What a truly wonderful day for Altrincham Football Club.
An inspired team performance, with two men who've come in for a lot of criticism lately (Bushell and O'Neill) giving excellent displays. I'd also like to give Graham and Dalton a huge amount of credit because when I looked at the team line-up, I was hoping that we'd have Chalmers on the left, Thornley on the right and Lawton in the middle. But they got it right - the running of Rod and Robbie on the flanks was a big factor for us today.
And what a tremendous third goal - great passing, patience from Pat, support and coolness with the finish from Robbie. Celebrations pretty good too.
The size of the gate was a huge bonus - genuinely heartening to see so many at Moss Lane for a proper Boxing Day match.
And to cap it all, my Dad won a hamper in the raffle!
These are the days that make it all so worthwhile.