It felt ,like going home, back sat in a crowd of 400 plus soldiers, listening to their conversations, wondering what was in their days sacks - I have not re-enlisted but I was in Aldershot to see the cup final.
The football was not as good as I had expected but the fitness and on field discipline was there for all to see. The army also made us welcome, sit where you want in this massive stand, free admission, free programme and even a free teams sheets.
It was good to be home!
After kick off it was just a short drive into West London and:
Hayes and Yaeding United 0 Cambridge City 1 - SkyEx Community Stadium, Southern League, Central, Platy off.
The old stand at Aldershot was both large and different but here in Hayes it was all shiny new. But not actually finished. The club bar was like a small cupboard! But did like that sitting in the car park was the old stand.
On the pitch, Hayes probably had most of the ball but it was Cambridge who took the lead and then after that they defended brilliantly with both their central defenders winning everything in the air. So it will be local East Anglian club playing the higher division .
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