by Whore Jackie »
27 Oct 2019 07:30
Got as far as the Meadow Ground before one of the boys saw the postponement news on Twitter.
Drove into the City Ground players' car park just to check. TBF it had been pissing all the way up, but it's still a poor show that a club with their aspirations and history couldn't get in on. And the rain was slowing up.
Contemplated the Walsall match, but didn't really fancy the long trek back to Loughborough to drop the oldest off post-match, so drove across to Burton. The stewards outside weren't overly optimistic that it would make it either, so we sought salvage in the Derby Inn, 10 mins down the road, with a rather nice pint of Bass and a choice of meat and onion cobbs. Very friendly place, with a nice mixture of home and Blackpool fans. They're still in love with Charlie Adams. Word was that game was on, so walked up to the Pirelli, pretty reasonable pricing and stood behind the goal. For a 0-0, it wasn't terrible. Burton have ex-Royals alumni Stephen Quinn and Ryan Edwards playing for them. Both were OK and at their level. Blackpool were better first half, Burton probably should have won with their second half performance, but for some pretty decent defending from Ben Heneghan. He'd do a good job for someone in the Championship.