Pub Football ... Again ...

Terrible when reduced to this - photos of a telly !!

A trip out in the cold - but unlike the 6,900+ at Gigg Lane I ended up sat in front of an HD telly and a wood-burning fire thingy (yes - back to the "Rising Sun" in Top Mossley !!)



Defining moment for me was not the penalty miss, but the Nicky Platt effort not long before it - had that gone in, I reckon it would certainly have been "game on" ... but that's football.



24 hours earlier, Droylsden had been on the brink of a major upset (2-1 up at 89 minutes) ... but again that was not to be. Forget the 8-2 scoreline, forget the 0-4 scoreline - the two clubs have done very well out of their FA Cup travails this season - both financially and national exposure-wise. A shame that Droylsden Manager Dave Pace appears to have knocked some of the gloss off their efforts - FCUM's Karl Marginson was a touch more gracious ...

So - that's probably the end of "non-league football" (with apologies to E.On !) for a week or two - no more "heated tents" and "hot-air blowers" (and I'm NOT referring to Dave Pace here !!) - sitting here on my "day off" (offered to work, but obviously not required), the sun is shining and the temperature has crept into positive, so hopefully we'll see a bit of a thaw over the next couple of days - if only those gritter boys/girls who've got the roads clear could now be employed on doing same with the treacherous pavements - the mail might get to the houses a bit quicker ! Maybe an idea for the "Community Payback" squad as well - chance missed here I feel ...

All this sunshine is making me dream of Greece - reckon tonight's "meal extravangaza" is heading towards lamb kebabs, oven-roasted Greek-style potatoes (oregano !!) and a feta/olive salad ... yum ! Maybe even some Christmas shopping as well (OK I lied about that bit !) ...
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