Hiding from the footie.
As far as the footie is concerned, the weekend was mixed. Lets start with the good. On Saturday, Chelmsford played their second home match at Melbourne, and a crowd in excess of 1200 saw them to an excellent 3-2 win over Bromley. Was going to go, but I never made it due to non running buses from the town. In the first Melbourne game, against Billericay on the 2nd, a remarkable crowd, 2 shy of 3000 saw their first game. Now that's encouraging, remarkable crowds for the level.
On Sunday, we saw the first Premiership casualty of the FA Cup 3rd round when Fulham were taken out by none other than Orient. Can you believe it, O's winning at a Premiership ground. It was no fluke, they deserved it. After seeing Burton hold Man Utd to a 0-0 draw and securing a valuable replay at Old Trafford, I was gutted to watch Spurs plummet to a 2-3 defeat at Leicester after being 2-0 up. Stalteri's first goal for the club was a cracker. Leicester pulled one back from nowhere just before half time, and came out blazing in the second half. de Vries notched the winner in injury time, and it looked suspiciously offside. I have it on good authority it wasn't, but hey ho. We can concentrate on finishing 4th now, and it wouldn't surprise me, Spurs being Spurs, if we got a win at Anfield on Saturday!
Pride of place for Sunday goes to Clyde who beat Celtic 2-1 in the SFA Cup. They had 2 goals disallowed, and missed a penalty, so they could have been 5 up at halftime. Rumour has it that Roy Keane made his debut for the Bhouys, but I hardly saw him. Mind you, it's ages since he last played, so it's excusable. That surprise doesn't make up for 'Well going down 0-3 at St Mirren.
Currently smiling to myself... I've never seen Motherwell, and have no real connection to them, but was actually quite upset when they lost. Those match-time texts from Kar, and the gentle following them I've done this season counts for something, and I've grown attached. I plan to make a footie pilgrimage north of the border at some point, whether invited up or not, it will be to Motherwell now, instead of Partick as was always the intention. Hell, the air fair isn't that much from Stansted to Prestwick. I could probably do it in a day, but an overnight stay would be better of course. I'll mention it to Kar when she gets back from her break.
Funny isn't it, and silly, but I miss the mails and chats when Kar's not about. She and Ger have gone to Sharm-el-Sheikh for a week. I know she's been stressed, and I'm sure the break will do her the world of good. Getting somewhere sunny at this time of year is wonderful, much better than a summer break. I didn't tell her of course, but I'd rather they hadn't chosen there, especially after the attack their last year. I know it won't happen again, at least not for a while, but I can't help but worry. I'd hate for them to get caught up in anything unpleasant.
Talking of going away, I booked up the break to Prague this morning. Five nights this time, flying out on Sunday 5th March and returning on the following Friday. The hotel is fairly central, and looks lovely, an old Art Nouveau building. OK, we are spending a little more than I would like, but it will be worth it. I picked up one of the DK guides on Saturday, and it looks a lovely place. Will do a little research of course, it looks like there'll be lots to see. (Looking through the guide sparked a memory of school history... Jan Hus. Amazing what sticks in your mind... Hussites, lol.) I want to listen to some Dvorak and Smetana too, to get a cultural feel. I think Mum still has those Great Compsers LP's I got 20 years back... I expect there'll be some of their stuff in their. I definately recall Dvorak. (Never thought I'd be writing about classical music when I thought about starting the blog, way back when!)
Friday night was King Kong night. Excellent stuff. Much hyped, but it's nice to see a film that lives up to it. Not perfect by any means. Good fun though, and the effects were terrific. I found myself wincing when Kong was pulling open a TRex's jaws before I thought, 'for F**k's sake, Andrew, they are two CGI models, they don't exist outside of a computer!' On those lines, the climax atop the Empire State Building was a touch too realistic for me. My fear of heights hit me, and my knees went, watching the biplanes circling around poor Kong. Seeing Naomi Watts and Adrien Brody's characters climbing to the very top of the building didn't help matters, and I actually felt quite queasy, even though I was sitting on a relatively comfy seat, with solid floor underneath me! Eejit! A big thumbs up for Peter Jackson though, confirming that the LOTR saga wasn't a flash in the pan. (Kate Winslet's film, directed by PJ, Heavenly Creatures is one of my faves too.)
