So that was fun...
Well that was probably the worst 4-3 game you are ever likely to see. 2 teams towards the bottom of the table faced off in what was a big game for both sides.
So we arrived at Egham's ground which was very nice and looked quite old skool. The bar was very old skool and had a pool table which a few Terrors fans were playing on after the game. We arrived with about 20 minutes before the game kicked off so still time for the first fanta of the day. We walked into the ground with the teams coming out. "Come On Tooting" chanted the Bog End who outnumberd the home fans. The attendance was 87 and about 50 of that were Toots fans. The atmosphere was building and the BogEnd were chanting.
The first half was a traditional Tooting performance (playing shit) and after 15 minutes we were alredey 2-0 down. FFS. It was all doom and gloom. When the second goal went in I kicked the back of the stand in anger. I got my fucking foot stuck in it and it took about 30 seconds to get my foot out. This was probably the highlight of the first half.
We managed to get a penalty and Danny Bassett was taking it. Was this the chance for the Terrors to get a consolation goal? The kick Was taken and the keeper was about a million miles of his line and saved it. Retake. Danny Bassett took the penalty again and the keeper saved it again (When the penalty was taken I ducked because I didn't want the ball to hit me, it's happend before at a Toots game.) But luckily Danny Bassett scored the rebound.
But as Tooting like to do when we score, we feel sorry for Egham that they havent kept a clean sheet, we let them score a third and give them a 3-1 lead. That was nice of us wasn't it. This gave us a uphill task to get back into the game...
Half Time: Egham Town 3-1 Tooting And Mitcham
We walked into the bar at half time to continue moaning about the first half. Hackbridge Harry gave me another fanta to make me feel a bit better about myself. I was fucking fuming. I was too angry to go out for the second half and tweeting about how shit the first half was. After a while I thought, fuck it, let's get even more miserable and go out and watch the second half.
I walked behind the goal to see Egham's yoof firm were there too. The Egham schooligans were actually great fun. They were really funny with some of their chants, credit to them. Nothing really happend on the pitch until the 67th minute. But behind the goal was where the fun was. A few Toots fans chanted to the Egham yoof, "back to school on Monday," before I told them it was half term. The yoof resonded, "back to a care home tomorrow," which in my opinion was fucking hilarious. In the 67th minute the Terrors got another consolation goal to make it 3-2 to Egham. There was now belief on the BogEnd that we could get an equaliser and a possible winner. The BogEnd boys were chanting,"come on you stripes" and the Terrors were now on top.
Tooting got an equaliser in the 74th minute and if there was a team to win the game, it was gonna be Tooting. It took just 3 minutes for us to score the winner and the BogEnd went crazy. Me and a few others climbed over the fence and ran on the pitch. Toots had gone from 3-1 down to 4-3 up. Please Tooting don't bottle this like we did against Northwood.
The last 10 minutes felt like a million years but Egham didn't score and Tooting held on to win 4-3. Get The Fuck In! The BogEnd started celebrating and there was pure joy and relief that we won. The performance wasn't the best but I couldn't care less. We had a few celebratory drinks at full time and played pool in the bar. Sadly the Terrors stayed In 15th in the league but that didn't damper our celebrations at all.
Full Time: Egham Town 3-4 Tooting And Mitcham
After a few drinks and a few games of pool we than went home with 3 points. Get In There Tooting!
Egham's ground was really good and had cover all around it. It was quite an old skool ground with a very old skool bar, a proper football ground. Thanks for the hospitality and good luck for the rest of the season.
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