Went 1st day. Nothing wrong with the pitch. Ball swung all day but there was regular bounce and good carry. Most of the wickets were LBW with a debutant umpire (David Millns) very quick to get the finger up. But then he was an opening bowler himself.
The lead singer of local band "Rufus Stone" had , until recently, been the landlord at The Blue Keys in Northlands Road, which was for many of us, the pre-match boozer before going to the Dell.
Congratulaions on your success, John. The sarky replies you have had seem to have forgotten that Slumdance Boast did actually ask "What have you achieved John this season."
Dont move to NE Hants as you might end up with a very unpleasant neighbour.
Better Fernandes goal in the last minute v. Everton 04 at the Chapel end.
Terry Paine away at W. Ham 68 when he got to the by-line, checked back onto his left and curled it in at the far post.
Tommy Jenkins (also away at W.Ham 70) ran from our box to theirs, beating Bobby Moore twice and smacking it in from just inside the area.
Ironically, me and my mates missed the start and Wallace's goal after a long walk from a not so local boozer. Fortunately there was no congestion and we walked straight into the away section.
I had a radio with me and was asked how the semi-finals were going. At first I couldnt work out why there was no match commentary apart from a few reports from the Everton-Luton game.
The game at Hillsborough had obviously been stopped but when the announcer (Des Lynham?) first mentioned deaths the game in front of us ceased to matter. It was just a case of hearing the death toll move up every few minutes and when Rideout scored there was hardly any celebrating from our section.
The following Tuesday we played Norwich at home and I couldnt face going and from what I was told it was a totally passionless 0-0.
So when is Mikey Wilde hitting the publicity merry-go-round? Strange that Rupes never once mentioned him by name during the 55 or so interviews he gave. Even though he was responsible for his 2006 exit and his 2008 resurrection.