Stoke 1 - 1 Blackpool

Posted on March 22, 2008

Well what a day! It was a bit of a task to get to the Britannia Stadium today due to a terrible crash on the M6. The motorway was closed both ways so a diversion on the A34 via Congleton and then some directions using the iPhone I arrived at the Britannia at 2:30. The match was delayed by thirty minutes as the ref was stuck in the same traffic problems.

m6 crash

Walking up the hill to the ground (great idea to built it on a a mountain) I experienced four weather types hail, snow, rain and then sunshine. A couple of beers and then the match. Stoke were very poor and really missed Fuller, Shawcross and Lawrence who were serving suspensions. We took the lead in the first half when Big Ben Burgess scored, his shot was deflected past Carlo Nash, there was no other way he would have scored today.

Stoke came out in the second half and scored straight away, Leon Cort poking in as Burgess decided to head back into the box rather clearing his lines.

Ben Burgess

But, credit to the boys, we didn’t collapse and even had a few chances to win the match. Unfortunately Preston beat Burnley today 2-1 which means they go one point ahead of us. 6 games left to regain the lead over the scum!

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