SkyBet invalidated yesterday’s dodgy bet I made.

I have asked Didier Drogba to express my feelings on the matter in music…

Hayes and Yeading won the Conference South play off final this evening and were therefore promoted. Skybet, however, seem to think the match is due to be played on Saturday and are still offering odds of 2/1 on Hayes to go up.

I bet the entire contents of my Skybet account – £3.59 – on a Hayes victory (don’t ask me why, I just have a hunch).

I wonder if they’ll pay out when they realise their mistake :o)

Congratulations to The Tigers for beating Farnborough in the Southern Premier Division Play Off Final.

I hope the Conference uses common sense and puts them in Bath City’s league, The Blue Square South, as opposed to the northern division.

I have fond memories of great games between Bath and Gloucester and would like more next season.

Sooo sad

You have to feel for the thousands of Team Bath fans who have supported the club all their lives.

Football has lost one of it’s most traditional and well loved clubs.

Yesterday I spent a freezing cold afternoon watching Bitton AFC play Welton Rovers in the Western League. It was proper amateur stuff and, with no exaggeration, made Bath City look like Barcelona.

There can’t have been more than 100 fans in the ground, while the whole of Bitton town appeared to be in the clubhouse.

It was my first visit to The Recreation Ground (in no way to be confused with Bath Rec). My first impression of the pitch was amazement of the slope. If it snowned, you could go sledging – it was that steep.

The game was poor and I am unsure whether this was just a bad match or just the norm for Western League. Welton scored the only goal of the game, midway through the second half. There wasn’t even a corner until late in the game.

The Welton keeper was unable to take goal kicks (literally), and had to get an outfield player to do the honours. He was almost as useless with his hands and nearly humiliated himself by struggling to catch a simple ball from his own teammate.

Still, Bitton failed to even test the goalie over the whole 90 minutes, which annoyed the locals; particularly one elderly fan who summed up the keeper as "he can’t catch and he can’t even kick".

An interesting day, but I won’t be rushing back anytime soon.