Yesterday I was delighted to join the Stacey family as match sponsors in memory of Dave Stacey a mini stander before taking up a place on the popside, Travelled home and away with Dave taken far too young, and of course his uncle Dave both lost Alzheimer's within a few weeks of each other.
Cove done up up nicely and the food standard much improved on before, bit disappointed as match sponsors to be put on table 12 of 12 at the back of the room but a minor detail, half time tea/coffee and biscuits and an after match pasty, would recommend a visit if you haven't as yet.
Been lucky enough to have been part of the match sponsor party many times before, this was the first time we really struggled to pick MOTM, not one player really stood out yesterday, we were reluctant to give it to Hamon as he only had 2 saves to make, however, both were top class, and ultimately made the difference between 3 or 1 point, so that swung it his way.
As for the game, a real drab affair but with the weather perhaps no surprise, what really brought it home to me was, after the game in the cove, both Hamon and Warnock were interviewed.
It's very easy for us fans to form opinions on team and player performances, But Hamon straight away said, don't know whether you fans noticed it in the stands, but the wind pitch side was very strong making it really difficult to play as they wanted to.
Warnock said, in all his experience sides going away to the top team in the league just love a heavy pitch and windy conditions because it is a leveller, Warnock went on to say this was probabaly the best win so far.