Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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Seriously.
My brother bought me an Albion (bobble) hat for Christmas. To be honest, I wasn't a massive fan of it but took it with me to wear to the Reading game. Only trouble was, I had it in my pocket and forgot all about it until half time. Those of you who went to the game will be well aware how dire we were in that first half. Fortunately with the temperature dropping and the weather worsening I remembered my christmas present and whacked it on. The result? A warmer head and a much improved second half performance culminating in Calderon's last minute equaliser.
On to Fulham. I had my hat on half an hour from kick off. The result? A dogged and at times fluent away performance ending in only our fourth league win all season and a first clean sheet in eight games.
Finally, today's game. I'm going back to Japan tomorrow morning so have spent this afternoon listening to the game on the radio whilst packing. 88 minutes into the game with the score a stalemate I realised my hat was tucked away in a corner of a suitcase. Surely, it can't, I thought. Nonetheless, with two minutes to go, I put my hat on. Roughly ten seconds later we won a free kick. March steps up, whips it in, Dunk gets a glancing header on it...1-0! A few minutes later O'Grady. The much maligned on NSC Chris O'Grady is put clean through to wrap it up. 2-0!
Three games, put on at different times in those games, three results. Five goals, none conceded. Has my hat turned the Albion's season around?
*Whilst I'm claiming to have single handedly turned our season around, I guess my brother should take some credit too, for buying the hat. But mainly, it's me.
My brother bought me an Albion (bobble) hat for Christmas. To be honest, I wasn't a massive fan of it but took it with me to wear to the Reading game. Only trouble was, I had it in my pocket and forgot all about it until half time. Those of you who went to the game will be well aware how dire we were in that first half. Fortunately with the temperature dropping and the weather worsening I remembered my christmas present and whacked it on. The result? A warmer head and a much improved second half performance culminating in Calderon's last minute equaliser.
On to Fulham. I had my hat on half an hour from kick off. The result? A dogged and at times fluent away performance ending in only our fourth league win all season and a first clean sheet in eight games.
Finally, today's game. I'm going back to Japan tomorrow morning so have spent this afternoon listening to the game on the radio whilst packing. 88 minutes into the game with the score a stalemate I realised my hat was tucked away in a corner of a suitcase. Surely, it can't, I thought. Nonetheless, with two minutes to go, I put my hat on. Roughly ten seconds later we won a free kick. March steps up, whips it in, Dunk gets a glancing header on it...1-0! A few minutes later O'Grady. The much maligned on NSC Chris O'Grady is put clean through to wrap it up. 2-0!
Three games, put on at different times in those games, three results. Five goals, none conceded. Has my hat turned the Albion's season around?
*Whilst I'm claiming to have single handedly turned our season around, I guess my brother should take some credit too, for buying the hat. But mainly, it's me.
