David Reilly - Anthology 1977-2007 Vol 3 (1990-93)
To the Infirmary this morning for my six month check up on the right shoulder op from last October...
The pain still present in my arm prompted a fresh X-Ray and the bad news is there's more calcium there already...
So I'm back in three month's time to see how it's going and there may have to be another op - but that's for the future...
Tonight, I returned to the fray re football and, despite being desperately overweight and unfit, managed the full 60 minutes and scored three of my teams four goals - unfortunately our opponents netted seven times...
Also on the footie agenda tonight was of course Rangers' attempt to win the UEFA Cup in Manchester against Zenit St Petersburg...
To be honest, Rangers stood little chance of winning, given that their entire campaign had been based on stoutfast defending, 0-0 draws and penalty shoot-outs - indeed, they'd only scored 5 goals prior to the final...
St Petersberg in contrast had thrashed the mighty Bayern Munich in the semi-finals and scored almost thirty goals in the tournament...
While it would have been good for Scotland for them to have won (as it would have been had Celtic overcome Porto in Seville in 2003), to be honest, asking a non Old Firm fan to support Rangers or Celtic in Europe is like asking a Scotland supporter to get behind England in the World Cup...
Although I do know of at least one Alloa fan and one Hamilton fan who might dispute that...
I got home from my game just as the second half was beginning - the first having gone to planwith 63% possession to the Russians and rangers defending like crazy without a single shot on goal...
After a shower and dinner, we had to set off to the airport to pick up sister Pam who's up to go on holiday with my mum...
We'd just got into the car when St Petersburg scored their first goal while the second, with almost the last kick of the game, came while we drove over to Loanhead..
And so it was 2-0 and the rioting in Manchester began - I suppose there's a chance Rangers will be banned from Europe but maybe not...
At my mum's, Pam advised her mother-in-law, Maureen, was at death's door, having finally succumbed to her long term cancer. It's likely she'll die tomorrow but she'd told Pam to go and enjoy her holiday....
After much moroseness and tales of woe, the mood lifted with a chat about Coronation St, during which Pam came out with two new words. She described gail Platt as "hobblet-faced" and advised that many of the cast were facing the "hatch"...
Of course she'd a had a few wines on the plane to try and lift her mood re Maureen's situation and what she'd had left behind...
Home at midnight and straight to bed...
Highlight of the Day : Hat trick hero (kind of)...
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