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Sep. 20th, 2008 07:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eiffel_71Checked my diary this morning and noticed it's Linda's birthday tomorrow. Too late to post a card, of course, so took the bus over to the library on the other side of town where she works, only to be told it was her day off. Thankfully, her flat is only a shortish walk from there.
To Westleigh Park this afternoon for Hawks v Hampton & Richmond. Sat next to Hayley at a table with some of the other regulars for my pre-match Kopparberg. At one point Hayley said "Does my make-up look all right?" She was looking at Brian, but getting nothing out of him, so I came in with "Yes." She appreciated that muchly. She tried Brian with "Will Rocky fancy me looking like this?" Again Brian just sat in silence, so she turned to me and asked the same thing. "Yes, definitely," I assured her.
"Thank you, Wilhelmus."
In the club shop, the fresh consignment of new Hawks shirts and rain jackets were finally in. Of course I had to go for both the home and away shirts and a rain jacket (mercifully for my bank balance, they don't make the third kit in XL) - my purchases, with HawkSupport discount, came to £70.20 but Simon and Malc graciously waived the 20p. As I took the notes out of my pocket, Simon said "Look out, moths" and Malc, nodding at the notes I was handing over, said "Big spender," then turned to Hayley, whom I'd just noticed standing beside me at the counter. "Marry him, Hayley, quick."
Hayley laughed. I turned to her, smiled and nodded. "Look at him, nodding and saying yes!" she pointed at me and exclaimed to Malc.
And then, alas, we had to go and watch the match. Today marked the debut of our new electronic scoreboard - pretty impressive, apart from the clock which kept resetting itself to zero. Hawks lost 4-1 thanks mostly to pisspoor defending. The main incident came during the second half when, after a player was brought down, mass pushing and shoving broke out involving half the players from both teams. Eventually the ref sent off two players from each side, seemingly at random, while the Hampton number 10, who'd thrown two punches, didn't even see yellow, having rushed off to the halfway line once the ref stepped in to restore order.
No comfort in the clubhouse : the Shire got gubbed 3-0 at Montrose.
To Westleigh Park this afternoon for Hawks v Hampton & Richmond. Sat next to Hayley at a table with some of the other regulars for my pre-match Kopparberg. At one point Hayley said "Does my make-up look all right?" She was looking at Brian, but getting nothing out of him, so I came in with "Yes." She appreciated that muchly. She tried Brian with "Will Rocky fancy me looking like this?" Again Brian just sat in silence, so she turned to me and asked the same thing. "Yes, definitely," I assured her.
"Thank you, Wilhelmus."
In the club shop, the fresh consignment of new Hawks shirts and rain jackets were finally in. Of course I had to go for both the home and away shirts and a rain jacket (mercifully for my bank balance, they don't make the third kit in XL) - my purchases, with HawkSupport discount, came to £70.20 but Simon and Malc graciously waived the 20p. As I took the notes out of my pocket, Simon said "Look out, moths" and Malc, nodding at the notes I was handing over, said "Big spender," then turned to Hayley, whom I'd just noticed standing beside me at the counter. "Marry him, Hayley, quick."
Hayley laughed. I turned to her, smiled and nodded. "Look at him, nodding and saying yes!" she pointed at me and exclaimed to Malc.
And then, alas, we had to go and watch the match. Today marked the debut of our new electronic scoreboard - pretty impressive, apart from the clock which kept resetting itself to zero. Hawks lost 4-1 thanks mostly to pisspoor defending. The main incident came during the second half when, after a player was brought down, mass pushing and shoving broke out involving half the players from both teams. Eventually the ref sent off two players from each side, seemingly at random, while the Hampton number 10, who'd thrown two punches, didn't even see yellow, having rushed off to the halfway line once the ref stepped in to restore order.
No comfort in the clubhouse : the Shire got gubbed 3-0 at Montrose.
