Saints put on a good show

Thom was up early this morning but neither Sara nor I felt very lively and so had a bit of a sleep-in after our long day yesterday.  Mary was still staying at her friend Izzy's until mid-morning.  None of us attended church today.  We were due to attend a champagne breakfast for Sara's friend, Karryne, this morning at the Hook & Glove in Farley and we decided that we would all go over and that Thom and I would then drive on to Southampton for the Saints v Manchester United match.  However, upon arrival at the pub we found that the breakfast has been cancelled!  Sara and Mary called in to Karryne on their way back home and Thom and I decided to go back straight back home for an hour before finally setting off for Southampton.  We eventually arrive at our reserved car parking spot at around 2 p.m. with two hours to spare before kick-off.  We had lunch at our usual chippy and arrived at the  ground a good hour ahead of kick off.  This gave us an opportunity to read the programme, watch the teams training and have a chat with Andy, John and family.  Saints played well this afternoon and a huge roar went up when Lambert scored the first goal.  This was closely followed by United's equaliser and the teams went in at half time to a scoreline of 1-1.  Saints scored again early in the second half and the score remained 2-1 to Saints for quite some time until two late goals from United stole the points with a final score of 2-3!  A hat trick from Van Persie. Kelvin Davis also managed to save a penalty struck by Van Persie.  Although Saints still need to get some points on the board, their two games against the two Manchester sides has shown that they will be a force to reckon with once the new signings have gelled.  It will be a hard slog but not impossible to stay up.  Tonight, after ringing Mum for an update chat, I spent the rest of the evening with Richard in the Lion's Head where he told me all about his son's wedding this weekend.  We plan to spend a day together at the Ageas Bowl watching Hampshire in their final county game against Essex on Thursday.