November was a month that was dominated by our cup runs in the Johnstone Paint Trophy and FA Cup. It started with a split-personality match against Morecambe in the FA Cup where we threw away a two goal lead against ten men and were forced to go for a replay at Morecambe. Now this was our second trip to Morecambe this season, having already beaten them on penalties there in the JPT. For many the main excitement of the evening would be the chips from Atkinson's Chippy (no relation to me) and/or the pie in the ground. I partook of the chips. The match itself started well with a cracking goal, but then fizzled out as we stuttered our way through to full time and a 1-0 win.
I didn't make the JPT match at Chesterfield, but by all accounts it was a good one and saw us through to the next round against Bradford (later this month).
The final cup game of the month was again at home, this time against Norwich City in the FA Cup. Annoyingly for me, I had other plans that day and couldn't go. However, the match was a 17:15 kick-off, live on the Internet on the FA website, so I did get to see most of the game. This wasn't the first time I'd seen CUFC live on the web, as I did catch a couple of our Tier 5 games that way when I was living in Cambridgeshire. We played very well for most of the game, Norwich did have a good spell towards the end of the first half when Grent Holt scored. This was from another Kavanagh boob, but we're coming to expect that. Still, Kavanagh did contribute well during the game and we ran out 3-1 winners, so all is good.
We're now fast approaching Winter Solstice (21st December) so not long to wait for the days to begin getting longer again. However, it does also mean that the worst of the winter is probably still ahead of us. It wouldn't be right for me to not comment on the floods which hit Cumbria last month. The material damage and emotional distress for those flooded out was combined with the death of a police officer on New Bridge in Workington, as he ensured that traffic did not cross the crumbling structure. My thoughts go to all his loved ones, as I can empathise strongly with them (having lost my wife five years previously, almost to the day). Along with many others, I have suggested that when a bridge again spans the Derwent at that point, it should be named Barker Bridge in his memory.
As mentioned last month, I am migrating over to Ubuntu and sharing my experiences. I've now created a sub-site which chronicles my decisions and experiences.
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