Come Here To Me!

Now I’ve got the cheesiest title in the history of the blog out of the way, I can move on with the post….

I went down to Richmond Park earlier to see our A Team or reserve side in action. I’ve never been down to one of these matches before and wasn’t too sure what to expect. Alas, a crowd of us had decided it was worth venturing to, and it really did feel like any match night in McDowell’s. It might have been us against Shamrock Rovers, but outside the street was quiet.

Sticker spotted up in Palmerstown on way down to the match.

The next game is a derby, with the northsiders of Bohemian F.C, and the last game was actually Shamrock Rovers funny enough.We’ve no match to look forward to Friday thanks to Dundalk making it to the Setanta Final, so this game was designed to fill the hole in the week. We treated it like any encounter.

My Red Army Choir banner.

Unusually for us, we watched the game from the shed. We’ve been playing musical chairs around the stadium in recent years, but have made the mainstand home. It was nice to be down here. The shed is unusual in that now it houses the away fans on big nights. Taking up our place in the centre of it, a few dozen of us decided to make as much of a racket as possible.

Flags out.

Drogheda United’s Famous 45 Ultras recently showed just how much noise can be made in the shed with a small but vocal support. Some of the players on both sides clearly took to it, though the same can’t be said of poor Gary Twigg. Twigg has been out for a while for the hoops, and this was probably supposed to be a nice and slow-paced affair for him. It was almost surreal being so close to a familiar League of Ireland face without a steward or Garda officer in sight.

"It's like when the Red Army took Berlin."

Ultimately, the Saints won out by two goals,with a 3-1 scoreline. These matches are worth keeping an eye on. Free in, they offer a great chance to see the future of the club and get a better luck at some players who get the occasional run out in the top flight.

Wavey's out.

Having nowhere to go on Friday night, this was a nice midweek trip to Richmond. I’ll be keeping an eye on the A Team in future. Premier Divison, A Team, the kids or anyone else in the jersey is a saint worth supporting.