Sunday, January 11, 2009

Boston United vs Fc United of Manchester - First AwayDay of 2009

A late decision in the week saw me trying to organise this trip. Basically I'd seen it when the fixtures came out and thought "I wouldn't mind going to that". Didn't think I'd be able to rope in enough muppets to come with me though :D

By Friday night we'd confirmed a car full and the trip was on. Saturday morning was a bit of a rush and wasn't helped by the fact that Ramp & Brinner ordered food at the pub at 12:30...Which was when I planned to leave.

We left at 1ish, with a good 1hr 30 drive ahead of us, I pelted it down the A roads so No photos thus far.

We got to Boston in good time, I only had my camera phone (So Rubbish pics) but we parked (For a very reasonable price) this close to the ground:
So it was a nice short walk to the ground, unfortunatly no pre-match pub time!We were, obviously, going to go in the away end, which gave this view once you'd gone through the turnstiles and past the "Save Boston" charity appeal - (It is pretty horrific when you think how far they've dropped! Needless to say our group gave a fair wedge to the club)This would be our home for the afternoon:Looking back at the trip, I know think I am in love with the stadium, opposite the away end was one of the strangest stands I've ever seen: (The picture doesn't do it justice!)To our right, and housing the voiciferious Boston fans was a long terrace stretching the whole length of the pitch. To our left was a seated stand, which would have been quite normal, had the seats not looked like they'd just been randomly painted different colous!Ramp And Brinner were my fellow chums:Along with potter & Spoony (Camera shy boys?)



So to The match! It was pretty entertaining, one of the best matches I've seen this season with the challenges going in VERY strong, a few handbags thrown, a 20 man brawl, and some decent passing movement, just lacking a bit of technical skill & Finishing touch.

FC united went on to score in the last 5 minutes as the keeper was nutmeged. This sparked WILD celebrations as the 500 strong contingent mainly from Manchester (There was a group from Torino next to us!) The away end Went completly barmy.
This was my, feble, attempt to capture it:The Pro's managed to do it a bit better than me, suprisingly!I managed to get a short video just after the goal too, rubbish quality though:



The FCUM fans had been in fine voice throughout, the song book was immence, and witty, whilst the songs seemed to last for more than 10 seconds unlike Leicesters!
We were pretty visible in a number of shots from the pro's of the away end, with a couple of us wearing white, the whole of the away end decked out in black!
After a Fantastic rendition of Sloop John B and "I am an FC fan", the final whistle blew sparking more great scences from the away end. Needless to say the home end emptied preeeety quickly! They'd deserved a point at least.


The players, were very passionate, espcially the keeper, the all came right up to the away fans to show the appreciation for the away support.With no dave to take a strange picture of to finish this post I'll put this one up at my own expense.
As you can probably tell I have used photos from a few proffesional websites, so -:

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