22 Feb 2025

How Soon Is A$AP?

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Tranmere Rovers face Notts County In EFL 2 at The County Ground

The Notts county badge is shaped like a shield. The botton half is black and white vertical stripes

The Rovers visit the Pies on a surprisingly sunny day in Robin Hood Country ๐Ÿน. We hope that it's the Whites pulling off a daylight robbery today. Tranmere are on a run of 2 draws but have not won away from home since December. We are hovering just above the trapdoor to the bin league๐Ÿ˜จ. The Pies are up at the other end, pushing for automatic promotion. Big news of the week comes from a court in Los Angeles where A$AP Rocky, husband of Rihanna , was acquitted on gun charges. He and his lawyer, Joe Tocopina, are now free to get on with the takeover๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ฐ. There is a new face on the pitch. it’s Jake Garrett who is on loan from Blackburn Rovers. Hope he’s a proper Garrett head. Sam Mather, the young MUFC loanee, is on the bench. It’s a back 3 with Captain Tom joined by Lee O’Connor and Jordan Turnbull. Cameron Norman and Omari Patrick are wingbacks. It’s Sam Finley, Jake Garrett and Chris Merrie in the middle. Connor Jennings, in his 250th Rovers appearance, is up front with Josh Davison. We don’t recognize any of the Pies. New signing Pukka ๐Ÿฅง must be injured. It’s a nice ground on the banks of the river Trent. Just a shame that we are not allowed to sit pitchside. There is a good crowd with nearly 500 of the SW Ahere having made the journey. We’re making a good noise. Let’s hope it spurs the boys on.

The Whites start well and are camped out in the attacking half. Within 5 minutes we have had a couple of shots blocked. It's the Pies turn for a shot then it’s straight down the other end again. Josh Davison hits it wide before Omari’s shot is saved. Tranmere running riot here. Where have these players been all season? Need to make it count though. Luke makes his first save on 20. Back down the other end again and the Rovers get their first corner. There are a flurry of chances from Jake, Omari and Josh. Still not clinical enough with the shooting. The Pies get their second shot on 44 but it’s saved by Luke. Into injury time and Careron’s header is saved. That’s it for the first half. It’s 0-0 at the break but Tranmere have had 12 shots and none of them wild strikes. Blimey. Unlucky not to have scored a couple there.

The Pies start brighter and dominate the first 5 minutes. The Whites start to get back into it and get yet another corner. Lee O’Connor is booked on 52 as the ref changes tack and stops letting things go. Jordan gets in shot in from the edge of the box and it goes for another corner. It’s the Pies turn to get in a few blocked and missed shots, We get another corner but Connor’s header is saved. Tom Davies gets ready to take a free kick just inside the Rover half. He delays it as Luke has decided to come up and take it. Tom is booked for something and has to retake the freekick himself. Bizarre from Rovers and the ref. Ref may be losing it here! Jake sees another shot go just wide. Nigel has waited until the 79th minute to make his first change. It’s Josh Williams that comes on to replace Sam Finley. A stray pass in the middle of the pitch gives the Pies a chance to break. IThe move ends in a well taken goal. Luke gets his fingertips to it but can’t stop it flying just inside the post on 80. Bugger. Need to get back into this quickly. Notts are still pressing and and Rovers fail to clear the ball. It’s chaos in the area and Jatta scores despite falling over and kicking while horizontal. 2-0 on 83. The consolation is that Jatta gets booked for over celebrating ๐ŸŽ‰. Let the time wasting begin. And begin it does, as the County keeper suddenly finds himself immersed in treacle. Hope the Rovers can stay calm and not let it get to them. Nigel makes some more changes now we are losing. Josh (the invisible man) Hawkes replaces Omari. A claxon must have sounded somewhere to announce the arrival on the pitch of a striker as Davison is replaced by Dennis on 87. In a loanee exchange, Sam Mather replaces Jake Garrett who has had a great game. The Whites suddenly come to life and Kristian Dennis scores from a Merrie cross having only been on the pitch for a minute ⚽. The 4th official announces 7 minutes of injury time to cheering from the SWA. The comeback is on. Dennis’s next shot is saved then the keeper goes back into sloth mode ๐Ÿฆฅ taking a minute to take the goal kick. Ref does nothing. Dennis' next shot goes wide. Keeper wastes another minute. Ref does nothing. Connor comes so close to the leveller as he throws himself at the ball but get get enough on it to direct it into the net, We get a good shout for a penalty for a handball in the box but the ref is not impressed. The County keeper does his sloth thing again and finally gets a booking. Such an amateur. Scotty Davies would have wasted more time and not got booked. The Pies manager joins in the time wasting as the ball goes out for a Tranmere throw. Instead of catching it, he flicks it over his head into the stand. Ref is wide awake now and give him a straight red. He eventually stomps off down the tunnel. It’s all getting a bit Minority Report as the ref appears to get the yellow card out to book Merrie before he has even made the late tackle. It’s the last action of the game as the whistle goes on 90+8. Aaaand breath.  Wow. What an end to the second half.

