Leamington 1 - 1 Romulus
280 wordsI wore seven layers of clothes for last night’s home match against second-from-top-of-the-table Romulus. Steve’s car was frosted up, and its thermometer read -1. The good news: clearing out the spare room, I’d found my Gore-Tex scootering gloves. The bad news, my hat has been lost for weeks. More good news, the club shop had Brakes hats back in stock. Phew.
Kick off came on a bit suddenly, and I decided to buy some hot drinks on the way up to the Romulus end (where we hoped all the goals would go in). While my back was turned, Brakes gave away a penalty, then let it in for a third minute goal!
Meanwhile I overheard a young visiting fan crying (in an accent reminiscent of Reeve’s and Mortimer’s Slade in Residence) “Naw woondah thiyve got this fansoy styedioom. Wivver shed ‘n’ camras. £3.60 fer two buugars!”.
Debbie turned up, and I was able to give her the Thinsulate gloves that were still in my pockets.
33 minutes of battling later, against a very convincing Romulus, Ryan Howell scored. There was some doubt whether the ball was over the line, but the linesman was certain, and from my perspective, when the whistle blew, Brakes were in a good position to score from the clearance.
There were opportunities for both sides in the second half, but no goals, and Brakes came away with a good point against one of the strongest teams in the league. It does sting a little that but for a penalty it could have been a win, but since I was preoccupied with buying drinks at the time, it’s possible the foul that led to it stopped a certain goal in any case.