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Dancing On The Ceiling
Oct. 25th, 2014 11:47 pmMy LTFC wax jacket was ready when I arrived in Leighton this morning en route to Luton, and so far there've been no more problems with the zip. Fingers crossed...
The bus before the one I was expecting to get was late, and still standing at the stop when I came out of the dry cleaners, so made it to Luton with plenty of time for a leisurely bottle of Pedigree with my carton of chips and mayo in the Beech Hill Con Club. A guy went round the tables with a blackout card; I picked Hearts and won, to the tune of £25.
The game with Northampton was a sell-out but the atmosphere could have been better - mostly just the odd chant here and there. Both sides made plenty of forays forward, and the referee came in for some stick for persistently refusing to award penalties or give cards for bad fouls - while Northampton's Marvin D'Ath got on all Luton nerves, fans and players alike, by deliberately getting in the way at our free kicks and generally being an obnoxious little onk, but neither side much threatened the opposing goal.
Until Luke Guttridge, making a very popular return to action as sub after months out injured, got on the end of a Harriman through ball and rolled it into the net. Time : 89 mins 56 secs.
Of course we all went crazy and launched into 'E-I-E-I-O' in full voice. There were four minutes of injury time still to play but the Hatters rode it out. The consensus filing out of the ground was that we'd been lucky,; I pointed out that winning when not playing well is a good sign.
Axe and Compass this evening for Party for Parkinson's, a benefit event for Parkinson's UK. There was basket food at the bar - the chicken was very tasty - and live music under a marquee out back behind the pub. First up were Rock Chorus, a large group of people who meet every week to sing uptempo pop songs en masse. They were conducted by a lady standing in front of the stage, who also did the between-songs patter (including a couple of appeals for new members). They did a good selection of songs ranging from the 70s to today, and got an extra special round of applause from me for including Tom Petty's Free Fallin'. Next were Razz, a very good female trio who did 60s and 70s hits and got me among the handful up front boogieing with a great rendition of Da Doo Ron Ron. The last band were Red Diamond who played numbers by the Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd and similar. Someone in the audience said to me that both acts were local - Red Diamond are from Leighton, and lost their drummer in a car crash this week - they'd bravely decided the show must go on - while the Razz ladies are from right here in Heath and Reach. Cool.
The bus before the one I was expecting to get was late, and still standing at the stop when I came out of the dry cleaners, so made it to Luton with plenty of time for a leisurely bottle of Pedigree with my carton of chips and mayo in the Beech Hill Con Club. A guy went round the tables with a blackout card; I picked Hearts and won, to the tune of £25.
The game with Northampton was a sell-out but the atmosphere could have been better - mostly just the odd chant here and there. Both sides made plenty of forays forward, and the referee came in for some stick for persistently refusing to award penalties or give cards for bad fouls - while Northampton's Marvin D'Ath got on all Luton nerves, fans and players alike, by deliberately getting in the way at our free kicks and generally being an obnoxious little onk, but neither side much threatened the opposing goal.
Until Luke Guttridge, making a very popular return to action as sub after months out injured, got on the end of a Harriman through ball and rolled it into the net. Time : 89 mins 56 secs.
Of course we all went crazy and launched into 'E-I-E-I-O' in full voice. There were four minutes of injury time still to play but the Hatters rode it out. The consensus filing out of the ground was that we'd been lucky,; I pointed out that winning when not playing well is a good sign.
Axe and Compass this evening for Party for Parkinson's, a benefit event for Parkinson's UK. There was basket food at the bar - the chicken was very tasty - and live music under a marquee out back behind the pub. First up were Rock Chorus, a large group of people who meet every week to sing uptempo pop songs en masse. They were conducted by a lady standing in front of the stage, who also did the between-songs patter (including a couple of appeals for new members). They did a good selection of songs ranging from the 70s to today, and got an extra special round of applause from me for including Tom Petty's Free Fallin'. Next were Razz, a very good female trio who did 60s and 70s hits and got me among the handful up front boogieing with a great rendition of Da Doo Ron Ron. The last band were Red Diamond who played numbers by the Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd and similar. Someone in the audience said to me that both acts were local - Red Diamond are from Leighton, and lost their drummer in a car crash this week - they'd bravely decided the show must go on - while the Razz ladies are from right here in Heath and Reach. Cool.
