A 5-0 defeat is never good and it's even worse when it comes against (at one point at least) one of our major rivals.
Last night was the first friendly of the season and Fulham came down to GP. To be honest the result, although dissapointing, didn't really matter. Having been postponed last pre-season, the match was Kevin O'Connor's testimonial and a celebration of his 11 years as a Bee.
A very decent crowd of 4,136 came down to GP and gave Kev a night, erm, to remember! I met Gabs inside the ground and we took up our usual sport on the Ealing Road terrace. There were plenty of familiar faces in the crowd and
It was my first friendly for a fair few seasons and I won't be going to another one in a hurry. The main reason for going was to show support for one of my favourite ever Brentford players, and after 11 'interesting' years in the red and white stripes I thought my £12 contribution to his testimonial fund was money well spent.
As frequently happens, Gabs and I spent most of the 70 minutes (yes we left early, when the fifth went in!) we were in the ground catching up. One of the worst things about growing up, actually I've not down that yet, lets say growing older and having responsibilities, is that you don't get to see your mates as much. Brentford games are the main occasions we Bees supporting buddies get to chew the fat. I'm looking forward to seeing Londra at GP when the season kicks-off. He's just had his first kid, a boy, no name yet. CONGRATULATIONS PAUL AND LYNDA :)
Fingers crossed the Bees' pre-season will get better. Next up are Tonbridge Angels away on Saturday and then Wycombe (and their gaggle of ex-Bees) at GP next Tuesday. I'll be at GP on 14th August for our first home League game of the 2010/11 season. I'm on holiday for the first game, Carlisle away. OK, OK, I wasn't going to schlep up to Brunton Park anyway! We won 3-1 up there on the first day of last season, here's hoping for more of the same.
Away from football, although I do need to blog about the World Cup and my bloody post about video technology at some point, Sarah turned 27 on Tuesday.
Being creatures of habit we went for a meal at Maggie Jones's. I first went there with work many years ago and it's one of my favourite restaurants in London. The food is amazing and the house red comes in a magnum and you pay for what you drink which is usually the whole bottle for us two greedy gits. We go there most birthdays so we'll most likely be back there in September :)
Last Thursday work put on the annual 'Profits Party', in fact I was nicely oiled this time last week! It's basically a celebration of the previous financial year which with the parent company being American, ends on 30th June.
For the previous couple of years we've had the party in the atrium at work. Redundancies, and the general downturn didn't warrant a big celebration but with things picking up in CACI-world this year the venue was Aqua Nueva.
Inside it's a typical, large West End bar with a few different rooms but what sets this place apart, especially for a geeky west Londoner, is the roof terrace. It's always exciting for me, probably a bit too much so, when I get to see London from a new viewpoint and I was more than happy to geek it up with my camera...before too many colleagues arrived anyway ;)
The party was winding down by 01:00 so I took myself off home. I walked it back which took about an hour. The journey was uneventful for the most part but I did walk past a couple going at it over one of the street cabinets just after Queensway tube station. They must have heard my footsteps because by the time I reached them the bloke was hurriedly pulling up his jeans and the knickers of his lucky lady friend.
Just another ordinary night in London!
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