April 3: Football, Soccer-Style

Today we went to a football match, Fulham vs. Blackpool. We took the Tube to Putney Bridge, then picked out some men wearing bright orange jerseys and goofy, white and orange spiky hats (the colors of Blackpool) and followed them to the stadium. We were all wearing black and white in support of Fulham, mostly because A) Fulham has a very attractive American bloke on their team and B) Most of us don't have any orange in our wardrobe but we're all set for black. We had pretty darn good seats, behind one of the goals. The first half was particularly fun. Fulham was obviously the better team, and since the goal in front of us belonged to Blackpool, we got to see a lot of action. Fulham scored two goals in the first half. Then at half-time, their mascot came dancing out and we all had to laugh because he looked just like Bucky Badger! Turns out they call their guy Billy Badger. We definitely picked the right team to support! The second half seemed a lot less exciting, though Fulham did score one more time. A few guys got hurt, one from a nasty-looking kick to the leg and another two when they rammed noggins both going to head the ball. After the game, I came back to work on some homework and start preparing to sign up for next semester's classes. 

Billy Badger

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