That was the performance of the season from Tranmere. Not the result it deserved though but we are a bit toothless up front. The SWA were fantastic too. Or as we have now rebranded ourselves, “A$AP Rocky’s Super White Army”. A new song for the Palios too with a bit of a reworking of “This is how it feels to be Tranmere”. Mark and Nicola won’t have enjoyed that. Maybe the performance was a buyout bump as the players can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Whatever it is, we’ll take it and hope we see a few more like it. Better results will come if we can bottle the passion from today. It could be improved. A bit more confidence to shoot from the edge of the box might see us get a goal or 2. Not that we didn’t have plenty of shots but we always wait too long looking for the extra pass and it’s blocked or saved. Not that there was any wild shooting today, there were some very near misses. Today exceeded expectations as we didn’t get the battering we were anticipating. It was close in the end and we weren’t outplayed at any point. Confidence is maybe the difference in the teams as this is our 10th consecutive away loss. Feel a bit sorry for the sub who came on after the game had gone. They made a really positive impact. Might have even turned it around if they have been given more time. It was good the see Dave Goat outside the ground selling the latest GUAR and if you’re reading this Dave, the Brighton manager we couldn’t remember was Gus Poyet ๐Ÿคฎ. We'll have a read of GUAR on the tram back to the car. A long day and a long journey home but really enjoyed being back with the SWA. Hope to see you again soon. UTFW✊.

POTM: Todays award goes to Jake Garrett. Love a young loanee who gets stuck in and makes a difference. Well done ๐Ÿ….

The ref started off doing OK but didn’t cope well in the second half when the Pies started to push it. He’d completely lost the plot by the end. He didn’t bottle doing some unpopular things like booking the over celebration and time wasting x2. Three yellows and a red in injury time is a reflection of how inconsistent in what was OK and what wasn’t.

The Scran’O’meter gave the hot chocolate a 7.5/10. Cadburys but nothing special.

The stewards looked really fierce but were very friendly and told us they thought we deserved to win. Now we like them even more. See you next season maybe.

Breaking - Bottle top news - Pepsi sold with the lid still on. And it was a removable lid. What sorcery is this?

That’s us for today. Lionesses at some place in Brent up next.

Love Tranmerekat ๐Ÿพ


In the sunshine

On the Football Motorway

Tram ride

Robin Hood woz ere

At Meadow Lane

12 shots in 45 minutes

16 Feb 2025

Stand and We Shiver

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Brighton & Hove Actually Women face West Ham Women in the WSL at the Chigwell Construction Stadium

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The Seagulls are on the road again.  This time we take on the Hammers on a very cold afternoon in Dagenham. It's a new ground for us and first impressions are not good as we are put in an open terrace behind the goal with no seating. There is a huge seated stand at the far end with about 10 people in it. What a farce ๐Ÿคท. At least we are able to soak up what little sunshine ☀ there is. There are 2 mascots here. Bubbles the Bear ๐Ÿป and Hammerhead the … hammer ๐Ÿ”จ. Bubbles gives us the thumbs down ๐Ÿ‘Ž. Hammerhead gives us a thumbs up ๐Ÿ‘ and gets a kick from Bubbles for being nice. No good deed goes unpunished. There is some great team news. She’s back. Well nearly. Super Fran is on the bench. Kiko starts as does newbie Caitlin Hayes who has replaced or displaced Dotti today. Caitlin played at Stanford Bridge when we watched Chelsea beat them 3-0 back in November. We are unfortunately familiar with one of the Irons. It's Vivienne Asseyi who falls over a lot and screams very loudly every time. The ref shut her up with a yellow card last time we met at the Broadfield. Hope she gets shut down if she starts that nonsense today. Ex Albion keeper Megan Walsh is on the bench. We are well above them in the table but they seem to be a bit of a bogey team. Hope we can turn that around today.

