No Twin Towers or an Arch, but plenty to enjoy

Tuesday 27 October 2020, Wembley 1 Tring Athletic 4 - SSM Premier, Vale Farm

Heavy traffic once off M1 but arrived on time only to find the game kicked off 5 minutes late. Game was a bottom of the table match up with Tring bottom.

Tring went ahead early on with a bit of a fluke but their next two goals were crackers with the last goal the best of the bunch.

Wembley had a better second half but Tring just sat back and soaked the pressure up, Wembley got one back and kept pushing forward without ever really challenging the keeper, Tring then hit them on the break and got 4th goal after 86 minutes,

Tring were the better team but they were helped by the ref who seemed quite lenient when dealing with some perstemt Tring fouling.

Liked the ground with an odd mixtures of stands, terracing, seats and bits of cover, maybe no twin towers or a large arch but plenty of cover to keep you dry and one stand even had seats with tables!

Womens football - a fan

Monday 6th August 2012, Japan 2 v France 1, Olympic Woman’s Football Quarter Final

My first Woman’s football match live and I am now a fan – this was a nail biting match which had everything and over 60,000 other supporters joined me in Wembley.

Maybe too many Mexican waves – but this is the Olympics – but what a game. Japan took a two goal lead and then sat back- a mistake as France got one back and then their captain missed a penalty.

There could have been plenty of more goals as France put the pressure on and Japan counter attacked- a great advert for all football