February 13th: Leicester City v Scunthorpe United (Championship)
Apparently there's some sort of promotion on today whereby some people can get cheap tickets by doing something or whatever. Anyway the end result is a handful of extra people have turned up.
[Handful - that's a strange word to use for people isn't it? I mean, a handful of grapes is what - ten, depending on the size of your hand? A handful of dry roasted peanuts is maybe twenty or thirty peanuts. A handful of people? Maybe an elbow, a chin or part of an arse. Certainly not an entire person.]
City get off to a quick start, with Michael Morrison heading in from a Martyn Waghorn free-kick. Ten minutes later, some good build-up play leads to a Paul Gallagher shot being deflected into the net. On 25, Gallagher gets his second with a neatly-placed free-kick. Less than half an hour in, it's 3-0. Cracking stuff. Now, I've mentioned before that I've never seen City score five in a competitive game. I mean, I've seen it on tv, but never while I've been in attendance. It's when this third goal goes in that I almost start to believe it'll happen. Almost.
On 34, Waghorn fires in City's fourth - surely it's only a matter of time now?
The second half is nine minutes old when Scunthorpe mount a rare attack and pull one back through Paul Hayes. Suddenly I'm thinking of the Peterborough v Cardiff game back in December. No, that won't happen here - let's put that thought our of our minds.
As the game progresses, the chances of a comeback get slimmer and slimmer. City quickly find their rhythm again and look the more dangerous side. So it proves when Gallagher's header from a Richie Wellens ball loops over Joe Murphy into the net. It's five. It's finally happened. Thank fuck for that.
[Seriously, I was getting to the stage where I literally believed it would never happen. Now it has, I'm happy. Now I can just enjoy myself.]
The walk home is so much more pleasant after such an emphatic win. Good day. Very good day.
Final score: Leicester 5 Scunthorpe 1
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