After doing a separate football round up for July and saying I wasn't planning to do this for every month, I changed my mind. I've decided it would be nice to have a record of the games I go to this season. So, here's a list of the games I saw in August. (The numbering continues from where I left off last month!)
Game 8: Haverfordwest County 1-1 B36 Thorshavn (after extra time; Thorshavn won 2-3 on aggregate)
Ground: Cardiff City Stadium
Excitement rating: 3/5 (a deathly dull first half)
Reason for going: It was a qualifying round match for a European competition within walking distance of my house.
Point of interest: The first time I'd seen a club side from the Faroes since I visited there when I was 12.
Game 9: Swindon Supermarine 2-7 (seven) Poole Town
Ground: Webbswood Stadium (new ground for me)
Reason for going: My friend Steve supports Poole and invited me along.
Point of interest: Former Barry Town centre back Luke Cooper was playing for Supermarine. He didn't look very happy at full time.
Game 10: Canton FC 1-2 Cardiff Draconians
Ground: House of Sport, Leckwith
Reason for going: My friend Scott was going as his son, Sam, plays for the Dracs now
Point of interest: Sam scored the winner!
Game 11: Leeds United 2-1 Shrewsbury Town
Ground: Elland Road
Reason for going: A chance to see Shrewsbury playing at one of the biggest grounds in the country.
Point of interest: There were over 35,000 people there so this is probably the biggest crowd Shrewsbury will play in front of this season.
Game 12: Bala Town 1-0 Barry Town
Ground: Maes Tegid
Reason for going: I'd not been to Bala before, and neither had Zac!
Point of interest: this was my third new ground in 8 days.
Game 13: Barry Town 1-1 Colwyn Bay
Ground: Jenner Park
Reason for going: First home league game of the season for Barry - and the first ever league meeting between the two clubs.
Point of interest: Cathy and some friends came with me and so we all witnessed Colwyn Bay's first ever Cymru Premier goal.
Game 14: Cardiff Draconians 1-4 Cardiff Corinthians
Ground: Orange Llama Stadium (formerly Lydstep Park)
Reason for going: A chance to see the Dracs in league action.
Point of interest: This was my 500th game since I started keeping a record of going to games (and my 10th game at the Orange Llama Stadium).
Game 15: Baglan Dragons 3-3 Cwmbran Celtic
Ground: Evans Bevan Field
Reason for going: I'd not been to watch Baglan before and it was bank holiday Monday.
Point of interest: this was Baglan's first home game in the Cymru South league (the second tier of Welsh football) after back to back promotion seasons.
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| Painting the pitch lines before kick off! |
Game 16: Newport County 1-1 Brentford (Brentford win 3-0 on penalties)
Ground: Rodney Parade
Reason for going: to meet an online friend who supports Brentford before the game. However this didn't happen because of a train mix up that meant I travelled from Cardiff to Newport via Reading!
Point of interest: I was sat with a mate who said it was the first penalty shoot out he had ever witnessed. He was aghast when I said its the third one I'd seen this season.
And that's it for August. In total I went to 9 games in 9 different grounds - and 4 of them were ones I'd not been to before.
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