Att 13,934
Winner gets £180,000
Here we are back at Blackburn. For me a very poor attendance again. A place in the 6th round up for grabs and less than 14k here and that includes almost 6k from Stoke City. £80million in debt and being owned by an Indian poultry conglomerate I can’t see much hope of a future here.
Arrived at the ground
2.15pm only to find I’d come without my ticket. Got Car Parking ticket and
envelope it had been sent in. Took to ticket office and having my membership
number on the envelope they just reprinted another one. Marvellous. Starving so
got myself a Bovril and burger. It was just OK. Wasn’t too happy with the main
stand last time so got a seat behind the goal in the Blackburn end. Better
atmosphere and decent spec. Game got underway and Stoke were ahead after 10
minutes. A gangly Peter Crouch seizing upon a loose ball in the 6 yard box. The
game just wandered on and I was surprised not to see Stoke showing their class
and pressing for a second. If anything, Blackburn were taking the game to Stoke
and missed 2 clear chances to level with both King and Gestede guilty. It was
King who equalised 10 minutes before the interval with a goal similar to
Crouch’s. Just before half time Cameron brought down King in the box and
Gestede scored from the spot. Bizarrely, what I didn’t see was that the referee
sent Cameron off!! It wasn’t until 530pm on the way home when I heard about it
on the match summary on Radio 5 Live!!. No wonder Stoke
capitulated in the second half. King scored 2 excellently taken runaway goals
in the second half to wrap up proceedings.
Nearly 3 hours to get home so a cup
of tea and a ‘Clayton Park Bakeries’ meat and potato pie before I go. Tell you
what, that was worth waiting for. Mmm
delicious. Must call in on Accrington sometime.
While I have been writing
this, the draw for the 6th round has taken place, and my next venue
is Anfield. Great news for any Everton supporter. Anyway, I will be there,
cheering on the Chicken Farmers.
2382 miles on the clock now.
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