Footy update

Well I managed to get to a football match last Saturday (31/01/'09). It was Cheltenham Town v. M.K. Dons . The result was 5 - 3 to the Dons ; but that really doesn't tell the full story.

Up-to  30 mins we ( Cheltenham) were 1 nil down ; then we let in two soft goals , the first a palm back from our goalkeeper to an unmarked Don , who duly found the back of the net , the second , a cross from the by-line which our ' keeper allowed to slip through his fingers into the net. Thus the score at half - time was 0 -  3 .

 The second half started  with Damian Spencer  coming off the substitute bench . He soon made his presence felt  and  eventually ended up scoring three goals , which included a penalty.

Having achieved this , he made a reckless tackle and was given a straight red card .

So he joins ,  a very small group , I would imagine , of players who :

 1 - scored a hat-trick for his side.

 2 - was awarded a red card.

 3 -  was not on the winning side .

This result leaves Cheltenham firmly at the bottom of the league. If they want to survive , they will have to be  , not so attack minded , and learn  to " win ugly " if necessary. 

In two weeks time they have " a six - pointer" against local rivals Hereford .

Anything less than a win will not do.

Ciao4now

Ck.