Ooohoo, getting close to home time now, so I think it's time to sign off. Andy and Alex K will be over, and I expect we'll be heading to the cinema. (Either The Producers or Match Point I suppose.)
On Sunday, we saw the first Premiership casualty of the FA Cup 3rd round when Fulham were taken out by none other than Orient. Can you believe it, O's winning at a Premiership ground. It was no fluke, they deserved it. After seeing Burton hold Man Utd to a 0-0 draw and securing a valuable replay at Old Trafford, I was gutted to watch Spurs plummet to a 2-3 defeat at Leicester after being 2-0 up. Stalteri's first goal for the club was a cracker. Leicester pulled one back from nowhere just before half time, and came out blazing in the second half. de Vries notched the winner in injury time, and it looked suspiciously offside. I have it on good authority it wasn't, but hey ho. We can concentrate on finishing 4th now, and it wouldn't surprise me, Spurs being Spurs, if we got a win at Anfield on Saturday!
Pride of place for Sunday goes to Clyde who beat Celtic 2-1 in the SFA Cup. They had 2 goals disallowed, and missed a penalty, so they could have been 5 up at halftime. Rumour has it that Roy Keane made his debut for the Bhouys, but I hardly saw him. Mind you, it's ages since he last played, so it's excusable. That surprise doesn't make up for 'Well going down 0-3 at St Mirren.
Currently smiling to myself... I've never seen Motherwell, and have no real connection to them, but was actually quite upset when they lost. Those match-time texts from Kar, and the gentle following them I've done this season counts for something, and I've grown attached. I plan to make a footie pilgrimage north of the border at some point, whether invited up or not, it will be to Motherwell now, instead of Partick as was always the intention. Hell, the air fair isn't that much from Stansted to Prestwick. I could probably do it in a day, but an overnight stay would be better of course. I'll mention it to Kar when she gets back from her break.
Funny isn't it, and silly, but I miss the mails and chats when Kar's not about. She and Ger have gone to Sharm-el-Sheikh for a week. I know she's been stressed, and I'm sure the break will do her the world of good. Getting somewhere sunny at this time of year is wonderful, much better than a summer break. I didn't tell her of course, but I'd rather they hadn't chosen there, especially after the attack their last year. I know it won't happen again, at least not for a while, but I can't help but worry. I'd hate for them to get caught up in anything unpleasant.
Talking of going away, I booked up the break to Prague this morning. Five nights this time, flying out on Sunday 5th March and returning on the following Friday. The hotel is fairly central, and looks lovely, an old Art Nouveau building. OK, we are spending a little more than I would like, but it will be worth it. I picked up one of the DK guides on Saturday, and it looks a lovely place. Will do a little research of course, it looks like there'll be lots to see. (Looking through the guide sparked a memory of school history... Jan Hus. Amazing what sticks in your mind... Hussites, lol.) I want to listen to some Dvorak and Smetana too, to get a cultural feel. I think Mum still has those Great Compsers LP's I got 20 years back... I expect there'll be some of their stuff in their. I definately recall Dvorak. (Never thought I'd be writing about classical music when I thought about starting the blog, way back when!)
Friday night was King Kong night. Excellent stuff. Much hyped, but it's nice to see a film that lives up to it. Not perfect by any means. Good fun though, and the effects were terrific. I found myself wincing when Kong was pulling open a TRex's jaws before I thought, 'for F**k's sake, Andrew, they are two CGI models, they don't exist outside of a computer!' On those lines, the climax atop the Empire State Building was a touch too realistic for me. My fear of heights hit me, and my knees went, watching the biplanes circling around poor Kong. Seeing Naomi Watts and Adrien Brody's characters climbing to the very top of the building didn't help matters, and I actually felt quite queasy, even though I was sitting on a relatively comfy seat, with solid floor underneath me! Eejit! A big thumbs up for Peter Jackson though, confirming that the LOTR saga wasn't a flash in the pan. (Kate Winslet's film, directed by PJ, Heavenly Creatures is one of my faves too.)
Ooohoo, getting close to home time now, so I think it's time to sign off. Andy and Alex K will be over, and I expect we'll be heading to the cinema. (Either The Producers or Match Point I suppose.)
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