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Changing our position on the terrace took longer than I had realised. By the time we were settled
again the match had been underway for several minutes. Luckily, the first few minutes were
uneventful. I considered this good news - anytime City square up against full-time opposition from
a higher league it is easy to imagine them getting hit hard from the opening whistle.
Bath City defeated Woking 5-0 on Tuesday night. This was amazing, but to explain it properly I am
going to have to delve into the art of metaphor.
Football is often referred to as a 'cruel mistress.' Any City supporters who were unsure why this
term is used were given a good example three days previously.
Big Nedved Junior and I filed into Twerton Park and made our way to a fairly crowded Popular Side
terrace. After tea and doughnuts had been purchased we made our way back to the area the singers
were congregating. There was no chance of the crowd reaching the size of the previous week's match
against Forest Green Rovers, but it was still obviously going to be well above average.
Bath City lost to Braintree Town Tuesday night 2-0. Coming as it did at the end of a long string of
important games full of emotional ups and downs, it was bound to be a difficult match. Braintree,
being in Essex, is also the farthest distance City will travel this season (for a league match -
I'm not counting Grimsby).
Big Nedved Junior had his birthday party today. It involved fifteen seven and eight-year-old boys
shooting each other with laser guns. At the end when the cake was wheeled out he was saved from the
ignominy of a store-bought Scooby-Doo cake by the hard work of our my wife's good friend (she is
also the wife of fellow-City-fan Mark, and the godmother of Little Nedved Junior).
Bath City did not play Saturday. This was due to an early exit from the FA Trophy and a dispute
with the board of Braintree Town. Whatever the cause, Saturday was a difficult day for hard core
Bath City fans to get through. Imagine if you had a friend who was a chain-smoker and you decided
to hide all of his cigarettes for the day to see what would happen.
At some point last night this blog started getting a lot of hits from 'orkuz.com.br,' a Brazilian
social media site. I don't know why, and I've been unable to penetrate orkuz.com well enough to
find out what brought this on.
Anyway, welcome to my new Brazilian friends! Please get in touch, either by leaving a comment on
the blog, or emailing me at nedvedsnotes@googlemail.
A little less than forty-eight hours ago Florin Pelecaci, Bath City's popular Romanian midfielder,
entered the following status on his Facebook account:
I'm thinking to my future.....I've seen my flag in my wall and I'm moved. What can I
say... I had nice moments with Bath City thanks to my collegues and the fans for support, but
unfortunatelly for me, I think is imposible to play anymore for Bath.
Bath City defeated Woking 3-1 at Woking's Kingsfield Stadium yesterday.
It was one of the best 'away days' I've had yet as a City supporter, although not for the usual
reasons. Many people, on and off the pitch, went beyond the call of duty to make it a great day.
Most importantly, however, the Bath City players put on an amazing display of skill and
determination in very testing conditions to win a vital three points.
Florin Pelecaci and I had a brief chat in the early hours of 17 December on Facebook. This was less
than forty-eight hours after he had announced his departure from Bath City, and I had just written
an article about it for this blog. I went on to Facebook to post a link to the article on the
'Campaign to Keep Florin at City' group page when I noticed he was logged onto the website's chat
facility.
Bath City defeated Weston-super-Mare 2-0 today in a contest more one-sided than the score reflects.
By all measures Weston failed to present any real challenge to City either in attack or defense.
City could have notched up more goals, but with an important home match against Havant &
Waterlooville in just two days, manager Adie Britton decided to rest key players in the second
half.
While shopping for Christmas presents for Mrs Nedved, Big Nedved Junior and I went into the
Guildhall in the Bath city centre and purchased a Latvian flag. Why? It's because of Bath City's
recent signing of Latvian international Andres tolcers. You know, the one that scored with his
bum in his first appearance for City.
Yesterday was a 'bank holiday' in the UK. That's a fancy way of saying it was a national holiday.
Football leagues tend to schedule matches on bank holidays because they generally draw big crowds.
Unlike other games in the week, they are normally held at the Saturday kick-off time of 3pm.
After rushing through lunch Big Nedved Junior and I headed off to Twerton Park.
