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Having A Lovely Time....
Having A Lovely Time....
Sunday, 20th Feb 2005 00:00

Didn't We Have A Lovely Time....

Day was stunning, sun was out lovely and crisp air what other way is there to play football.

Travelling up, excited by the prospect of McLeod and Bean starting and, kick starting the season with a thumping win. However there was just the nagging doubt that the side would still be in their "I don't want to be the one to lose" mentality and "I hope someone else will take the responsibility" attitude and so I ended up hoping for a 95th minute winner off someone's @ris.

Arrived at God's Own after singing "Pass the WhiteRock to the left hand side" train travellers will know what I mean. I decide to get a ticket from the CLUB SHOP, as warm a welcome as Yassar used to get in Jerusalem was the fair of the day and my gilders were a little downbeat after that.

Off for a bit of shopping well done to HMV for playing Bloc Party, this turned out to be one of only a few bright spots of the day. Saw nothing to buy so grudgingly into the OH to watch the football before entering the Ol Lady for the last time.

GAS VV arrives and they refuse to serve the lad, I was half laughing half crying at this point. He then gives me money to go to the bar and dares me to get served. I get served within a minute he's not happy and this turned out to be a recurring theme throughout the day.

And so to the Ol Lady just begging inside that the lads give me a good send off and so off to stand in amongst the choir for the first time in ages. Disaster the lads serve up a poor BANQUET (Bloc Party song is that) and everyone is on a downer, the choir is very very quiet this is not in the script. The side have that I don't want the responsibility written all over it and really are struggling to fuse any form of passing game together.

Half Time, time for one last visit to the NB toilets.........Feel Emotional, it was a big moment for me.

The second half sees me and LC Gas (Lad that Cant get served GAS) switch ends on the NB we are transfixed by the sheer beauty of our play in the second half and are too overcome with the sheer quality on view to say anything. The graceful passing, the sublime off the ball movement, the rugged confident defenders breaking up attacks and starting our own. Gas digs me in the ribs and asks me to stop reading my 1976 copy of Roy of the Rovers.

The team so needs a goal, a slice of luck, a spark of ingenuity, anything just one goal please lads let me see that one goal i came for. Tate does his best not to disappoint me. Why has he gone backwards this season.. annoyed now.

Robbo trying hard, maybe too hard, Bean solid and I like the look of him and then of course the mercurial McLeod he will turn it on for us. Starts brightly and puts in one good cross and a good CORNER this is it, we have found the righteous one. Unfortunately he fails to ignite the side and the game dies on its proverbial and I am offered a damp squib of a final game, I am gutted but away to see folks for post match inquest.

Meet up with JCJ, both he and I get served before LC GAS, it stands to reason, the fact that its a BOGOF hour as well means GAS doesn't have to go to the bar and have the ignominy of not getting served again.

Go through the match and I just keep on the mantra of the players are getting longer odds at the bookies and the run will start soon. I so don't want to be disappointed.

I beg my leave, as the Swansea Train is due off at 6.30 and leave JCJ and GAS talking away. Walking up the Kingsway and the High St, I am so frustrated but I suppose what was I thinking that the lads would do me right and send me off with a happy smile........ FOOL that I am. Tomorrow's another day however. heres to Darlo and 3 points.

So a damp squib it was then, I stayed a little longer than normal at the end to say goodbye, no tears just a nod in the appropriate way to the Ol lady, she was so grateful I entered her on so many occasions.

And the moral of the story, don't fall asleep on the train and miss yer stop you end up getting home 2 hours late........... Sums it all up really

Mr B

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