Back from Bristol...

Sometimes you hope that other clubs fans can lift their team to great heights and memorable performances when they take on your bitter rivals.

Saturday wasn't a case of this and I was left texting my Hereford supporting mate as his side slipped to defeat against Yeovil. It was a simple message worth recounting on todays blog...

"Your team are sorrowful chumps. How could they do this to me?"

And I am sure all of us in Terrasland agree.

On to the mighty men in claret and blue and you have to say it was another surprise result at Broadhall Way on Saturday.  My access to the match was limited to the last 20 minutes on Soccer Saturday but by all accounts we did ok and it was nice to end our Stevenage hoodoo. 

Michael Malcolm deserves a second chance and his goal will have started to repay the faith JHMBE has shown in him and the patience the club displayed all summer whilst he was trying to join another club. 

It's nice now to have a midweek break and the gaffer can start to focus his troops on Lewes who are next up. Traditionally this is the sort of match we would struggle in. Great performance against one of the leagues bigger clubs, followed up by a lame home performance against a supposed minnow. My prediction will be coming later in the week!!!

Right I am off to brave the rain and get to work. 

Enjoy your day. 

Terras fans will be delighted to hear that I am not making the short trip down the A1 to Stevenage tomorrow.

After the last two shambolic results at Broadhall way I am glad to report I am off to a birthday party in Bristol. 

I suppose it would be harsh to call the 1-0 defeat under Garry Hill a shambles. We played ok in September 2006 but just didnt look like scoring. Our nemesis Allan Julian putting in his annual fine display between the sticks against us in that super tight orange top. 

Last year was pretty poor under Jason Tindall with us never getting going an at the time I remember thinking we had done well not to get absolutely murdered about 6-0. 

Maybe I am the curse. Who knows. 

The simple fact is though that our start to this Blue Square Premiership season has been so impressive that another couple of weeks unbeaten and our horizon may have to be lifted from that of survival. 

I think if I am being honest, and this is no disrespect to JHMBE, Alan Lewer or any of the players, we should finish around the top 10 positions but no higher. A decent FA cup run would be nice too. A win at Oxford last season was the pre-cursor for some terrible performances and results so how we respond tomorrow will be key. 

I am zero from two with my predictions so far this season and whilst I would love to see us get a draw I can't see Stevenage continuing to be so bad. An honourable defeat is my prediction. 

But make no mistake about it, this will still have been a great start for our club this season whatever happens. 

May the best team on the day win...

Oh and do I need injections as I am going so close to that Somerset border tomorrow? :)

Sometimes history can repeat itself!!!

I found myself writing earlier about how we grabbed a win at Oxford last season in a time when we really needed it. Times aren't so desperate at the moment but a win is a win!!! I will take beating Oxford any time as they are the Conferences biggest club. 

I have a new superstition which is that I don't listen to the Solent online commentary any more. It was cursed last season and in fact it was the Oxford match last term that I turned off hoping that would be a change in fortune. And it was (sort of).

So no Jonny Cantor (if he still does it!!) for me, it was Ed Chamberlain and Sky Sports News for me tonight. 

And so far so good for this method this season. My celebrations were a but mute when the goal clicked on the ticker at the bottom of the screen. Simply because I felt it was too early for a side like us to score and defend for the remainder of the game. Thankfully I am nil from nil with my predictions. 

Stuart Beavon scored against the local side of his youth and no doubt this will start another round of transfer rumours for our longest serving player. 

I was thinking about this during the last few minutes of the match and much as I love "Beaver" I would also love to see him go on and play league football. The Coca Cola league deserves a player of his agression and skill. 

Don't get me wrong. Option number one would be for him to make it with Weymouth, but I think we are all realistic enough to know that we might be a while in making that leap!!!

So it's a great start to the season for Weymouth and a tough match at the weekend against Stevenage who lost against tonight to Eastbourne. 

A draw or better there and we will have surpassed my expectations for the first week. 

Good times and a mate of mine would say!!!

Finally just a word for my local village team Yaxley who you will all know I have a soft spot for. Their FA Cup campaign starts this weekend against Lincoln Moorlands at Leading Drove. So if there are any Hunts Terras not going to Stevenage (and if not why not!!) get along for the match. 

Sunday mornings don't get much better than this. An hour and a half battling the wind, but thankfully dodging the showers on my bike and getting home in time to see the last 9k's of Nicole Cooke winning the womens olympic road race.

Well done Nicole, I only wish my sprint finish was half as good. And I wish my bike was as nice as your carbon Boardman bike...

It's making it a nice sporting weekend after Terras opened their Blue Square Premier campaign with a comprehensive three one victory over Grays Athletic. 

The Essex based side are being touted as one of the pre-season favourites and it barely took them 5 minutes to get off the mark. 

Fortunately we were back level quickly with skipper Anton Robinson levelling and scoring for the second consecutive opening day. 

Stephen Reed, a summer capture from Cambridge put Terras in front just before the break (never a bad time to score!!!). 

The three points were secured when "Nanny" McPhee bagged a third. 

JHMBE will be delighted with this win and it sets us up nicely for a couple of tricky upcoming games. 

Elsewhere in the BSP, Stevenage were heavily beaten 5-0 at Wrexham with our old friend Jefferson Louis on the scoresheet. 

Smiles all round today!