Come on England

ENGLAND POST

Spent the morning organising a few things for the trip up to Liverpool and seemed to be running from shop to shop. Then drove into Brum and colleted Sam, we left at 4pm ish and had some terrible traffic. It rained a lot and this made everyone slow down. We were to meet Matt and Flan at the hotel but we ended up going straight to the ground. The atmosphere was fantastic and the streets were lined with red and white shirts. Old Trafford looked huge and with a lot of English clubs the pitch was smack bang in the middle of houses. I gave Matt and Flan the England shirts
I had had done and we looked a treat. Our seat was right on the corner flag about 5 rows back, cracking view but a few drops of rain fell on us. The match was a cracker with 4 goals all in our corner. This is something i have always wanted to do and i had shivers down my spine as the national anthem and Vindaloo were sung.



We left the game and were booked in for a curry, unfortunately the traffic was a pig again so by the time we got clear and back to the apartment it was late. We finally found a chinese at 1200 and had a banquet. Too much food and too late but it was very pleasant. We got some take away beers and headed back to the apartment, Sam had to go home for a meeting in the morning and I think we managed a beer each before we flaked out. All very old and boring but we enjoyed the night.

The next morning Matt and I left Flan and drove up to Liverpool. Matt's house is lovely, a large 3 storey place with loads of room. We had a cup of tea and went into town. A quick look at Anfield, Liverpools home ground, on the way and then onto Albert Dock. This is a new development and very good for tourists. A little bit of shopping later and back home. Liz was there and it was lovely to finaly meet her. An Asda curry awaits us in the oven with the left over Chinese Beers.