Tuesday 13th April 2010 -- BSP -- tales of the scarf kiss, the 5 goal thriller and the last gasp penalty.......
THAT'S MORE LIKE IT!
Not been feeling too well of late, so needed cheering up a bit......but for most of the first half it was the Mansfield go slow show again..it was a fairly tedious first half - and got even worse when Stags old boy AARON O'CONNOR gave the visitors the lead on 15 with a superb drive from the edge of the box that left Marriott for dead. Busy sending and receiving texts from the66pow bliddy blogger Rob Waite.. not realising the be-scarved one was actually in the same stand as we were. There were plenty of empty seats around us, but I never spotted him. H-T 0-1
THAT'S MORE LIKE IT!
Not been feeling too well of late, so needed cheering up a bit......but for most of the first half it was the Mansfield go slow show again..it was a fairly tedious first half - and got even worse when Stags old boy AARON O'CONNOR gave the visitors the lead on 15 with a superb drive from the edge of the box that left Marriott for dead. Busy sending and receiving texts from the66pow bliddy blogger Rob Waite.. not realising the be-scarved one was actually in the same stand as we were. There were plenty of empty seats around us, but I never spotted him. H-T 0-1
A few seats spare!!
Anyway, met up with Rob during the break and he was a little worried that someone had been stalking him and wanted to get a bit closer than is healthy...... (more of that later)
Back to our seats for the second half and straight away the Stags began attacking - causing former Eastwood Town keeper Dale Roberts a few problems. Roberts was actually at fault for the Stags leveller on 48, failing to clear and allowing Kyle Perry to square to JAKE SPEIGHT who rifled home from 18 yards. SAM SMITH put Rushden ahead in the 72nd minute, firing home after leaving Scott Garner in his wake. It was all square after 77. When Stags keeper Alan Marriott lumped the ball upfield after a Stags attack had broken down and the ball had been passed back to him, JAKE SPEIGHT got the better of his marker before calmly hoisting the ball over Roberts and into the net.
Anyway, met up with Rob during the break and he was a little worried that someone had been stalking him and wanted to get a bit closer than is healthy...... (more of that later)
Back to our seats for the second half and straight away the Stags began attacking - causing former Eastwood Town keeper Dale Roberts a few problems. Roberts was actually at fault for the Stags leveller on 48, failing to clear and allowing Kyle Perry to square to JAKE SPEIGHT who rifled home from 18 yards. SAM SMITH put Rushden ahead in the 72nd minute, firing home after leaving Scott Garner in his wake. It was all square after 77. When Stags keeper Alan Marriott lumped the ball upfield after a Stags attack had broken down and the ball had been passed back to him, JAKE SPEIGHT got the better of his marker before calmly hoisting the ball over Roberts and into the net.
Rushden's former Stags striker Jefferson Louis was sent off for two yellows, but try as they might, the Stags failed to capitalise -- until (dah-dah-daaaahhh) Kyle Nix "won" a penalty in the final minute! After missing two on Saturday, we feared the worst, but up stepped ROB DUFFY to gently roll the ball into the corner and seal the points for the Stags. F-T 3-2
Caught up with Rob on the way out of the ground, and he told us that he failed to hold off the stalker and he had been got at -- the"lady" having actually grabbed him and planted a smacker on the scarf that was covering his face. I reckon Rob will save that scarf for ever - and look upon it wistfully whenever the world seems a bad place and remember that kiss.... ahhhhhhh !!!!!
Duffy nets the winner
Admission : season ticket
Attendance : 2031 (178)
Thursday : Kimberley Tn v Kirkby Tn
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