I went to my first football match in 21 years tonight and my first ever international match. I only found out about the game tonight when Sarah rang and asked if I would like to take her eldest daughter. And it was only down the road in Priestfields Stadium.
Anyway it was a good game with England taking the lead thanks to an own goal just before half-time. England had much of the game and in the first half the goal in front of us barely saw any action. It looked like staying 1-0 (especially after England had a goal disallowed and there were even one or two moments when an equaliser was on the cards but suddenly with five minutes to go England scored, then two minutes later scored again.
Then with the final kick of the game they made it four - or did they? The referee wandered back to where the Austrian goalkeeper was lying on the ground, waved his hands around and then blew full-time. I thought for a moment he'd disallowed another one and it was only when we got back that I discovered he hadn't.
So England are 3 points nearer to qualifying for the world cup in China next year and England's women head their table over rivals France and Holland.
I have to say I enjoyed the game, the women's team seem to put more effort into it than the chaps, going for balls that the men would leave for dead, fighting every step of the match and not giving up in the second half and at least you don't have to put up with the antics of Brylcream Boy Beckham and his mates!!
20/04/06 @ 23:20