“…serious Arse action”

“Are you ready for some serious Arse action?”
That was the question I asked Jo as we exited Bellingham train station on the way home last night. I can’t believe you said that out loud, she said. Well you know what I meant, I said. Could be a good blog title… but only if we win, I said.
As you know, we very nearly didn’t win. I had been on Twitter on my way home, confidently predicting a relatively straightforward home win, something that was haunting me as the minutes ticked away last night. It should have been straightforward, god knows we had the chances to win three football matches, but the ball somehow (thank you, crap finishing, players on the goal line and Tim Krul) just wouldn’t go in. It seemed a bitter irony that Gervinho did put the ball in the net, off camera, following a quick ...