I was working as a steward yesterday at Chelsea Village – which includes the home of Chelsea FC - and felt the energy of the supporters (which included having to hold some of them back from invading the pitch at the Mathew Harding Stand) when Didier Drogba – in my view, the Premier league’s top scorer for this season – scored for Chelsea.
His strike put the game off its then balance and towards a positive result for Chelsea, as Frank Lampard then netted his second in the 89th minute to finally quell a magnificent effort from the visitors who let slip a 2-0 lead.
Eventually the final score was 4-4 but this meant Chelsea had won, as the total score, which included last week’s 3-1 result during the first half at Liverpool’s home ground, meant the final score was 5-7 to the Blues.
When the final whistle rang, the Chelsea supporters were dancing in the isles and in front of their seats to One Step Beyond, by Madness.
I took one of their flags, left behind by a fan, as a souvenir!
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It’s amazing – part II
Sheffield Wednesday let a 0-2 goal lead slip to see QPR’s B-team win 3-2, on Bank Holiday Monday, 13th April.
Previous manager Paulo Sousa would have been proud of them and the result, which shows that it’s not just Manchester United’s and Arsenal's youth project that's bearing fruit.
Ironically, it was at the Sheffield Wednesday stadium that Liverpool were playing against Nottingham Forest 20 years ago, that led to the tragedy of 96 fans losing their lives at this football match in Hillsborough, which has led to the high level of training and supervising of safety stewards and crowd control at football matches.
It’s also sad that fans still take the mickey over safety issues at football matches, from deliberately standing on chairs to using derogatory language that still makes it difficult for children to attend matches.
It’s also dissapointing to see and hear some dads using offensive language towards stewards in front of their children, as I experienced while working in crowd safety at QPR on Saturday 11th April.
Nevertheless, the anticipated display of anger against the chairman and co-owner Flavio Briatore didn’t amount to anything, with only a couple of drunkards protesting at the main entrance at how Paulo was removed from the club last week - after a leak of confidential club information.
It now means that QPR is now without a manager for the fifth time since Mr Briatore took over 18 months ago.
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I’m going to visit a pub in Wembley Central to watch tonight’s match: FC Porto vs Manchester United.
Part of Portugal’s name comes from this city, in the mid-west of this beautiful country.
No English side has ever won at the Dragao Stadium, so here’s wishing that Manchester United will be the first to break the hoodoo.
Porto is beautiful at night, as this aerial shot below shows, courtesy of Hedda blog.
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Until next time,
Andria
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