With St Ives FC also in the same division as Cambridge, they have to decide who gets the home dressing room when there is the local derby. I bet St Ives dig their heels on that one. But I wonder which set of "officials" run the bar and so on?
Sadly, it was bottled ale only in the bar, though I could have had some nasty gassy stuff in my plastic cup if I really wanted. On several occasions the announcer reminded us that this was an FA Cup tie and as a result any alcohol had to be consumed in the bounds of the club house. So I felt naughty popping my plastic "glass" on top of the bin by the dug outs as I chatted to locals and took the odd photo. I was not arrested.
ps If anyone can translate the "motto" let me know.......sudore sopore?
I met the home team programme editor who proudly showed me his research and I asked him if he remembered Cambridge City pitching out a team to play Cambridge University in October 1970. He knew that there would have been such a game, there always was one as part of the University's build up to the Oxford in the Varsity match in December.
The match against City was not a good occasion for the Blues, mostly young men of my age with limited experience of the semi-pro game! We lost 0-7 and our goalie the tall Chris Koral certainly had a long way to bend down to pick the ball out of the back of the net.
It didn't matter in end because Chris kept a clean sheet at Wembley, the Light Blues won 1-0 with a cleverly taken goal by one Jerry Wallwork, a product of Chesterfield and its environs. If you ask him he will tell you exactly what happened to give him the greatest moment of his footballing career.
So unfortunately I did not bring luck to City, they lost 1-3 against a decent lot from the Eton suburbs.
Their crowd were amusing, knowledgeable and would have sunk a few tinnies on the way home I bet.
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