September

[Sweder]

Banked a couple more shorties his week. Really enjoying the cool, sunny weather, if not the time it's taking to get that 'I'm back' feeling. Oh well. Great track du jour this morning, Pat Travers, Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights). I imagined how cool it would be to have that at the end of my funeral.

Last night I commentweeted on Lewes U18s v Eastbourne Town U18s. I won't bore you with another Storify link, but I will tell you this. 3 players carried off, 2 to hospital (none from bad challenges). With ten minutes to go Lewes, down to ten men having made all three changes before the latest injury (captain Zak Dove's ankle bone protruding through his flesh), trailed 3-1. They scored 3 goals in 7 minutes before, in the 4th of 5 added minutes, an ambulance appeared at the East Gate (to collect the injured Rooks skipper). Despite protestations from officials, and as the game continued with Lewes threatening a fifth, the vehicle drove onto the pitch, heading for the dug-outs. Match stopped with 30 seconds left to play, Lewes now 4-3 up. Cue mayhem.

It's unclear this morning if the result will stand or if a replay will be needed. Aparently, once added time is entered, the length of the match is at the discretion of the officials. I'm not so sure. All this, and, most poignantly, an ambulance 'invading' the pitch, on the day that the families of the Hillsborough 96 learned the extent of the appalling abuse meated out to them and their lost loved ones by the colluding authorities after the tragic events of 1989. The findings take your breath away. I sincerely hope those responsible still in positions of authority have the good grace to, metaphorically, if not in reality, eat the gun.