No further progress, again, on the fence. Made tea for Sara and myself and cooked sausages for Tom and me for breakfast. Spent the morning dealing with emails and writing up yesterday's blog which hadn't been done because I went to bed early last night. Sara and Mary decided to come into Southampton with us today and we all set off, a little after 12 noon in Sara's car. We parked in our usual car park and all strolled across to West Quay where Tom bought some tee shirts and a strange hat in Republic. Tom seems to becoming fashion conscious although I am not sure I share his taste in clothes. We left Sara and Mary to spend the rest of the afternoon in West Quay and Ikea. Tom returned to St. Mary's where we had lunch at our normal chippie and arrived at the ground about half an hour before kick-off. There were many tributes to Marcus Liebherr, the 62-year old billionaire owner of Southampton FC, who died last week. The players wore black armbands and a tribute wreath was placed on the centre spot before the game commenced. A large banner emblazoned with "WIFM" (Win It For Marcus) was fixed up close to us in the Kingsland Stand. There is no doubt that we might not be sitting at St. Mary's watching the Saints at all (poor performance or good) if this genial Swiss billionaire hadn't decided to buy the club last year. Thank you Marcus for this. You will be remembered with great affection for so long as the club continues. The Saints started reasonably well and a free kick just outside Leyton Orient's penalty box was converted by Ricky Lambert through the wall (possibly a deflection from an Orient player). Unfortunately an easy goal at the other end (our end) resulted in an Orient equaliser very quickly after that. At half-time the score was 1-1 and so it remained throughout a poor and frustrating second half. So, three weeks into the new football season Saints are one place above the relegation zone with just one point on the board. We do, however, now have a game in hand as last week's away game against Milton Keynes Dons was postponed because of the sudden passing of Marcus. It was drizzling with rain again as we left the ground and we met up with Sara and Mary at the car park - they were laden with goodies from Ikea! We decided to eat out this evening and so we called in at our old friend, Puccini's, the Italian restaurant in Shirley where Mary gets a free meal. Tom ate a pizza and the rest of ushad pasta dishes. Back home, Sara, Tom and Mary watched the X-Factor (something I really cannot stand) which seems to be about people with no talent making fools of themselves in the hope of making some money. TV at its worst in my "grumpy old man" opinion. From what little I have seen it seems to comprise people singing who are tone deaf, dogs which cannot juggle, comedians who cannot tell jokes and prima donnas who are neither in their prime nor "donnas" (whatever they may be!). Apparently, I've just be told that I have the wrong show - apparently I am referring to "Britain's Not Got Talent" or some such equally awful talent show. If X-Factor is only about singing then you don't even have the amusement of the juggling canines!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
A thank you and goodbye to Marcus
No further progress, again, on the fence. Made tea for Sara and myself and cooked sausages for Tom and me for breakfast. Spent the morning dealing with emails and writing up yesterday's blog which hadn't been done because I went to bed early last night. Sara and Mary decided to come into Southampton with us today and we all set off, a little after 12 noon in Sara's car. We parked in our usual car park and all strolled across to West Quay where Tom bought some tee shirts and a strange hat in Republic. Tom seems to becoming fashion conscious although I am not sure I share his taste in clothes. We left Sara and Mary to spend the rest of the afternoon in West Quay and Ikea. Tom returned to St. Mary's where we had lunch at our normal chippie and arrived at the ground about half an hour before kick-off. There were many tributes to Marcus Liebherr, the 62-year old billionaire owner of Southampton FC, who died last week. The players wore black armbands and a tribute wreath was placed on the centre spot before the game commenced. A large banner emblazoned with "WIFM" (Win It For Marcus) was fixed up close to us in the Kingsland Stand. There is no doubt that we might not be sitting at St. Mary's watching the Saints at all (poor performance or good) if this genial Swiss billionaire hadn't decided to buy the club last year. Thank you Marcus for this. You will be remembered with great affection for so long as the club continues. The Saints started reasonably well and a free kick just outside Leyton Orient's penalty box was converted by Ricky Lambert through the wall (possibly a deflection from an Orient player). Unfortunately an easy goal at the other end (our end) resulted in an Orient equaliser very quickly after that. At half-time the score was 1-1 and so it remained throughout a poor and frustrating second half. So, three weeks into the new football season Saints are one place above the relegation zone with just one point on the board. We do, however, now have a game in hand as last week's away game against Milton Keynes Dons was postponed because of the sudden passing of Marcus. It was drizzling with rain again as we left the ground and we met up with Sara and Mary at the car park - they were laden with goodies from Ikea! We decided to eat out this evening and so we called in at our old friend, Puccini's, the Italian restaurant in Shirley where Mary gets a free meal. Tom ate a pizza and the rest of ushad pasta dishes. Back home, Sara, Tom and Mary watched the X-Factor (something I really cannot stand) which seems to be about people with no talent making fools of themselves in the hope of making some money. TV at its worst in my "grumpy old man" opinion. From what little I have seen it seems to comprise people singing who are tone deaf, dogs which cannot juggle, comedians who cannot tell jokes and prima donnas who are neither in their prime nor "donnas" (whatever they may be!). Apparently, I've just be told that I have the wrong show - apparently I am referring to "Britain's Not Got Talent" or some such equally awful talent show. If X-Factor is only about singing then you don't even have the amusement of the juggling canines!
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