Away at home
It was a case of being both home and away on Satrday as Cambridge United took on Burton Albion. I've been followin the Us while being down here when I haven't been at Ely City, but my heart is still with Burton Albion. Scott came up for the match and I managed to get us lost in his car on the way to the ground. I would have been happier walking to be honest, especially as I met another Brewer in Sauce while I was waiting for El Macca, who had a decent map. Funnily enough he was waiting for a Norwegian friend to arrive on the train. It looks like the recession must have made foreign visitors to give up on dreaming about the Bridge or Old Trafford and settled fr more down to earth surroundings to get their football fix in Britain. Anyway after negotiating directions with a bunch of plastic Cockney Arsenal fans in one of the shitest pubs in Cambridge we finally got to the ground.
Burton had brought a fair ammount of noisy fans, who were to leave the ground disappointed. The first half was to put it bluntly bobbins with neither side making it look like the top of the table clash it was supposed to be. You wouldn't have thought that the Brewers were playing on the back of a 17 game unbeaten run.
In the second half Burton seemed to have more possession, but couldn't do much going forward and Shaun Harrad cut a lonely figure up front. Greg Pearson was inroduced later on, and thebig question has to be why wasn't he on the pitch before? Anyway, he Us took the lead on 55 minutes when Pitt put the mercurial Scott Rendell through. In fairness neither side looked brilliant in ths game, but on the break Cambridge always threatened more especially when Rendell had the ball at his feet.
With 10 minutes to go yet more disaster struck the Brewers, when Martin Butler and Cambridge keeper Danny Potter clashed with a 50/50 ball. Potter was fine but his Academy awardwinning performance led to Butler's dismissal.
Obviously Burton had to throw everything forward, but on 83 minutes Cambridge again caught them on the counter attack and Simon Beck capped a dreaful day for the Brewers.
On a happy note for both clubs Cambridge went to second and Burton staye 12 points clear, as Histon loss. It's the first time I've heard the away fans cheer Histon losing louder than the home fans at the Abbey.
Burton had brought a fair ammount of noisy fans, who were to leave the ground disappointed. The first half was to put it bluntly bobbins with neither side making it look like the top of the table clash it was supposed to be. You wouldn't have thought that the Brewers were playing on the back of a 17 game unbeaten run.
In the second half Burton seemed to have more possession, but couldn't do much going forward and Shaun Harrad cut a lonely figure up front. Greg Pearson was inroduced later on, and thebig question has to be why wasn't he on the pitch before? Anyway, he Us took the lead on 55 minutes when Pitt put the mercurial Scott Rendell through. In fairness neither side looked brilliant in ths game, but on the break Cambridge always threatened more especially when Rendell had the ball at his feet.
With 10 minutes to go yet more disaster struck the Brewers, when Martin Butler and Cambridge keeper Danny Potter clashed with a 50/50 ball. Potter was fine but his Academy awardwinning performance led to Butler's dismissal.
Obviously Burton had to throw everything forward, but on 83 minutes Cambridge again caught them on the counter attack and Simon Beck capped a dreaful day for the Brewers.
On a happy note for both clubs Cambridge went to second and Burton staye 12 points clear, as Histon loss. It's the first time I've heard the away fans cheer Histon losing louder than the home fans at the Abbey.
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