football rambles

 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.

 One of the issues with the tour is that apart from it not being guided, it feels a bit like being kettled through the experience. Don't get me wrong, it's a good tour and worth it,but it's very busy and there isn't much time to stop and examine everything unlike say the Borussia Dortmund tour. For me the best part of the tour is when you are pitch side and can have a look around at what the stadium looks like.

 Last weekend we were in Paris and obviously as we were unable to get to a game we went on the PSG stadium tour. Our tickets said 11am on them, but we got there really early, so we had a look around. We eventually went in at 10:30 and probably could have gone in at 9 when we had originally arrived. Anyway, here are a few photographs from outside before we joined the tour.