Football!

I went to my first football match in years today. The anticipation during the week was exciting! Getting ready for the match and walking up to the stadium with the hordes of eager supporters anticipating a victory to take us to the new Wembley Stadium gave me a frisson of pleasure.

It was a lovely sunny day with a blue sky which sent the spirits soaring, even though it was cold.

Within 10 minutes of the match starting everybody's hopes began to sink, except the away supporters! By the end of the match I knew why I had not been to a game in over 30 years - the anticipation soon flounders on the alter of bitter disappointment when your team lose, and lose badly because they forgot to get out of the starting blocks from the first kick off.

Oh well, back to snuggling up with a good book or an old movie when the OH goes to the match next time.

Oh, which team was I supporting? Middlesbrough, in the Premiership. Which team won through to the semi's of the FA Cup at Wembley? Cardiff, from the Championship!!!!!!

I did have one scary moment - I had to go through a turnstile! It went from ankle high to way above my head with close bars. You entered into what appeared to be a quarter circle space and pushed it round. About half way round I thought I was going to get stuck and face a really embarrassing moment - stuck half way round, trapped between iron bars, in front of 38,000 football spectators. Well it was my lucky day, having lost over 4 stone I pushed through and out the other side without getting stuck. As elder daughter remarked, who was following behind me, 'you couldn't have done that last year!' How true! I think I would have run the other way on seeing the turnstile last year.

I must remember the experience as an achievement for 2008.

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