It starts with good tempo and both keepers are forced to make early saves. Melina makes another good save from Riko Ueki only for it to drop to Shekiera Martinez to tap home on 11. 1-0. Boo. It 's soon level again as Nikita levels from Rachel’s low cross on 14 ⚽. 1-1. Back in it. Vicky is booked for holding (looked more like a move out of Jorelyn's Judo Manual). The resulting free kick forces Melina into a good save but she is injured and play stops for a while. There are chances at both ends. They come thick and fast towards the end of the half. The Hammers come so close as they hit the inside of the post and rolls across the goal. Fortunately there is no-one there to capitalise and it’s all even at the break.

It’s West Ham who start better than Brighton and dominate for a while. We have to wait to to 55 when Kiko forces a good save. The play becomes scrappy for a while. The Hammers eventually take the lead as Riko capitalises on an error at the back to score on 64. And they double their advantage on 67 as Rachel gives away a penalty. It's the unusually quiet Asseyi makes it 3-1. Double boo, Long road back now. The Seagulls haven’t given up though. We win a corner on 70. Vicky hits it straight at the first defender. It goes out for another corner which hits the same defender. What an appalling waste. Vicky is soon replaced by Dejana, as is Kiko by Pauline and Jelana by Super Fran. Whoop. She’s back. It gets better from the Seagulls with Pauline on the right and Fran causing problems in the middle. Maddie has had another good game and is replaced by Bex Rayner. She goes on the right displacing Pauline to the left where she is on the wrong foot to get in deep crosses. Again. Bex is lively but we get no more clear chances. A 3-1 defeat for the Seagulls. The warm coach beckons ๐ŸšŒ.

That wasn’t much fun. Well, until the last 10 minutes, again, when the Seagulls we know and love finally appeared from their slumber. The first half was an even battle with chances taken and missed both ways. They got the better of us in the second half as we ran out of ideas and energy again. Dario waited until we were behind, again, inject a bit of energy. The team came back to life with the changes, especially the addition of Fran to the attack. Dejana was a good replacement for Vicky who seems to slow play down too much at times. Dario needs to find something to stop us getting beaten in the second half.  Despite the result, we did our bit and made a lot of noise. A song for every player except Caitlin because we don’t have one yet. Bit more to celebrate would have been nice though. The new signings look good and both have Champions League experience . Hopefully we’ll be needing that soon ๐Ÿ™.

POTM: Newbie Caitlin Hayes gets the award for a solid performance on her first start. She can only get better.

The officials did OK at times but made some odd decisions. Didn’t see the penalty foul so will reserve judgement. Big upgrade on last week though.

The scran’O'meter made do with some Cappacinos ☕ from the kiosk. Was OK, a steady 8 but much appreciated in the cold. Service was a bit fierce ๐Ÿฆ.

Steward Watch returns after a long absence to moan about them being unhelpful and grumpy in equal measure. Good job we had low Essexpectations.

It’s the international break now so we are off up north to catch up with the Super White Army and see how Tranmere are getting on๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ.

Love Tranmerekat ๐Ÿพ


Dull in Dagenham

Watching the action

Sally is here

Home of the Daggers

Freezing in Dagenham

8 Feb 2025

Achy Breaky Bart

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Brighton & Hove Albion Men face Chelsea in the FA Cup 4th round at the AMEX Stadium

The Chelsea badge

The Seagulls (boys edition) host the Blues, seen here in black with pink and yellow trim, at Falmer in the FA Cup 4th round. Following the Women's defeat to Aston Villa at Walsall this afternoon, we are hoping that the boys can get a result tonight. It’s been a long day already so to do it in 90 minutes would be much appreciated. We're in the front row of the North Stand which we have been told is the noisy bunch. We have managed to avoid being eaten by Gully. Again. The balti pie has been consumed (mostly, one of us may be wearing some of it and has an appointment with the Vanish when we get home). The wheelie bins of fire ๐Ÿ”ฅ put on a very impressive display. There is a very loud rendition of ๐ŸŽถSussex By The Sea๐ŸŽถ, a bit louder than earlier today, and we are off.

