This evening Newcastle United played LFC at St James Park. As we were in the area anyway I had made an enquiry about a ticket for the game and my good friend Vince came good. So off to the match I went.
It was an evening kick off so we had a leisurely day before I headed off – brunch first and then we said our goodbyes to Jim and Sarah.
Newcastle is only a short train ride from Darlington, and the ground is close to the station, so it seemed sensible to go by train. I should have known better. When I checked “live trains” this is what I found
I had a bit of a panic but then decided just to get the next train and hope for the best. Despite it being crowded I got to Newcastle in good time. I met up with a few friends and settled down to enjoy the game.
And what a game it was. Newcastle had a man sent off (the ex-Evertonian Anthony Gordon, much to everybody’s delight). Liverpool went 2-0 up and the 10 men of Newcastle battled to get back to 2-2 until a 16 year old rescued Liverpool to leave the final score 2-3 to the good guys.
Then it was a train journey back to Darlington. Late, hot, heaving with Newcastle supporters and no taxis available at the end. With the help of Uber I eventually got back, tired but happy.
Here’s to Rio Ngumoha and, hopefully, many more years and goals for LFC
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