Such a preposterous and unusual evening's footy entertainment requires an unusual blog entry, so here goes - some random thoughts in no particular order until I get tired and crash...
1. Me and Luis lost 12-0 but the Accies drew 6-6.
2. A bloke called John Lizou scored 5 goals for the Accies in 45 minutes, breaking about 15 club records and giving him a decent shout at winning the 2009 Golden Boot.
3. Tremayne played in goal for 45 minutes with a hurty groin.
4. Lee kept a clean sheet for the other 45 minutes.
5. Neill Robertshaw scored his first ever Accies goal and I couldn't really celebrate it, annoyingly.
6. After the game, myself and Elbows tried to remember the vintage first-half quotes from a fellow defender, who will remain nameless but there are no prizes for guessing who it was. Our best guess at the quote, at the risk of attracting a different kind of visitor to this blog, was: "Come on Accies, let's fuck them up the arse for a change... I'm sick and tired of having some bloke pull my cock out of his arse". I'm really not sure that was exactly it but you get the general idea.
7. It rained very, very, very, very, very, very hard.
8. At one point, lightning struck the Palace mast.
9. At 3- or 4-0 down, I'm ashamed to admit I was more concerned about my bag being rained on. Thanks are due to The Hut for moving it. My iPod is fully functional.
10. Barry could've scored inside the first 10 seconds of the match.
11. I haven't figured out why Lee tends to refer to the Accies in the singular during a match. Not a criticism - each to their own! "Come on, Accie!" I think I quite like it, to be honest.
12. The Paxton has moved its quiz night to a Thursday, and I don't think I like that. 12 goals, 12 comments on this post - good night! Feel free to add points 13 onwards by clicking on "Comment"...
1 comment:
I was standing on the side watching what turned out to be an extraordinary match. The torrential rain and variety of fork and sheet lightening that circled the ground for most of the 90 minutes just added to the atmosphere. No 'it was electric' cliches here, rather as the first half scoreline of 0-6 suggests it was really turning into a very damp squid of an affair. Difficult to raise an encouraging voice against the thunder.
However the 3 changes (swaps) to the team (4 if you count putting Lee in goal) absolutely changed everything.
After every goal, those of us sheltering under the athletics scoreboard got more interested and excited in the outlandish comeback possibilities.
The Doplhins' supporters were with us cheering each goal, and jeering their defenders inabilities to handle their own striker now attired in Accies blue and red. Even when there was a Dolphins' penalty appeal in front us, they turned on their own players with 'you're joking - it was definitely outside the box' - sensing as well a Dolphins goal would spoil the drama unfolding at the far end of the pitch.
So 6-6 it was, and but for a disallowed goal and for the floodlights to go out possibly a couple of minute early (probably struck by lightening) the Accies were robbed of an almightly historic comeback win.
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