The Championship
Saturday 29 April 2023
SUFC 2022/23 Game #67
Simple Blog today. Promotion already assured. Relax and enjoy the game. Quietly bristle at all the "fans must stay off the pitch" evangelists. Leave before the celebrations turn into a beautiful baby pageant. Beer on London Road. Inhaling the heady whiff of pyro.
Basham out there for 90. Glorious. Getting forward. Tracking back. Winning headers and tackles. A tricking and a flicking. His Opta Stats say he put the widest fucking smile on my face.
Tommy Doyle out there for 61. Before being subbed for his lap of honour applause. (Berge)
Billy Sharp out there for 61. Before being subbed and getting the tail end of Doyle's clap. (Jebbison)
James McAtee out there for 69. Before being subbed for his lap of honour applause. (Fleck)
Iliman Ndiaye out there for 81. Before being subbed for his standing ovation. (McBurnie)
Daniel Jebbison out there for (the last) 29. Two fucking Assists. Lovely awareness and a bit of swagger to heel it to Fleck for our second, and go ahead, goal on 72. And, Dan shrugging off the wrestling down the right to cut defenders out with a perfect Ili-Assist for the third on 75.
In a bizarre twist, that shows why he's got Championship Striker Skills. Stay on your feet. Push n shove as good as you get. Whatever happens, the ref is letting it all go. If that run of Dan's is in the Premier League, it's heads or tails who the ref gives the inevitable free kick to. See you in August Jebbo. Or Huddersfield away on Thursday!!!!
Two more away games for the First Team. Two games for the U18s/U21s at The Lane this week. And whatever Academy Play Off games we end up with. Played at "available venues". The season is not over. But, let's see what London Road has to offer.
Barry's Bar
96-98 London Rd, Highfield, Sheffield S2 4LR
It lasted two pints of Molson Coors, Madri Excepcional on Keg at 4.6% before Barry had to pull the plug "on advice". I hope he was able to pull more pints later. But, we fucked off into the rain in the absence of beer.
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