) ------ with his (12) -------- efforts to improve his (13) -------.  Unfortunately he was sent to (14) -------- by the rest of the villains who had brought their (15) ------- of weapons aboard.  The voyage made my (16) ----------, she had not had a holiday (17) ------ too long.  The sea 18) --- did her (19) ------- lot of good

We landed (20) ------ in the day on the (21) -------- of the island at the foot of the hills where the natives (22) ---- their dead.  We met a group of game (23) ------- dressed in (24) ------- green, who greeted us with a friendly (25) -----.  During the day we caught dark fish in the (26) --------- and tried unsuccessfully to get fresh milk from a heard of cows, but they didn't like their (27) ------------.  We (28) ------- regardless, heading for the Sawii's Monarch, the (29) -----/--/---/-----, who was very upset as her (30 -------/------ had been smashed.  While her (32) --------- was being built she was forced to live in a sumptuous (33) -----.

When we found the stolen money, we put the (34) ----- the ship and set sail, determined to put it in the (35) ------- Building Society.  That night for tea we had (36) ------ cake and (37) ------- buns for supper.

Mark Patterson

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