Disappointment at St Mary's

Woke quite early this morning and made tea for Sara. She and Mary went off to church leaving Tom and me to have bacon rolls before going up to Barry's Field for Tom's Under 13s match against Durrington Juniors U 13s. Clarendon won 6-1 with Tom scoring one of the six goals. He played skillfully which was noticed by the Chelsea and Salisbury scout. Back home, he and I both had a shower or bath and Sara cooked a roast chicken lunch. This afternoon Tom and I went to Southampton via Chandler's Ford so that we could get a passport photograph done of Tom at the Asda's booth for his school trip next year to the Netherlands. That successfully accomplished, we drove to St. Mary's Stadium for the Saints v. Brighton match fully anticipating a win for Saints which would take them out of the relegation zone. Alas, it was not to be and Saints lost 3-1 - their only goal coming from a penalty in the first half. However, it was good to see our season ticket neighbours again after such a long break, and we must simply look forward to the game against Norwich next Saturday. Unfortunately a win then will no longer take us out of the relegation zone. We need to win two now. The struggle continues. Tonight I went down to the Lion's Head for a couple of pints with Richard, A pleasant way to end the weekend. Back to Dorking tomorrow for staff appraisals.