The Long Arm of the Draw

So, I had an early start this season at the end of June with Fulham's game against the minnows of Runavik but had not managed to fit anything in until last weekend. I had also decided that it having celebrated the arrival of daughter number 2 almost 2 weeks earlier that it was time for my eldest daughter's first match. Now 3 1/3 is a bit too young for league football so Orient was out but I reckoned on the more sparsely populated surroundings of Barkingside vs Southend Manor being a little more conducive to the her attention span. This was especially important as she hadn't actually expressed any interest in football itself; just going to the football with me. So armed with a bag full of goodies, a picture book and a doll I put the buggy into action and set off.

The one thing that I wasn't expecting on arrival was 2 policeman in the car park making sure that all was tranquil at Oakside. It seems that Essex Senior League football was now a major event in the aftermath of the riots. In the end 4 coppers stood on the terrace enjoying the football (admittedly I think all 4 were special constables but it was still an amusing sight.)

The Blog that Lived

It has been months since my last post. At first this was down to me being too excited about the Orient Arsenal game to get my thoughts into any kind of coherent form. After that real life took over and a mixture of pregnancy (mu wife's rather than mine!) and house hunting took over. Although I still went to games I didn't really have time to write anything meaningful. So, for me 2011/12 started way back on June 30th with £5 tickets for Fulham against the Faeroese heroes of NSI Runavik. Unfortunately drunk too much afterwards so no blog there and to be honest it would have just involved excruciating explanations of jokes about the Dentist if I had bothered so all's well that ends well. So here's to 2011/12