So as it turns out, football can be fun even in the rain! Tonight the Qld Roar played Central Coast ... and it rained basically the entire game. Convincingly at times, less so at others. Enough that we spent the entire game sitting under plastic ponchos though!
I pulled out my Shakespeare poncho ... the one I got at the Globe in London when we went to see Romeo and Juliet and stood in the rain for the entire play. Such a cute poncho ... clear, but covered in red letters quoting Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor ...
"Let the sky rain potatoes, let it thunder to the tune of greensleeves, hail kissing comforts, and snow eringoes; let there come a temptest of provocation, I will shelter me here."
The game was actually pretty good ... although the result was rather less than desirable. The visitors are going home with yet another win ... their third for the season, and they're still the only team in the A-League to win a game this season. It perhaps wouldn't be quite so frustrating if it weren't for the fact that we were by far the stronger side tonight.
Oh well, we played well, and it was a fun night despite the rain and unfavourable score line. I think we earned our place as true fans tonight too ... we were among a mere 8,815 people at the game (in a stadium that holds 55,000). Shame, but not surprising really. Brisbane isn't used to rain! We hide indoors whenever it threatens.