Total Distance travelled - 430 miles.
Total Driving/Travelling time - 7hrs 40 Min's.
Number of comfort breaks - 10...The king, the fighter and a Ferrari style tyre change on the way back.We were Good believe me!
Driving Conditions - Bright, cold and wet outside Doncaster,guess some lovely local opened her legs a bit too wide.
Quotes
The Fighter was on good form, they will follow as memory allows.
Soundtrack
Radio 5,
Kaiser Chiefs - employment lp twice .. nearly 3 times
ELO - best of.... to escape the Kaiser chiefs
Lincs FM
The journey was all good and simple,several stops,The King and the Shoe salesman driving the two vehicles.No real hold ups, just a loop of roundabout in Southport when the King doubted the travel masters directions (alcohol starved fool)and at the ground in 4 hours.We parked opposite a Chinese chippie and a Booze,news and food store,The Chippie was piss poor and the store adequate.We then ventured to a local boozer "The Thatch and Thistle"that had seen far better days but had the footie on,well the scouse anyhow and served beer.No real ale beer for the ever changing moods of the King who by this time had attacked the beer after getting moody and more erratic for the last hour of the journey there.The boozer did allow the Fighter to finally get rid of his fifty pound note!Onto the club bar that didn't look it had changed much in the last 40 years except for a coat of paint after the smoking ban started.Quick drink in here then onto the £11 to stand,£12.50 to sit ground and the segregated end with after a recount 21 fans in it ?
A good Curry pie that was disguised as meat and potato until the lid was removed and bovril just had to be partaken as the sea breeze froze those that had been blinded by the sun in Kings Lynn at 9 in the morning.
It has to be noted that the Shoe salesman did not have a good time with all things cold.A cold bovril,frozen bollocks and a so called battered goldfish that was still frozen in the middle despite being deep fried for 90 seconds.
The game,well umm must I?
First half
We sat back so deep for nearly all of the first half that the only rest the forwards of Southport had was when they scored.It was like an invite to just attack at will and they did.Defensively we were poor again,across the whole 4 and closing down & second ball winning were just a thing of dreams for the midfield.Turner failed to hold the ball up when he did get it,Frew ran in a tunnel style and JJ never got the ball at all.Howie cannot get away with it either,he made a fair few good saves but should of done better for their second goal.Frew got lucky for the totally against play goal but they all count.We were very lucky to go in at half time only 2-1 down.
Second half
Much better but with the attacking edge of a rubber knife.We were combative,aggressive and much stronger but lacked any real idea going forward,with the ball when we did try just going straight back to Southport who second half produced very little.We missed Jack in a big way for his hold up play.We should of had a penalty for a hand ball on the line from our only real attack but that would of been cruel on the Port who were good value for the win.Will they win the league?No fucking chance.
Onto Gateshead a few go,not me unfortunately the lack of time given to organise adequate health cover at home being the main factor.
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