What a fantastic day - one to be remembered for many years to come. It started very early with an early wake-up call at 6.30 a.m. (really 5.30 a.m.) as we had put the clocks forward last night. Tom had to be woken and after a quick breakfast of cereal and tea we set off for Wembley calling in Norman Court School to pick up Hamish. Although he has followed Saints for all his life this was the first ever live football match he was going to attend. We arrived at Uxbridge via Basingstoke and Reading at 10.30 a.m., parked the car for free on a side road near the tube station and caught a tube to Wembley Park. The place was already buzzing with Saints supporters, both on the train and around Wembley itself. Indeed, it was hard to find a Carlisle supporter anywhere and you had to look hard to spot one. The place was awash with red and white! Hamish was absolutely bowled over by the facilities and "plushness" that is Club Wembley and I had tell him that this was not usual for the average football supporter. We found our seats and ate hot dogs. I had a strange premonition that Saints would win 4-1 and I placed a small £1 bet with Betfred the stadium bookie! Saints were awarded a penalty about ten minutes into the game when a Carlisle player to pushed a Southampton attempt on goal out with his hand. A blatant hand ball. Ricky soon finished off the advantage with a fantastic strike into the back of Carlisle's net. A second goal came just before half-time from Lallana. Saints went in at half-time 2-0 up. Two further goals in the second half finished off Carlisle and at 4-0 I was then hoping Carlisle would score to provide my winning scoreline for the bookies. They duly obliged with a goal towards the end. My premonition came true! The excitement as Saints went up to collect the huge Johnstone's Paint Trophy was electric. With an attendance of 73,000 (44,000 Saints supporters) today saw the biggest attendance ever for a JPT Final. Anthony G gave us a lift back to Uxbridge and we were back home by 7 p.m. - very tired but elated. Sara and I celebrated with lobster and champagne (the lobster prepared and cooked by me). Mary has performed brilliantly at her Dance Show again today and will now take up tap and the next ballet grade. It was lovely to see the children both having such a wonderful day with their differing interests. I was so tired that I went to bed at 10.30 p.m. A great day! A perfect day!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
A Perfect Day (at Wembley)
What a fantastic day - one to be remembered for many years to come. It started very early with an early wake-up call at 6.30 a.m. (really 5.30 a.m.) as we had put the clocks forward last night. Tom had to be woken and after a quick breakfast of cereal and tea we set off for Wembley calling in Norman Court School to pick up Hamish. Although he has followed Saints for all his life this was the first ever live football match he was going to attend. We arrived at Uxbridge via Basingstoke and Reading at 10.30 a.m., parked the car for free on a side road near the tube station and caught a tube to Wembley Park. The place was already buzzing with Saints supporters, both on the train and around Wembley itself. Indeed, it was hard to find a Carlisle supporter anywhere and you had to look hard to spot one. The place was awash with red and white! Hamish was absolutely bowled over by the facilities and "plushness" that is Club Wembley and I had tell him that this was not usual for the average football supporter. We found our seats and ate hot dogs. I had a strange premonition that Saints would win 4-1 and I placed a small £1 bet with Betfred the stadium bookie! Saints were awarded a penalty about ten minutes into the game when a Carlisle player to pushed a Southampton attempt on goal out with his hand. A blatant hand ball. Ricky soon finished off the advantage with a fantastic strike into the back of Carlisle's net. A second goal came just before half-time from Lallana. Saints went in at half-time 2-0 up. Two further goals in the second half finished off Carlisle and at 4-0 I was then hoping Carlisle would score to provide my winning scoreline for the bookies. They duly obliged with a goal towards the end. My premonition came true! The excitement as Saints went up to collect the huge Johnstone's Paint Trophy was electric. With an attendance of 73,000 (44,000 Saints supporters) today saw the biggest attendance ever for a JPT Final. Anthony G gave us a lift back to Uxbridge and we were back home by 7 p.m. - very tired but elated. Sara and I celebrated with lobster and champagne (the lobster prepared and cooked by me). Mary has performed brilliantly at her Dance Show again today and will now take up tap and the next ballet grade. It was lovely to see the children both having such a wonderful day with their differing interests. I was so tired that I went to bed at 10.30 p.m. A great day! A perfect day!
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