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Gosport Borough v Hanwell Town last night. Headed for the Supporters’ Club table to catch up with them. Paid my subscription for the season, played the football card (West Brom were available, they were bottom right) and the golden goal, and got added to the WhatsApp groups.
The club bar hadn’t gone full-on Christmassy, but they had a nice slimline Christmas tree up. After a quick jar, headed out into the ground to hear Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You coming over the PA. At the end of the record Jeremy, the matchday announcer, declared “That was Mariah Carey, if anything’s going to get you feeling Christmassy, that will. There are two young ladies down at the front feeling Chrismassy, they were dancing away there.” Jeremy did us proud, following up with Slade, Wizzard and Mud. As the teams waited to go out of the tunnel I noticed a young lady volunteer in a hi-vis was wearing a Santa hat.
The first half was goalless. Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and Jona Lewie followed on the PA. I went over to stand behind the goal in front of the clubhouse for the second half, just along from Gosport’s small band of singing fans. They went bananas on 70 minutes when Boro got a free kick just outside the box and Ben Greenwood curled it straight into the top left corner. One of those stunning goals where it takes a moment to sink in - and then you celebrate.
Late in the game Greenwood played Rafa Ramos through on goal and Rafa drilled the ball along the ground and into the net. Rafa had a strange goal celebration, standing with a solemn expression and arms folded, while his team-mates jumped about. Hanwell pulled one back during injury time, but the whistle blew, sparking unconfined joy at our end.
Jeremy wished everyone a safe journey home, reminded us the next home match is on Boxing Day against Havant and wished us all a pleasant and peaceful Christmas. We moseyed out of the ground to Shakin’ Stevens’ Merry Christmas Everyone.
The club bar hadn’t gone full-on Christmassy, but they had a nice slimline Christmas tree up. After a quick jar, headed out into the ground to hear Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You coming over the PA. At the end of the record Jeremy, the matchday announcer, declared “That was Mariah Carey, if anything’s going to get you feeling Christmassy, that will. There are two young ladies down at the front feeling Chrismassy, they were dancing away there.” Jeremy did us proud, following up with Slade, Wizzard and Mud. As the teams waited to go out of the tunnel I noticed a young lady volunteer in a hi-vis was wearing a Santa hat.
The first half was goalless. Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and Jona Lewie followed on the PA. I went over to stand behind the goal in front of the clubhouse for the second half, just along from Gosport’s small band of singing fans. They went bananas on 70 minutes when Boro got a free kick just outside the box and Ben Greenwood curled it straight into the top left corner. One of those stunning goals where it takes a moment to sink in - and then you celebrate.
Late in the game Greenwood played Rafa Ramos through on goal and Rafa drilled the ball along the ground and into the net. Rafa had a strange goal celebration, standing with a solemn expression and arms folded, while his team-mates jumped about. Hanwell pulled one back during injury time, but the whistle blew, sparking unconfined joy at our end.
Jeremy wished everyone a safe journey home, reminded us the next home match is on Boxing Day against Havant and wished us all a pleasant and peaceful Christmas. We moseyed out of the ground to Shakin’ Stevens’ Merry Christmas Everyone.
