Stalybridge Celtic v Barrow

Some pictures here on this new-fangled "JAlbum" thing ...

http://mossleysmiffy.myjalbum.net/StalybridgeBarrow/

The afternoon got off to a bad start - finished work at 1230 - home at 1330 - to find house-key on key-ring - in desk drawer - d'oh .... had to get Mrs Smiffy out of work to "let me in". Back to Stalybridge, and a small "calmer" at the Buffet bar before heading for the Bus Station - busy ....

Unfortunately the buses were "a touch late" - OK as far as Buxton, and then .... to say "cross-country" would be an understatement. Not exactly farm tracks but Monyash ????? Finally got to - and through - Ashbourne and on to Burton, our coach arriving about 1920 (another did not make it till after the kick-off !).

The game - first half a little flat in my eyes anyway - chances were few and far between. Half-Time - 0-0 and me in trouble with the security etc vis-a-vis camera - next season I really MUST get my paperwork in order !! The second half was a different story - ebbed and flowed until Barrow took the lead on the hour with a header at the far post. They had chances for 2-0, but the final 20 belonged to Celtic - but they just couldn't get the ball in the net. The post was rattled, a hand was rattled, but on the night it was not to be.

A sombre journey back - a touch quicker than the outward mind - arriving back just before midnight into the "Last Days of Sodom and Gomorrah" that is Friday Night in StalyVegas. However sanctuary was found in the "Fleece" where post-mortem and quiz machine were the order of the day/night/morning. Taxi back to Mossley about 0230 - and now this ...

Later today - pick up house-keys from workmate's house in Stockport, before heading for Stockport Georgians ground for this afternoon's Manky League "finale" against Prestwich Heys (don't forget 1430 kick-off) - last night's crowd of 2,530 is unlikely to be beaten !!
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