Cole ๐ŸงŠ Palmer takes the kick off and the Blues get the first chance. Bart Verbruggen makes a great save to tip it over the bar. The resulting corner turns into a comedy of errors as Bart fumbles it then headbutts it into his own net on 5. Opps. 0-1 to the Chels. The early play is energetic and fiesty. The battle between Lamptey and Pedro Neto is very entertaining. Neto is getting very frustrated ๐Ÿคฃ. There is booing every time Cucurella gets the ball and the same for Sanchez in goal. The equaliser comes on 12 as Georginio heads home from Veltman’s cross ⚽. Best limbs wev’e seen for a while. The booing starts as soon as Cucurella gets the ball and turns into a massive celebration as he is sent flying by Veltman. Cheering a foul like it’s a goal. Love it๐Ÿฅฐ. Veltman gets a yellow and the freedom of the city ๐Ÿ—. The Blues are getting frustrated with the officials, none more so than Neto who, when he is fairly tackled by Lamptey, ends up doing a forward roll over him. His shouting and gesticulation get him nowhere. Dunk gets injured late in the half. He comes back on but it looked nasty and we don’t expect to see him after the break. It’s still 1-1 as the whistle goes.

The Seagulls are now attacking the North End so let’s hope we get some action around the Chelsea goal. Webster comes on to replace the injured Dunk. Brighton start well and Chelsea are looking frustrated but still dangerous. Mitoma is causing chaos down the left wing. He drifts into the middle and is on hand to put the ball into the top of the net on 57⚽. Limbs especially in the North Stand as he celebrates right in front us ๐Ÿ“ฃ. There are a few more chances but we can’t stretch the lead. As the clock winds down, the pressure builds on the Seagulls. They start to use the corners of the pitch for a bit of Chloe Kelly style time wasting. It works and the final whistle goes on 90+4 with a 2-1 victory.

That was fun. First time watching the Albion men at the Amex and the first time in a decade or 5 watching Chelsea boys. A deserved win in front of an almost sell out crowd. The was a good atmosphere and it was especially noisy in the North Stand behind us. The Chelsea fans were surprisingly quiet for such a big number. Guess Basil doesn’t go to these games ,they could do with him to get them singing. Some of the chanting at Cucurella was a bit much and was probably only spurring him on. We enjoyed the battle between Lamptey and Neto with Lamptey being good value for the win. The Albion now move on to the 5th round with the draw taking place on Monday. Don’t think we will be there but you never know. Maybe next year though ๐Ÿค”.

POTM: goes to Kaoru Mitoma for being unplayable, And celebrating in front of us.

The officiating was good, kept the game flowing and innored the theatrics of both sides. The lack of VAR helped and was good not to be waiting for ages for decisions. A better game for it.

The Scran’o’meter gave the Balti pie a scrummy 9/10. Hope it comes out in the wash.

It’s been a very long day so we’re going home to bed when we can find the car.

Love Tranmerekat ๐Ÿพ

In the West Stand

Warm in here

Love a programme

When The Chip Goes Down

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Brighton & Hove Actually Women face Aston Villa Women in the FA Cup 5th Round at the Poundland Stadium

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The Seagulls travel to the West Midlands to play the Villains at a cold, damp and overcast Bescot Stadium. The Seagulls beat Durham 3-1 at the Amex training centre after some ‘issues’ with the pitch in Crawley. This should be a tougher test as Villa are vying with the Seagulls, Spurs and Liverpool to be the best of the rest in the WSL. No points on offer today though, just a place in the last 8☝. There is a new face in the Albion line up. It’s Nadine Noordam who we last saw playing for Ajax against Chelsea in the Champions League a year ago. Maddie is banned after being sent off last week. Melina keeps her place in goal ๐Ÿฅ…. Bruna is injured and has gone back to Barca ✈. Kieke is injured and not in the squad today. The Villians have the usual suspects plus our own Katie Robinson who is on the bench. We have arrived in plenty of time thanks to the excellent Dave the Driver ๐ŸšŒ. 32 fans and a meerkat travelled on the coach. It’s a cup ๐Ÿ† game so the risk of extra time and penalties is ever present. Hope not though as we have to get back in time for the men’s game at the Amex. We meet up with the Villain’s mascot in the carpark. It’s Olaf ☃ but in need of a good wash. The pitch doesn’t look great. It’s got even less grass than the Broadfield. There are about 50 of us. There is a group of about 20 Villians behind the goal making a good noise. They have a bigger drum ๐Ÿฅ than we do but we do our best with ๐ŸŽถSussex by the Sea๐ŸŽถ as the teams come out.

