We had Any & Karina over from Germany for there first DCFC game, and also there first time in Ireland. Andy & Karina are members of "der Kranken Franken" - a FC St Pauli supporters club, St Pauli vplay in the 2nd division in Hamburg, Germany, check out their site - http://www.kranke-franken.de/index.html.
Also meeting up with the Dublin SC for the first time was a Derry lad, Leo Devine, lead vocalist of a Derry/Dublin band Half Shot (feck, a feel half shot writing this) - check them out at Bebo - http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=3764918756. Currently listening to them as I type this up, great stuff.
All pictures from tonight can be found here - http://picasaweb.google.com/willymccann/StPatsAway23rdOctober.
Well, the day kicked off at around 4.30pm in the Central Bar on O'Connell Street, and the drinking began, then Leo showed up about 10 minutes later, so a few beer and a few more beer were had, then it was time to hop on the LUAS and head out to McDowells for a few scoops, and meet up with Scoops before the game. On the LUAS, ran into a bunch of Dublin lads who had been in St Pauli's ground in Hamburg, and played a gig in their VIP members area - I tell you, a small world.
Well, we hit McDowell's and Scoops was at the bar, and with him were 2 Derry City Scarves for Andy & Karina. Good man Scoops. A few more beer was had and then it was into Richmond Park for the match.
As always, my match report will be short and sweet, better reports can be found on Derry City Chat - http://www.derrycitychat.com/forum/
2 nil to the Cty, with goals coming in the first half from Gareth McGlynn, a lovely 25 yard strike, that might have taken a slight deflection, but we'll have to wait for MNS to confirm that, and then David McDaid in the second half, so 2 goals in 2 games for the young lad. (although, with me being thirty-something, most of the players are young lads compared to me). So a big win for DCFC after 5 straigh loses and major issues at the club, which I'll not go into as I don't know enough about it, but I hope we have a team to support next year, as I was saying to, Michaels wife, (sory can't for the life of me remember here name - which is truely awful, especially after she had a tin of Roses for all the Derry fans to munch on) anyhow, as I was saying, the feeling of waking up on a Monday morning, knowing that DCFC are in town on a Friday night for a match, is not something I want to lose.
Highlights from thew match:
- Big Hugh taking thw chant "Take your shirt off for the City" quite literally - yuour a mad man Hugh - http://picasaweb.google.com/willymccann/StPatsAway23rdOctober#5396072991473349442
- Andy & Karina being over for a City win, which was, from my perspective, totally unexpected
- McGlynn's goal - fantastic strike
- The singing, chanting and banter at the match
- The Derry fans - for making their way down in troubled tiimes - great to meet up with them
- Getting a FC St Pauli in return for sorting out Andy & Karina with Derry Scarfs - nice - I'll add it to my collection of benny hats
