In what is now becoming an annual occurrence Jen and I had headed over to Muncaster Castle for Sea Power’s Krankenhaus festival. This was the third one and it has increased in size each time. There were probably about six hundred people there, which is getting close to what I’d consider sufficient.
There were also plenty of dogs, which add to the relaxed atmosphere. Sea Power’s set on the Saturday night had been excellent, one of the best I’ve seen from them. The bear came out of retirement and the evening finished with Martin and Yan crowd surfing during a twenty-five-minute rendition of Lately/Rock in A. It doesn’t get much better.
There were activities taking place on Sunday morning but I thought I’d take a break and drive south for a couple of hours and watch some football. The game I’d picked was at the Leyland Ground, home of the Lancashire FA.
As I entered the car park, I noticed a vintage motor museum next door. I’d plenty of time before kick-off and so had a wander around. It was ok, I suppose, but as I doubt that anyone would ever make a second visit, I can’t really see how it survives.
Back at the football, it was a fiver to get in to see the Blackburn Rovers U21 team take on their counterparts from Leicester in a Premier League Two fixture. That’s the same division that the Boro play in and mirrors the current status of the respective first teams.
I queued in the clubhouse for a meat and potato pie and admired the collection of trophies and caps in a nearby cabinet. I’d no idea if they were obsolete or current, but there was some impressive detailing on some of the older looking ones.
There was drizzle in the air as I took a seat in the main stand opposite to the entrance gate and had a look at the team sheet. I think you are allowed some over-age players in this competition but there weren’t any names that I recognised. Mind you, I’m not actually sure how many players I’d be familiar with from the respective senior squads.
As ever at this level, the crowd was made up of a mixture of fringe players and family with a smattering of die-hards getting full value from their season cards. All this was complemented by an odd-ball who had driven two hours for a game that he had no skin in.
Blackburn passed the ball very slickly, making me wonder if there’s still some Tony Mowbray influence on the way they play.
They missed a few chances and the Leicester keeper made some good saves, but the home side were well on top and went in at the break three goals to the good.
A Leicester goal soon after the restart offered the prospect of a more competitive second half but a fourth goal from the hosts midway through the second half was enough to clinch the victory. I headed back up the M6 for the evening entertainment at Krankenhaus and another cracking Sea Power set.
Tags: Meat and Potato Pie, Old cars, Sea Power, Tony Mowbray
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