Thursday, October 11, 2007
Ram a lam
Right then. Southampton’s form goes from fantastic to the ridiculous. I had a fantastic trip to Sheffield, my first to Bramall Lane, where we won 2-1. I then miss a drubbing at Preston on the Tuesday. Saturday against West Brom we again played some good stuff, just wish for some consistency and decent defending. On the Sunday after Sheffield I went to Tooting & Mitcham’s new ground for a charity game between Chelsea Old Boys, Southampton Old Boys. Saints must have been struggling for players as they had Ziggy from Big Brother and Luther Blisset playing for them. Chelsea had a few more stars and Ray ‘Butch’ Wilkins still looks a class act and could probably still do a job in the lower leagues. One of the patrons of the charity it was for was Jason Cundy’s wife, who looks well fit. Had Mr Cundy been an excellent office worker rather than an average centre half I doubt they would have courted or is that me being cynical?
On Thursday (4th) I was the youngest person by six years in the crowd at the Fairfield Hall to see Joe Brown and Dave Edmunds. Only really went for the welsh guitar wizard who after a few instrumentals (including Elton’s Your Song) played by him alone, belted through I Hear You Knocking, Singing The Blues and Queen Of Hearts with Joe’s backing band. In the second half he joined Joe Brown for a couple of rock ‘n’ roll numbers, Hello Mary Lou & Cludette before sing his own hit Girls Talk. Joe Brown was entertaining too considering I knew virtually nothing about his music. A few covers including surprisingly ‘Black Betty’. Good entertainment and we managed to get back to Sutton for a couple of pints in O’Neills which is open till midnight after.
This weekend was a huge melee of great sport. After Saints victory and hearing England won the rugby quarter final I watched France beat New Zealand in the same sport in the evening. I normally detest rugby but I found this game very enjoyable and good to view. Sunday I watched England take a 2-1 lead in the one day cricket series against Sri Lanka. Very low scoring and tense but the right result. Monday it was India’s turn to upset the apple cart and beat Australia in their one day. This was made more entertaining by Ricky Ponting being given out by the third umpire much to his disbelief and see him throw a tantrum in the pavilion. Classic.
On Thursday (4th) I was the youngest person by six years in the crowd at the Fairfield Hall to see Joe Brown and Dave Edmunds. Only really went for the welsh guitar wizard who after a few instrumentals (including Elton’s Your Song) played by him alone, belted through I Hear You Knocking, Singing The Blues and Queen Of Hearts with Joe’s backing band. In the second half he joined Joe Brown for a couple of rock ‘n’ roll numbers, Hello Mary Lou & Cludette before sing his own hit Girls Talk. Joe Brown was entertaining too considering I knew virtually nothing about his music. A few covers including surprisingly ‘Black Betty’. Good entertainment and we managed to get back to Sutton for a couple of pints in O’Neills which is open till midnight after.
This weekend was a huge melee of great sport. After Saints victory and hearing England won the rugby quarter final I watched France beat New Zealand in the same sport in the evening. I normally detest rugby but I found this game very enjoyable and good to view. Sunday I watched England take a 2-1 lead in the one day cricket series against Sri Lanka. Very low scoring and tense but the right result. Monday it was India’s turn to upset the apple cart and beat Australia in their one day. This was made more entertaining by Ricky Ponting being given out by the third umpire much to his disbelief and see him throw a tantrum in the pavilion. Classic.
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