It’s all Villains from the kick off and Brighton can’t keep hold of the ball. It’s very broken up and scrappy, not helped by he state of the pitch. The Seagulls start to come back into it after about 15 minutes. Nikita’s shot is saved. Jelena’s free kick drops to Maria but she can’t sort her feet to prod it home. Nadine is starting to come into the game a bit and is looking like a good addition. The Albions are given the strangest free kick on 36. Anna Patten returns to the pitch without the ref’s permission and so she gives us a free kick. There is confusion before it’s taken, unsuprisingly more so because it’s indirect. Still ends up wasted though. Maddie gets her chance but the shot is saved. The Villains are outraged when Kirsty Hanson isn’t given a pen but it’s waved away. Oh dear, what a shame, never mind. The breakthrough comes when a mistake by Lucy Parker sees the ball fall for Nikita who makes it count. on 45. Into injury time and Villa get a corner. It’s a scamble in the box and it drops to the unmarked Anna Patten who prods it home on 45+2. Bugger. Level at the break.

It’s a rare bit of quality on the pitch that sees the Villains take the lead. It’s a Rachel Daly header from the middle of the box on 50. 2-1. They finish us off with a 3rd on 55 as Chastity Grant runs on to a through ball and scores from a tight angle. 3-1. The Seagulls protest ๐Ÿ™‹ about it being off-side and Dotti ends up getting booked for something ๐Ÿคท. Jelena hits one of her great freekicks but it’s saved in the top corner. The Seagulls' changes start on 66. Nadine is replaced by Pauline, Vicky by Marisa and Jorelyn by Dejana. Hope that adds a bit more energy. We get a goal back as Nikita finishes from Maddie’s cross. 3-2. Anna Patten goes down injured again. She gets up, goes down etc and is finally subbed off. We get lucky as there is a mix up between Maria and Melina but the Villains can’t capitalise. Jelena has not stopped running but she can have a rest now as she is replaced by Michelle on 82. Villa are starting to waste even more time now. We breathe a sigh of relief as Rachel Daly goes off only to groan as Ebony Salmon replaces her. The Seagulls are playing better now and get some chances as Michelle has a positive impact. She gets caught off-side in the last action of the game. A frustrating 3-2 loss. We may have lost but at least we did it in 90 minutes so we can get off back to the Amex now.

That was fun and frustrating in equal measure. The actual game was the frustrating bit as the Seagulls struggled to pass on the lumpy muddy pitch. The coach trip and spectating were fun ๐ŸŽ‰. The Villains Ultras, all 20 of them, competed to make a good noise and the banter was good natured. “You’re only here to steal our chips” beats “you’re just a sh*t West Ham” everytime. The attendance was very low, 500 maybe. So low it’s not been officially published. Embarrassing, although it isn’t their usual venue as they are normally based at Villa Park. We need to have different ideas when Plan A doesn’t work due to the conditions. Anyway, we’re concentrating on the league now and looking forward to the Hammers away next Sunday. That’s all for now. Got to get back to the Amex to watch the boys.

POTM: Goes to Maddie for a gutsy performance and an assist ๐Ÿ…. Special mention goes to Dave the Driver ๐ŸšŒ who got us there and back safely and in good time.

The ref will be disappointed with her poor day at the office today. At least we hope she would be disappointed although she may be oblivious to or even proud of her performance or lack thereof. Villa got a foul for flattening their own keeper. The keeper herself flattened Nikita and got a free kick for it. NAd booking Dotti for pointing out the bleeding obvious. Enough said.

The Scran’O’meter thought the Vegan Pukka pie managed a mediocre 6/10 and the hot chocolate earned a watery 6/10 despite adding loads of sugar. We should have had the chips which were apparently very nice. We would also have paid for them and not stolen them as per our reputation.

Long trip back to Brighton now. See you later.

Love Tranmerekat ๐Ÿพ

World of Quid

On the football motorway

2 Feb 2025

It's My Party

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Brighton & Hove Albion Women host Crystal Place Women in the WSL at the Peoples Pension Stadium

