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[ChristianGenius]

 

What does it say on the banner in the back, something about the Abbey??

[YELLOW]

Laz, is that you standing near AFF?

[Eastside Urchin]

MONSTERS!!!

[AFF]

The banner said "We've got an Abbey and Weymouth are shabby".

 

Although it rhymed, it was a trifle wordy for my taste, but what do I know about anything.

[Laz]

Yes, Yellow, that's me.

[Webbo MFI]

quality!

[Laz]

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[Rob_the_Saint]

Why is AFF asleep? Or perhaps he's stroking the police dog.

 

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[AFF]

Three of us appear to be performing open heart surgery on a minor casualty, Rob. I can't think what we were all looking at.

 

The presence of the police dog at my feet certainly banished any thoughts I may have had to rip up the concrete terracing and invade the pitch.

 

Re-looking at it, that's my arm in front of JL so it may have been taken a second or two after the section of fencing had given way. JL was one of the fallers and had been helped back to his feet. They may have been another down there somewhere.

[Rob_the_Saint]

Hopefully the banner can be used again next season.

 

Perhaps it should have said 'you lot' instead of 'Weymouth'.

[AFF]

That's bothered me once or twice today and, having had another look, I've worked it out.

 

That photograph was taken seconds after the section of fencing on 'our' side had collapsed. The two sections of fencing that can be seen at the back are on the Muff side. Our corresponding two sections had gone over. If you scroll forward to the right of John Farmer, you can see the section of fencing on our side that remained in place.

 

JL had fallen but was helped to his feet by one of our people and I think that another person was, indeed, stil on the floor. The policeman was ushering people away from the collapsed section of fencing.

 

The two sections of fencing were lifted back up moments later.

 

It sounds a lot worse in those few words than it felt at the time. No problemo.