How wonderful, Saturday morning with no commitments. Sara and Mary went off to ballet and shopping whilst Tom and I stayed behind and did a mega tidying up exercise and put on some washing. I realised that if I retired I could spend a short time each morning keeping the house in order and enjoy the afternoons as a reward. We tidied up the hallway, stairs, landing, family room, bathrooms and Tom tidied up his own bedroom and vacuumed the carpets. It was then off to Southampton for the League 1 match against Gillingham. The traffic going into Southampton was terrible and we did not get to our car park until 2 p.m. We still had time to have lunch at our normal chippie - chips and pea fritters - and then to St. Mary's. We arrived at our seats just ten minutes before kick-off although we noted long queues to get into the ground at other turnstiles. Saints started off well with a quick goal. Unfortunately that was followed quite shortly afterwards by an equaliser from Gillingham. Saints managed to put two more in the net before half time and the teams went in with Saints winning 3-1. A further goal in the second half from Lallana clinched it and the final score was 4-1 to Saints - a dream result. This means that Saints now have 2 points, having extinguished the 10 minus points deduction. Fans left optimistic that Southampton have now started to gel well and the team will move forward adding to its positive points. The football was good and Southampton played well. Saints are now four points behind Wycombe Wanderers but still ten points adrift from safety above the drop zone. Alas, Grimsby lost again - this time a 3-0 defeat at Barnet. They now lay 3rd from bottom of League 2 - 90th in the league! An entertaining afternoon's football. Back home, Sara cooked us a chicken curry for supper and after the children had gone to bed we watched Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner. A truly brilliant film and appropriate for today - it was a true field of dreams at St. Mary's this afternoon. Sara is still unwell and the anti-biotics do nor seem to be making much improvement. She is lying on the sofa watching QI as I "pen" these words. More football tomorrow with Tom playing at Durrington for Clarendon Juniors.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Field of Dreams
How wonderful, Saturday morning with no commitments. Sara and Mary went off to ballet and shopping whilst Tom and I stayed behind and did a mega tidying up exercise and put on some washing. I realised that if I retired I could spend a short time each morning keeping the house in order and enjoy the afternoons as a reward. We tidied up the hallway, stairs, landing, family room, bathrooms and Tom tidied up his own bedroom and vacuumed the carpets. It was then off to Southampton for the League 1 match against Gillingham. The traffic going into Southampton was terrible and we did not get to our car park until 2 p.m. We still had time to have lunch at our normal chippie - chips and pea fritters - and then to St. Mary's. We arrived at our seats just ten minutes before kick-off although we noted long queues to get into the ground at other turnstiles. Saints started off well with a quick goal. Unfortunately that was followed quite shortly afterwards by an equaliser from Gillingham. Saints managed to put two more in the net before half time and the teams went in with Saints winning 3-1. A further goal in the second half from Lallana clinched it and the final score was 4-1 to Saints - a dream result. This means that Saints now have 2 points, having extinguished the 10 minus points deduction. Fans left optimistic that Southampton have now started to gel well and the team will move forward adding to its positive points. The football was good and Southampton played well. Saints are now four points behind Wycombe Wanderers but still ten points adrift from safety above the drop zone. Alas, Grimsby lost again - this time a 3-0 defeat at Barnet. They now lay 3rd from bottom of League 2 - 90th in the league! An entertaining afternoon's football. Back home, Sara cooked us a chicken curry for supper and after the children had gone to bed we watched Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner. A truly brilliant film and appropriate for today - it was a true field of dreams at St. Mary's this afternoon. Sara is still unwell and the anti-biotics do nor seem to be making much improvement. She is lying on the sofa watching QI as I "pen" these words. More football tomorrow with Tom playing at Durrington for Clarendon Juniors.
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