football rambles

 On Saturday we went to London for what was a dreary day and unfortunately we witnessed a fairly dreary game. It was good to get to the Wimbledon stadium though, as it is one that I have planned to go to for a while but has always alluded me. At least it seemed quite a friendly place. Lyndon Dykes opened the scoring for the visitors after a defensive error and at this point it looked like the Rs could run riot. It was not to be the case though and all in all there was very little goal mouth action. After the break Josh Neufville equalised for the Dons. 1-1 was probably a fair result as QPR looked the better team in the first half and Wimbledon were better in the second.  Other highlights were the good - QPR almost scoring from a move that was reminiscent of Brazil 1970 and the bad - Gareth Ainsworth's (the QPR boss) having the record he has made for the Wimbledon ground sponsors record  label- twice! .... and the ugly a head butt from a tiny QPR defender on  one of t...

  After seeing Ely win at home last week( 3-1 v Fakenham), this weekend it was back to the Abbey to see Cambridge take on the Dons. Like most Cambridge games it was impossible to predict, but the Us came away with the winner.  It was definitely a well deserved victory and although Wimbledon fashioned a few chances in the first half Cambridge definitely had the lion's share of the play.  They finally got the breakthrough early in the second half when a long ball fell for Jensen Weir who carefully headed home to get his first professional goal. After Cambridge took the lead, Wimbledon pressed to get back in the game, but Cambridge stood firm at the back an ran out with a deserved win. Above  - Cambridge celebrate the win at the end of the game  Above - Cambridge on the attack Above - Sponge Bob in the away end