Wednesday 15 August 2007

Steph and Jonathan arrived yesterday for their visit after surviving sitting in a plane for three hours with no air conditioning before they cancelled their initial flight.

But… they did make it. We have proof.

Tonight was a first for all of us as we attended our first Premiership League football match at Craven Cottage to watch Fulham FC take on the visiting Bolton Wanderers. We ended up with great seats (or so we thought… more on that in a bit) just two rows off the field level right next to the home bench.

As you can see, Steph was able to… um… make sure the substitute was stretching properly, and at one point during play Jonathan returned the ball (sorta) as it was kicked into the stands where we sat. It was good fun and Fulham won 2-1, so the fans were in good spirits.

Oh… did I mention the weather??

It rained for most of the match, and not the typical little drizzly, misty type rain we are used to in Southeast England. It rained… HARD, and while our seats were close to the action they weren’t protected by the cover of the stadium.

So we got wet.

Make that soaked, but… it really didn’t matter as we had a blast, the home side won and Jonathan got to touch the game ball. Winners all around.