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Lagging behind with the blogs these days. So many other things getting in the way. Plenty of things on the go at the moment football related but I’ll aim to keep it brief. I don’t have the time. Friday night started with me creating a just giving page to raise money or the Berwick foodbank and Northern soul kitchen. I donate to them every year but this time I had the idea of a just giving page and offering to match donations up to £250. At the time of writing this (Monday 8am) the page has £300 plus a generous offer form the half time draw winner Billy Swan to donate his £100 winnings. I have a further £40 to add from my parents. So now we have £690. A further bonus is that the foodbank posted this on facebook “We are pleased to say that we have been successful in an application for match funding through our Local Giving donation platform. Any donations made through our page from 27th October for 2 weeks will be match funded from Local Giving's Coronavirus support fund.” So it will be £690 going to the foodbank with the matched funding and £345 to Northern soul kitchen at the current total. The Just giving page is here. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/berwickfoodbank?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=20201026_    Next up the game.I was back down on Saturday, my job for the day noting down the temperatures of the away team. I came prepared this time with a clipboard, pen and 5L of hand sanitiser. It was cold, on the drive down the rain was torrential and I had though the game might be off. It was on though, the weather had eased somewhat. East Kilbride wanted access at 1:30pm but the final person arrived at 2:50pm. Some of the committee had been in the black and gold while Gordon Dixon and I stood in the cold waiting for them. When they arrived, my hands were so cold I could barely hold the pen to write down the temperatures. I was also Man of the match sponsor for the game. (well St Andrews Berwick Rangers supporters were). A disappointing result but a great performance. A 1-0 defeat was disappointing. A late sending off for Berwick turned the game. We were holding our own against one of the top teams in the league, a team with an impressive budget. A yellow card for Reid followed minutes later with another (some say the second could have been a straight red) really put us under pressure. With about 5 minutes left, East Kilbride took full advantage slotting the ball home and taking all 3 points. Bitterly disappointing. However, a much better performance and a narrow defeat. Jack Cook was nominated Man of the match. He also picked up the social media man of the match award for his performance. Next up at Shielfield is Edinburgh University on Tuesday night. I won’t manage to get down in time for that one but I will be watching from home. Hoping for 3 points.    Comments are closed.
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