The Crystal Palace Club badge is a big eagle landing on a football

The Seagulls host the Eagles on a sunny day in Crawley, Sussex (soon to be Surrey). Brighton have stalled in the league but are still unbeaten at home in the league. They did win 3-1 over Durham in the FA Cup on Wednesday. We didn’t go as we couldn’t get tickets for the match that was moved to the Lancing Training Centre at the last minute. The Eagles are sitting bottom of the league and looking most likely for the drop. They only have a single win so far. They have made a few signings in the transfer window so may well save themselves. It would be nice to have some rivals in the league and Sutton in an easy awayday. The team news is in and Melina Loeck is in goal with Guru and Maria in front of her. Poppy andd Rachel are out wide Last time out they played as a sort of back 3 with Poppy and then Rachel dropping into a 4 when needed. The defensive mids are birthday girl ๐ŸŽ‚ Maisie and Vicky. Unusual to see them playing together but we like it. Cancovic, Maddie and Pauline make up the 3 with Nikita up front. There is only one familiar name on the Eagles team sheet and it’s young Lioness and Chelsea loanee, Lexi Potter. Looking at the league table would appear to favour the Seagulls but the Eagles are in a scrap for survival so will make it a tough game. Brighton are in 5th but Spurs have closed the points gap with the difference being goal difference. Need to start on the front foot today and make the possession count. Sally (the big one) was spotted leaving the car park before the game and didn’t reappear. Did she stomp off ๐Ÿฅพin a huff after being banned from the Redz Bar again for stealing chips ๐ŸŸ off the customers?

Starting on the front foot is exactly what the Seagulls do with Nikita missing in the first minute. Vicky’s shot is blocked then Pauline misses from range. The Eagles start to get some possession but keep falling foul of the offside trap. The Seagulls are pressing in the middle of the pitch when the Eagles have a nightmare. A long back pass is missed by the keeper and she chased ๐Ÿƒ after it but it evades her and rolls slowly into the net on 22 ⚽.  Poppy nearly makes it 2 when she makes herself a great chance. It's a fantastic shot but it curls just wide of the top corner. The Eagles are trying but still can’t beat the offside trap. There is a worrying moment when Maddie goes down injured in the opposition box. It looks bad but she’s tough and soon up on her feet. No penalty though. Into injury time and Nikita wins a free-kick just outside the box. Jelena hits it well but it’s saved in the top corner. The second goal won’t come and it’s a narrow lead at the break.

The second half starts well but Pauline’s shot is saved. Maisie makes a robust tackle in the middle of the pitch. It looks like a good tackle to us and most of the crowd but the ref brandishes a card. Booking her seems a bit harsh but then she directs Maisie to leave the pitch. In her wisdom the ref has given a red card. Unbelievable ref. Dismay and confusion as the birthday girl walks off and down the tunnel. Aimee Everett is down after the tackle, she gets up after treatment but soon goes down again and is subbed off. Still think the tackle was OK though. The first Albion change comes with Pauline making way for Marisa. Palace start to get a bit stroppy and get a flurry of bookings followed by a flurry of hasty subs. The Seagulls get some good chances now. Marisa, on the turn puts it just wide. Nikita’s shot is saved but results in Albion’s first corner. Whoop. Don’t score though. Maddie has given everything and is replaced by Michelle. The Eagles are putting Brighton under pressure and Melina makes a good save. She can’t save the next one and the score is level on 88. Bugger. It’s hard to follow the time as the scoreboard has gone off. It came back on briefly but has gone off again. There are 10 added minutes and chances for the Eagles. They start time wasting even throwing away the spare ball to prevent a quick throw in. Is there ref bothered? Hardly. Marisa gets the best chance for the Seagulls on 90+7 as she runs clear but it hits the post and there is no-one there for the rebound. The Eagles get the last shot but it’s well over and the bar and the whistle goes at 1-1. 2 points dropped stolen there.

The Seagulls must be disappointed that they couldn’t get that done and dusted in the 1st half. They dominated the ball but were not able to get it into the back of the net despite a few chances. Their only goal coming from a defensive howler. They still should have got it done right at the end but it wouldn’t go in. Feel sorry for Maisie, she won’t forget her birthday this year for all the wrong reasons. It was the turning point but they hung on well and nearly nicked it. I wonder how long it took to round up all the match balls after the game. Never seen so many go up on the roof with at least 10 going over.  Expect to see a few of those on EBay tomorrow.  Credit has to go to the Eagles player who found a new way to waste time. With Brighton attacking the far end then Palace, the ball was only down our end for 5 exciting minutes near the end. Note to self: bring 50p for the meter to help with the scoreboard.

POTM: goes to Poppy for battling and running throughout and the 2nd best shot of the day.

The ref seemed to be doing OK up until the sending off that we thought she got very wrong. And missed a few others that were as bad. There were a flurry of bookings after that. The time wasting needed clamping down on but she did nothing. The lines persons did well except for missing a howler in the first half when the Eagles no.9 was about 2 yards offside.

Scran’o’meter loves a Dough Shack margaritta pizza and gives it a 9.5/10.

See you soon.

Love Tranmerekat ๐Ÿพ

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