Decided to let the train take the strain out of a journey to Bognor, perhaps not the best decision. Headed down to Cosham on the 11.30 (late as usual)and enjoyed Chris's company from Southampton as he was heading to Fratton. As I got off at Cosham, discovered that the train to Barnham was cancelled and had to spend an extra hour travelling via the 'delights' of Hilsea. Met up with Gary B at Chichester and after a quick change at Barnham,arrived at Bognor with 45 minutes to go until kick off. Fortunately Gary knows the area well and we soon arrived at the ground.
Some games are a sober affair, some games are not. This one certainly fell into the 'not' category as the discovery that you could watch the game and have a pint at the same time meant we spent the afternoon very pleasantly....
Walking out to the terrace at 2.59pm, we were greated with the start of a rainshower that continued for the first half an hour of the game and contributed to some real problems for the Salisbury players.
While one or two had problems keeping their feet, a tackle on Jon Beswetherick lead to him being carried off after 15 minutes on a stretcher with his knee strapped up. We later saw an ambulance arrive to take him off to Chichester hospital. Aaron Cook was booked for what appeared to be an accumulation of tackles so will now miss the Nottingham Forest game while Scott Bartlett limped off following a nasty challenge. The rainbow forming above us didn't produce any gold and at halftime the game was goalless.
Bognor took the lead on 55 minutes with a neat 1-2 on the edge of the box putting Birmingham in to slot past Ryan Clarke. Nightingale missed a glorious chance to put the game out of Salisbury's reach before supersub Robbie 'Mooncat' Matthews struck an 80th minute equaliser at the far end.
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