‘R.I.P. Rimmo’
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| Tributes to Norman Rimmington, AKA 'Mr Barnsley'. |
AAAAARRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Winning 2-0 with less than half an hour on the clock, against a team as average as Brumingham…well, we only have ourselves to blame. We miss a chance to grab a 3rd and Roberts miscontrols a ball straight to them and it’s 2-1. They have not been in the game and WE have given them a lifeline. Even worse for Roberts, 5 mins into the 2nd half he takes out their player in the box and he’s sent off. Still, he can now go and enjoy the New Year festivities. And everyone is entitled to a bad game and we all know what a rock he’s been. Ho hum.
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| The walk of shame... |
So, we have 40 minutes to play with 10 men and, you know what, despite one scare, we looked the likelier winner. Winnall has a looping header tipped over while he headed one wide when he ought to have done better. Again though, you can’t argue with the scoring machine and it if he’d been an inch taller he’d have bagged. Earlier, he’d nodded in #11 from a corner. How bad must Brum’s centre halves be? Winnall scored a header off a corner in the away leg too. 2-0 up after 28 minutes. I couldn’t believe it. We’d already won. It would’ve been nice to have seen a MATCH.
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| Towards the Ponty, pre-match |
We’d gone ahead when Marley broke down the right wing, beat 4 players and pulled it back for Bradshaw to stroke home. Another Hecky masterstroke; resting Scowen to bring back Marley. (With 2 games in 3 days, problies for the best, knowing how much Scowen runs about). Another driving run from Marley wins the corner for Winnall’s goal. He must be the most implausible right winger in the division. And the most creative.
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| Hate Conor? Captain and star man? Oh, it's a #. |
At 2-2, Hecky was forced to make changes. He brought on Jackson as centre half, while on comes Scowen. Who cares if you only have 10 men when Scowen does the running of two? Kent and Bradshaw are sacrificed. Surprisingly, he didn’t use the 3rd sub, when I’d have expected Armstrong to show his face; his direct running could have stretched City at a time we were struggling to keep hold of the ball. However, the 10 men held strong.
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| Not seen this for a while...I went upstairs today. |
*** Marley. Helps set up another 2 and nearly scored himself, what would have been a killer 3-0. Didn’t see too much of the ball after we went a man down, but not many did Twitter MOTM.
** Morsy. Scurried around kicking anything that moved, sometimes even the ball. He also showed something not previously seen in his locker, taking on 2 players before hitting a decent 20 yarder.
* Winnall. Scored, could have had more, great movement.
Londontykes' Top 3:
1. Watkins
2. Yiadom
3. Morsy
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| I am proud. Another champion effort. |
The rest all had their moments, but special mention to MacDonald who made the clearance of the game at 2-2, when it looked like they’d have a tap-in at the back post. Overall, we shouldn’t grumble. We tore them apart with 11 and the ref had to even things up by making us play with only 10 men. It just wasn’t fair on Birmingham otherwise.
And a final word on Norman Rimmington, ‘Mr Barnsley’. There can’t be another man in football like him…player, assistant coach, physio, groundsman, kitman…supporter. A minute’s applause is the least he deserved. Rest in peace, Rimmo.
Onwards and upwards!
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| The Ponty v Brum |
Drink du jour: Vodka and orange. We were really looking forward to a trip to the Tap as well, after the match, but Northern Rail put paid to that, ba5tards.
Away: 1350. ‘2-0 and you f***ed it up’ followed by a round of sh*tting on the Villa. But you have to laugh at this fickle bunch; when the crowd was announced, they had the gall to chant ‘your support is f***ing sh*t’. How many do you think they brought? That’s right, 1,350, or roughly 100 less than Blackburn the other day. I bet I’ve seen Birmingham City more times than nearly 3 million people in England’s 2nd city (based on population, rather than any kind of sporting or cultural achievements).
The Damage:
£26.10 train
£3 prog
The tunes:
Singles (Future Islands)
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| The away end. Villa brought 3 times as many for a midweeker. |
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| Looking towards the away end. |
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| The old main stand. |
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| and before darkness fell. |
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