(GROUND
NUMBER 233)
Date
of First Visit: 21st APRIL 2004
MOSS
LANE, ALTRINCHAM
MANCHESTER
UNITED RESERVES 2
NEWCASTLE
UNITED RESERVES 1 (Ferrell)
BARCLAYCARD
PREMIERSHIP RESERVE LEAGUE (NORTH)
ATTENDANCE
333
“WHEN
WILL WE EVER LEARN!?”
Ah
had nee choice if ah wanted tih gan tih this one but tih tek a day off graft az
ah waz offered some work deliverin’ goods tih Cheshire and Manchester (of aall
places!) forCarters Express’.
Az
we were actually playin’ in the Manchester area it waz temptin’ tih tek thework
and ‘park up’ for the neet in Altrincham.
However!---because
they needed the truck back for orly the next day, it waz ‘oot of the question’
and it would’iv meant missin’ the match az there would’nt be enough time tih
drive back doon.
(Plus
it would’iv meant iz drivin’ ower six hundred miles and passin’ ‘The ‘M62’
Farmhoose’, fower times in one day!----(It waz just TOO! much tih contemplate!)
And
so (‘it came to pass’!) ah blew yet another days graft tih watch the resorves
play on a new groond.
A’d
picked ‘Biffa’ up on the way at Garforth station (he’d been workin’ in York)
and just the two of us heeded for Moss Lane, the home of Altrincham and Man Utd
resorves.
The
King George booza just doon the road from the groond waz wor forst ‘port ‘o’
caall’ when we arrived there.
Amazingly,
‘The Undertaker’ had decided tih give this one ‘a miss’ az he waz runnin’ out
of lou days from graft and said that he’d ‘catch up’ when we played there the
followin’ season.
Afta
a couple of gargels wih heeded for the groond and surprizingly, (considerin’ it
was’nt too far from Manchester) there were very few fans inside the groond when
we got there?
Az
the match kicked off the were bearly 300 spectators present and this total (az
usual) included quite a few Toon fans, most of them of course livin’ in the
area!
‘Glen
from Ashington’ then made an appearance and
he waz the anly ‘saddo’ apart from me and ‘Biffa’ who had travelled doon
from the north east.
(This
waz aalso ‘Biffas’ 100th Toon game of the season!)
We
were waalkin’ aroond the groond tih get a good vantage point when Man U struck
the forst blow.
With
bearly thorty secs on the clock, ‘one’ Chris Eagles had a shot which ‘flew’
(sic!) intih the Toon net!----NOT! a good start!
That
torned out tih be the anly score in the forst period, which tih be porfectly
‘blunt’ (and mee surname is ‘Sharp’) waz
total CR**!
At
half time, Altrincham did a presentation to some Man U directors az this (the
loudspeaker announcer announced) waz the last time that the Old Trafford second
string would be playin’ there!
(Or
waz it ManU deein a presentation tih Altrincham???)
Wait
til ‘The Undertaker’ finds THIS! oot ah thought!---remember!--- he’d said that
he’d dee this groond the next season! (OH! NO HE WON’T!)
ANYWAY!---the
second half waz just az cr** az the forst and The Toon went fortha behind with
twenty mins tih gan when Ramage in the Newcastle defence gave away a penalty.
Eagles
took the pen and it ‘soared’ intih the top corner! (double sic!)
‘SICK’!----you’re
not kiddin’, and it made us wonder just why we bother with theeze games (once
again!)
Just
before full time Andy Ferrell gave us sommik tih cheer when he scored with a
fine solo effort!, but it waz aall much too late and aboot a minute later the
ref blew for full time.
Aa gave
Glen a lift back in mee ‘limo’ and az wih past the ‘M62’ farmhoose the farmers
wife waz busy
draa-in hor bedroom curtains, ready for a bit
‘shut-eye’! (or sh**???)
No comments:
Post a Comment