Although I've driven past Romsey's ground a few times I'd not seen a game there before so a Wednesday night evening League Cup game was an opportunity not to miss. Looking at the form of both teams before the game was a good indication of what to expect - Romsey doing well in Wessex Division 1 while QK Southampton (found out before the game QK stands for Queen's Keep) had lost all of their games in Wessex Division 2.
Andy drove down - his third game in three days after watching the league games at Portsmouth and Bournemouth - and we arrived at the ground in plenty of time as we didn't want to be caught out by a 7.30 start. Arriving at the ground, the gatekeeper asked if we were players or spectators - despite the temptation to advise him we were playing, we thought better of it and handed over our money. Had a flick through the programme which was free but didn't contain a lot of information, even the away team line up was blank. Enjoyed a drink in the bar before the teams came out for the first half.
Despite the previous form, QK started quite brightly and coped well with the Romsey pressure. Indeed at times it appeared that the Romsey players had too much time to think about what they should do (rather than play with their instincts) and the chances that they could have created were cleared. When they did manage to get shots on target, the QK keeper was equal to them until the 40th minute when a shot from outside the area flew past him.
Romsey scored again in the 50th minute as a free kick from the left was met in the area with a fierce shot that the keeper couldn't get near. It took until the 85th minute for a third, the QK keeper parried a freekick but a Romsey striker followed up (as all good strikers should do) and popped the ball in from close range. Despite missing a couple of chances earlier in the game, De'Ath killed off the game in the 90th minute, beating the offside trap and lobbing the keeper to make it 4.0
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