FC win at the seaside
Marine 2-3 FC United
Unibond Premier; attendance 1,146
A trip to the seaside for the team, the supporters and ourselves. We're more like a comedy double act - sandwiches and MP3 players dashing to Manchester Oxford Road for the fast train to Liverpool South Parkway. It's a modern station built for Liverpool John Lennon Airport and appears to run without any staff so you end up confused trying to find which platform your next train is leaving from. It would make a great film set for a chase scene. The next train was the Hunt's Cross to Southport service. It stops everywhere and even does three underground stations that look like the London tube network. I take every opportunity for rail travel, but I'm glad I don't commute anymore.
Get off at Blundellsands & Crosby and you're in leafy suburbia and fantastic Victorian villas. There are a few police about. Straight down to the beach to check out the Anthony Gormley statues. They all have numbers and one labelled 57 is the first one we touch.
Let's get to the game. It's all ticket and we're going in the wrong entrance. We're in the right part and spend the next two hours in a long bus shelter. The home fans are in a fine high stand behind the goal and they have drums. Bit of competitive singing follows. The game has a cautious start with nobody dominant. Eventually out of the blue FC score after about half an hour. But Marine come straight back to equalise. No worries, but they score again straight after that. Is this going to be a bad day? Fortunately FC don't crumble and score just before half time.
Finish of the pie and sandwiches at half time and it all starts again 15 minutes later. Lots of fans come down to our end of the bus shelter. Can you believe it, an all ticket, non-league game and I'm being jostled. Good build up work by FC and they get a third goal at about 60 minutes. Hoping for a 4th to seal it but in the end it's run down the clock by just keeping the ball. Marine are a good side much better than their run of defeats suggests.
Nice three points and a pleasant walk back to the station with a police helicopter hovering over head. There is always a chance of trouble in any Manc v. Scouse game. I suppose they'd get the police horses trotting even for a snakes and ladders tie. Back in Manchester at about 1845h and catch the bus home. Have to buy new tickets as we've lost our day savers - one blew away on the beach, the other who knows - no cracks about thievin bin dippers please.
Game 58 this season; admission £8, programme £2, train fare £9.90, bus fares £5.40. Took own sandwiches, pie and confectionary, didn't have any beer.
Unibond Premier; attendance 1,146
A trip to the seaside for the team, the supporters and ourselves. We're more like a comedy double act - sandwiches and MP3 players dashing to Manchester Oxford Road for the fast train to Liverpool South Parkway. It's a modern station built for Liverpool John Lennon Airport and appears to run without any staff so you end up confused trying to find which platform your next train is leaving from. It would make a great film set for a chase scene. The next train was the Hunt's Cross to Southport service. It stops everywhere and even does three underground stations that look like the London tube network. I take every opportunity for rail travel, but I'm glad I don't commute anymore.Get off at Blundellsands & Crosby and you're in leafy suburbia and fantastic Victorian villas. There are a few police about. Straight down to the beach to check out the Anthony Gormley statues. They all have numbers and one labelled 57 is the first one we touch.
Let's get to the game. It's all ticket and we're going in the wrong entrance. We're in the right part and spend the next two hours in a long bus shelter. The home fans are in a fine high stand behind the goal and they have drums. Bit of competitive singing follows. The game has a cautious start with nobody dominant. Eventually out of the blue FC score after about half an hour. But Marine come straight back to equalise. No worries, but they score again straight after that. Is this going to be a bad day? Fortunately FC don't crumble and score just before half time.
Finish of the pie and sandwiches at half time and it all starts again 15 minutes later. Lots of fans come down to our end of the bus shelter. Can you believe it, an all ticket, non-league game and I'm being jostled. Good build up work by FC and they get a third goal at about 60 minutes. Hoping for a 4th to seal it but in the end it's run down the clock by just keeping the ball. Marine are a good side much better than their run of defeats suggests.
Nice three points and a pleasant walk back to the station with a police helicopter hovering over head. There is always a chance of trouble in any Manc v. Scouse game. I suppose they'd get the police horses trotting even for a snakes and ladders tie. Back in Manchester at about 1845h and catch the bus home. Have to buy new tickets as we've lost our day savers - one blew away on the beach, the other who knows - no cracks about thievin bin dippers please.
Game 58 this season; admission £8, programme £2, train fare £9.90, bus fares £5.40. Took own sandwiches, pie and confectionary, didn't have any beer.
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