Never On Sunday
Mar. 9th, 2025 08:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eiffel_71This afternoon brought a rarity : an AFC Portchester Ladies Reserves game I could walk to. The girls were visiting Gosport Falcons, who play at the Monkton Sports Ground a 20 minute walk from home. A menu displayed on a window and a door advertised a range of hot food, snacks and drinks for sale, but, alas, the clubhouse was completely locked except for a corridor leading to the changing rooms and toilets. Seems they’ll open up to cater for the people at their junior games on Saturdays, but not for their adult Ladies’ side and those who turn out for them. A damn shame. So I wasn’t able to toast my 450th ground.
At least there were several metal chairs around so I was spared having to stand all afternoon.
Stacy was absent injured - she’d played carrying a knock last week. Michele was left back but came off at half time. Paula opened the scoring, but later in the first half poor Sophie’s attempted defensive pass trickled into the net for an own goal.
In the second half Portchester turned their efforts up a gear and early on Kalli was felled in the area for a penalty that Liz converted to put the girls back in front. Liz made it three with a magnificent volley from just inside the half way line. Paula added a fourth with a double nutmeg, her shot megging both a defender and the goalkeeper. I yelled “NUTS!” from my seat.
Paula was substituted soon after. Chatted to her and Michele as we watched the rest of the game. Portchester went nap when Lisa knocked in from a goalmouth scramble. 5-1 was the final score.
Back home I remembered the bottle of Amaretto I got for Christmas. Poured a double to toast number 450.
At least there were several metal chairs around so I was spared having to stand all afternoon.
Stacy was absent injured - she’d played carrying a knock last week. Michele was left back but came off at half time. Paula opened the scoring, but later in the first half poor Sophie’s attempted defensive pass trickled into the net for an own goal.
In the second half Portchester turned their efforts up a gear and early on Kalli was felled in the area for a penalty that Liz converted to put the girls back in front. Liz made it three with a magnificent volley from just inside the half way line. Paula added a fourth with a double nutmeg, her shot megging both a defender and the goalkeeper. I yelled “NUTS!” from my seat.
Paula was substituted soon after. Chatted to her and Michele as we watched the rest of the game. Portchester went nap when Lisa knocked in from a goalmouth scramble. 5-1 was the final score.
Back home I remembered the bottle of Amaretto I got for Christmas. Poured a double to toast number 450.
