Credit Crunch story, tenuous Blues Link

phsend · Jan 31, 2009

Spotted on the Web....

OWN GOAL - "I love my Saturday football fix but am unable to afford Southend's 25 quid, so I've started to walk down to my local non-league team.

A few weeks ago, I was standing about 10 yards to the side goal, on a
slope, as the away team came towards me. The forward lined up a shot that he couldn't miss. Except, being a ***** non-league footballer, he
missed by about 10 yards.

It took me a second to realise I was about to get smacked square in the face by the ball, but I just about bent over in time... Only to see the ball cannon straight into the face of the 10 year old boystanding behind me up the slope, forcing his hot dog so far into his mouth that Linda Lovelace would've been proud. I didn't mean to laugh while he bawled his eyes out. And I didn't expect to be too scared to go back to the ground after his Dad told me he didn't want to see my '****ing face' there again.

It's difficult to hide at a non league football ground. I now need something else cheap to do on Saturday afternoons."

Hotman · Jan 31, 2009

haha

I remember sitting in the south lower when it was a quid for kids (when southend were in the "championship" of the 90's - think it was against Charlton in their pre premiership days) and the ball hit the gap that me and my mate made between us on the seat - it happened like it was slow motion

Moridin · Jan 31, 2009

carl said:
haha

I remember sitting in the south lower when it was a quid for kids (when southend were in the "championship" of the 90's - think it was against Charlton in their pre premiership days) and the ball hit the gap that me and my mate made between us on the seat - it happened like it was slow motion

I have done that in the South Lower too, a friend and I were sat on the second row up, almost level with the post.

A shot fizzed past, I leant one way, and he the other, and it hit a young lady square in the face. Felt so gulity! :D

Was against Reading I think.

BLUEBLOOD · Feb 2, 2009

I remember being at a pre season game at Basildon once, sitting on the grass bank behind the goal, i was turned around chatting to a mate and managed to face the pitch again just in time to be struck by a wayward shot full in the chest .. and if that wasn't bad enough i was holding a cup of tea at the time which i ended up wearing too

Cricko · Feb 2, 2009

I am sure the ball has hit Ldnfasto several times in the face in the South Upper...I mean he surely can't have always looked the way he does now....;)