football rambles

 It hasn't been an easy start to life for Downham in the Isthmian Division 1 North, so when they took on Tilbury on Wednesday night, it really was a bit of a six pointer as Tilbury are also struggling at the wrong end of the table. Downham started off shakily and were under pressure for the first 15 minutes. However, they grew into the game and a couple of tougth tackles from Jake Miller, who returned to the team laid down a bit of a marker. For the rest of the half Downham were the dominant team, however a questionable penalty on 37 minutes saw them back on the back foot as Tilbury took the lead. Downham came out firing in the second half and with better finishing could have been ahead before Owain McQuaid fired in an equaliser with a decent half volley with 30 minutes to go.  Downham continued to give a spirited performance and were unlucky not to make the pressure count. Despite the number of injuries and the fact that the majority of the players are playing at a much highe...

 The two teams went into the game yesterday having been on very different runs of form. Gorleston had won 3 of their last 4, whereas Downham had lost their last 5 games. Downham had also been forced into making 7 changes for this game, whereas Gorleston remained unchanged. Therefore, I went to the game with quite low expectations of a home win. However, Downham started off lively enough and created most of the chances and looked the most likely to take the lead in the opening 15 minutes. Nevertheless, you know how it works when your the off-form team against the on-form team - and Gorleston took the lead through Joe Marsden on 17 minutes. The rest of the first half was a bit of a damp squib. Downham pressed but with three short and slight forwards against a tall strong Gorleston defence were unable to put enough pressure on to create any meaningful opportunities. The second half saw Downham come out firing and they created some good chances, but still suffered from a lack of streng...

.... and at the end there are a few more homages to PSG heroes and obviously being the current Champions of Europe - the Champion's League Trophy.

 The next part of the tour takes you through the back rooms of what goes on at PSG including the places where the TV commentators hang out; the medical room; the changing room and the media room. You also get to go down the tunnel and experience what it is like to come out on to the pitch at Parc De Princes.

 Part 3 is when you go through and see the numerous domestic honours and Cup Winners Cup that PSG won along with pennants from important matches and shirts and other memorabilia from important players.