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Took the train up to Reading to see the Hawk girls take on poor old Reading Town Ladies. Dick gave a run-out to Yzzy in goal, who I think only touched the ball about five times all game, and to Becki in defence, who played a blinder. Chloe's dad Chris asked me for my predicted score before the match; I went for 9-0 while he reckoned we'd get double digits again. When Hawks' eighth went in on 32 minutes, Chris turned to me and said "That's your 9-0 out of the window," and his wife repeated it five minutes later after Lizzie threaded a through ball for Chloe to strike home number nine. Susie shouted to the girls to get one more goal before half time so I wouldn't be going in smug. Sure enough, the tenth came soon after, direct from a Lizzie corner; I yelled "Nice one, Lizzie" and Chloe's mum retorted "Say it like you mean it."
The referee was an acerbic type who gave short shrift to Jenna's protests after a foul against her wasn't given then a foul by her was : "I've only got one pair of eyes! I didn't see the challenge on you but I did see yours on her!" Jenna proceeded to loudly voice her opinion of his performance to Sam; he promptly called Jenna over and booked her. When Lizzie said something about "smashing" the opposition he warned her "If you're going to start smashing, I'm going to start writing"; not long afterwards he booked her for arguing. Someone asked him how long there was left to play and he replied 21 minutes. Telé exclaimed "Are you having a giraffe?" but got away with it.
Hearing there was only one train per hour from Tilehurst, Chloe's parents offered me a lift as far as Basingstoke to allow me some drinking time with the girls. Even better, the bar served Magners.
The referee was an acerbic type who gave short shrift to Jenna's protests after a foul against her wasn't given then a foul by her was : "I've only got one pair of eyes! I didn't see the challenge on you but I did see yours on her!" Jenna proceeded to loudly voice her opinion of his performance to Sam; he promptly called Jenna over and booked her. When Lizzie said something about "smashing" the opposition he warned her "If you're going to start smashing, I'm going to start writing"; not long afterwards he booked her for arguing. Someone asked him how long there was left to play and he replied 21 minutes. Telé exclaimed "Are you having a giraffe?" but got away with it.
Hearing there was only one train per hour from Tilehurst, Chloe's parents offered me a lift as far as Basingstoke to allow me some drinking time with the girls. Even better, the bar served Magners.