Today flew by in the blink of an eye. A quick trip to ASDA to pick some things up for Mrs Pitts was closely followed by a trip to see dad. Then, somehow, it was lunch time. A tiny bit of work later, I was ready for the disappointment of the Grand National – I fell asleep half way through as is becoming something of a regular thing at the moment – then Pointless was on after something Mrs Pitts had on the Sky+ box. After that Doctor Who – a reasonable episode, which could have been ten or so minutes longer to make the resolution to this evening’s problem more satisfying – it had just got going when it ended. Just as the music had faded for that, a beautiful meat and potato pie was presented to me made by Mrs Pitts for tea. Some more work was done – I’m finding it hard to motivate myself right now, despite next week filling up quicker than a small bath with a fast tap – then we settled to watch The Inbetweeners Movie on DVD, just because we were in that kinda mood.
Overall, I can’t quite place exactly where time has whizzed away to today. I really need to get my head in gear tomorrow and get something done.
In other news, I spotted as something interesting about football while writing this. Hold on to your eyes, this may well be the only time football gets mentioned here.
In a match today, both teams wore the same kit – Barnsley forced to borrow Crystal Palace kit for a match against Crystal Palace:
Barnsley were forced to wear Crystal Palace’s away kit on Saturday as the pair clashed – quite literally – in a Championship match at Selhurst Park.
The visitors were told that their own kits were too close in colour to Palace’s by referee Kevin Stroud, and that it would cause confusion.
Neither of Barnsley’s kits – their home red, nor their away blue-and-black – were distinct enough to stand up against Palace’s red and blue stripes.
Their kitman bought 18 pairs of white socks in an attempted compromise, but it still wasn’t enough.
But remarkably the Crystal Palace staff were able to quickly print the Barnsley players’ names on the backs of the shirts before kick off.
Only Barnsley goalkeeper Luke Steele (pictured in black, below) was able to wear his own kit.
It was arguably the most significant incident of the match, which ended in a 0-0 draw.
And if you’re wondering how the sides coped with the situation when they met at Barnsley earlier in the campaign, the answer is simple: Barnsley played in their home red, and Crystal Palace were in the same away kit that the Tykes wore today…
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