Well, well, well – what a night that was!
Safe to say – the nerves were frayed, the nails bitten and the TV sworn at very loudly at points. But we did it – coming back from the inconvenience of having 10 men for nigh on 50 minutes, and an equalizer from Pats in Itchywhore – to settle the tie – as I predicted yesterday – by the odd goal.
I watched the game via the excellent TG4 webfeed – so good in quality in fact – it was like watching it on normal TV, unfortunately this is something that RTÉ cannot seem to replicate to anywhere near that standard.
Along with the feed on the PC (I have a dual monitor setup on my nice new beast of a Vista machine), I had the Bohs.com Message Board open on the other monitor – meaning I could engage in conversation on how brainless Dessie Byrne is for getting sent off in such a pathetic manner just before the half (one of the other contributors in the match thread said at the time – “You’d even get booked in rugby for a challenge like that”). Sure the message board is no substitute for being there in person – but it does come a very close second.
Whilst all this was going on – I was keeping a fellow Bohs supporter, Shane Butler, who is now in Vancouver for the year, updated on all that was occurring down at Richmond Park. I’ve been in the unenviable position in the past of being stuck in places with no access to coverage of the game (especially during the very early days) – it can be a real killer, so if I can help out anyone with updates and news, then it’s something that has to be done. As a spin off from that – I’m already planning a trip to Canada early next year on the request of Shane. I’ve always wanted to go to Canada (I’m a big fan of the Montréal Canadiens Ice Hockey side) – looks like a good excuse as any to finally make the journey!
This Friday sees the quite interesting prospect of picking up a computer game off the shelves in England, putting the disc into whichever console I have lying around – and choosing to play a match between Bohs and Shamrock Rovers. Yes you did hear correctly – FIFA ‘08 hits the shops with the new addition of a fully licensed eircom League Premier Division (meaning all kits, players and sponsors are there in full detail).
So – what’s next – another game against Pats preceeded by a home tie against our Feeder Club, Sligo Rovers, on either Friday or Monday (the FAI haven’t made their minds up yet). These two games are the mere aperetif to the main course of a Tuesday night shimmy up to the eircom League Cup Final in Derry on October 9th.
On the basis of last night – I’m forward to that trip already…
