minnows and magpies

I've been listening to quite a few football commentaries this week for the latest round of the Carling cup. If it's an exciting game the commentators can hardly breathe, and almost need oxygen after the game, but for other games the on-pitch action is so limited that the commentary diverts into
a) the weather,
b) the size of the press box and
c) the food (if any) on offer to the press.

Sadly Tues nights clash between Sunderland and West Ham provided a lot of talk about the weather, which apparently was quite nice in Sunderland that evening ...sigh.
West Ham played much better than we did, winning 2-1. I can only assume that the players were still shellshocked by drawing 1-1 with Arsenal on Sat and forgot to play on Tues! But, at least W.Ham are a Premier league team too, and our new man Gyan scored, so not a total embarassment.

Still it meant I got a few more rows done on Jennifer's Eton cap.

David's team Newcastle (the Magpies) took on Chelsea last night. Chelsea have a 100% record this season in the league and haven't lost at home in yonks. I have no idea what the catering was like at Stamford Bridge as it never got mentioned by the commentators once! The game was fast flowing, packed with incident and Newcastle won 4-3. (their first win there since 1986!) But like us, Chelsea will be softening the blow by thinking- it wasn't penalties and they are in the same league.

The same can't be said by either team on Merseyside: Everton were knocked out by Brentford (in League 1) after the game was 1-1 after extra time and went to penalties. Liverpool were dismantled by Northampton (lge 2), losing a 1-0 lead to draw 2-2 and be beaten on pens. A good year for the cup minnows.

All very exciting, but I had to pause my knitting in disbelief hearing Newcastle win and Liverpool lose.

And that's not on, Jennifer needs her hat!