I’m not very happy tonight. Not only have I been attacked in my own home by the mother of all spiders, but Bath City are out of the FA Cup.
Sure, a non-league side like City were never going to win the damn thing, but to lose at home to Aylesbury – a team two divisions below them, is totally unacceptable. I have seen many Bath City games, but this was probably one of the worst I have ever had the displeasure of witnessing.
The players, management and coaching staff should all be ashamed of themselves. It was a total, utter disgrace and I feel very let down by them :o(
I am in a deep state of shock. While spending a Saturday evening in my flat, happily playing Fifa 09 and chatting to Claire on MSN, one of the biggest spiders of all time casually walked from under my media centre, and into the room.
I would be lying if I said I didn’t jump up and run off screaming. The spider was massive – the size you would expect to find in the jungle! This is Somerset, though, not the Amazon! You shouldn’t be getting beasts this size in England!
Suffering from arachnophobia, I always have a tin of spider-killer to hand. I don’t like using it because of the chemicals it contains, but due to fear, I have absolutely no choice but to. Standing well, well back from the ferocious creature, I sprayed it. The spider then ran off behind by sofa – great! The only thing worse than having a spider in front of you, is having one in your house, but not knowing where it is!
It wasn’t long before the beast of Bath ran out from the sofa, looking for revenge. I was ready for it and unleashed half a can of spider killer onto it. This seemed to work and I was able to trap it under a pint glass.
It is now dead, but I am feeling far from safe. God knows how many others have found their way into my flat…
This evening I went to Twerton Park to watch the Bath City kids play the Cirencester Town children in the FA Youth Cup. Tempted by the cheap admission fee, and with the hope of verbally abusing encouraging a sporting minor, Simon came along, bringing his girlfriend.
The game was poor. There can’t have been any more than 100 spectators, and to be honest, the players weren’t very good tonight. Maybe I have been spoilt by the wonders of the Arsenal youth academy, but I cannot see one member of Bath’s youth setup breaking into the senior side – a shame, as in the previous youth match I watched, there was some promising talent.
The game was played on a typical autumnal evening, so yes, it was cold. Even with 3 layers of clothing and a scarf, I started to shiver towards the end of the game.
The referee was terrible (and I’ve seen some bad refs at Twerton). Cirencester kicked Bath off the park, yet the referee offered no protection to City’s players. I sat down on the cold, empty terraces, shivering, while Simon berated the official in a manner which would make Neil Warnock look like Buddha.
One thing I did notice – the ref bared many similarities to Chelsea manager, Luiz Felipe Scolari. Maybe it was indeed Luiz, who, while holidaying in Bath during the international break, decided to referee a youth cup match. Who knows?
The game ended 2-0 to Cirencester.
Oh, and Leeds also lost 4-2 to Rotherham this evening; although it was only in the Johnston’s Paint Brush Trophy, so nobody really gives a shit.
I haven’t had as much time to play Fifa as I would have liked, but have managed to get a couple of hours in.
As far as my career mode is concerned, I have decided to start as Exeter City. I have to pick a League Two club, as I want to eventually get them up to the Premier League (through all the divisions), and Exeter seem to be the closest geographical team to Bath in that division. Besides which, their stats on Fifa are shit, so I will feel I have achieved something if I turn the ‘Pride of Devon’ into ‘Champions of Europe’.
Before I even start my first league match, I am playing many freindlies to get to grips with the new gameplay Fifa 09 has to offer. It is very different to F08 – for one thing, it’s more realistic – but I am getting used to things,
More updates on my career as a footy manager to follow…
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Haha – good luck – even it’s predictive ‘search string’ suggests that Google is superior.
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