Panjab 0 Western Armenia 1 - Group D match, Slough Town - Arbour Park
I decided a while ago to try and see some of the CONIFA Games plus grab three new grounds, and I am glad I did - football was not great at times but it was just the obvious love for the game from the players and the love of their small countries from the supporters.
Bracknell, and the game was there for the Koreans to win but they never had the killer instinct, however it was the Kabylia supporters who stole the show, a small part of Northern Algeria but the supports were part of the Algerian diaspora from London, supplemented by a bus of Kabylia supporters who had driven over from Germany.
My appetite was now wet and I looked forward to the second game in Slough, here I expected some passionate supporters with many of those who were support Panjab coming from the large Northern Indian population that lives in West London. I was not disappointed as the Indians had turned up in numbers and included an Indian drummer.
What had been quite noticeable about the first game was the god spirit the game had been played in, at times the teams and officials were so respectful to each other it had an almost 'friendly' game feel to it, that certainly was not how the second match was played!
Armenia were on top from the start and did take the lead but in the second half they were willing to sit back - and tackle (or foul) when needed , and both teams were keen to argue with the officials over any issue.
But that did not matter, the tournament was up and running and the supporters were loving it.
GAME 1
GAME 2
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