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Football is a cruel mistress. After City's 5-1 victory away to Bishop's Stortford I was really not
in the mood to watch City lose to Eastleigh 0-2 last night. Before the match it looked so easy -
Eastleigh have so far lost to Braintree, St. Albans, Thurrock and Dover. Not exactly the form of a
team you would expect to be making another playoff run.
Last week I posted a question on the BathCity forum: "how many points do we expect to get from the
two upcoming bank-holiday weekend matches against Dorchester and WorcesterCity?" Twelve of the
thirteen respondents predicted the full six points. As I rode with my friend Mark on the way to
yesterday's match, though, City had already managed to drop two points away to Dorchester.
Bath City beat Bishop's Stortford yesterday by five goals to one. Not at home, but playing away to
Bishop's Stortford. I'll just repeat that for anyone who had not been listening the first time:
BATH CITY BEAT BISHOP'S STORTFORD YESTERDAY BY FIVE GOALS TO ONE!
To those unfamiliar with the world's greatest non-league club, you might have a few questions.
Here is an excellent highlights film of Bath City's 1-1 draw with Worcester City on 31 August. If
you are in a hurry, make sure you don't miss Mike Perrott's amazing goal at around eight
minutes!
Today began with a typical Saturday morning schedule: I dropped my younger son off at a birthday
party at 11:30 and drove to the local supermarket to do the week's shopping. I am not a fast
shopper. Although Mrs Nedved appreciates my efforts, she will only let me do the shopping when
there is a sizable window of time.
During a break at work this afternoon I took a brief moment to check on the Football Association
website and see if the draw for the Second Qualifying Round had been announced. It had, and there
before me was a list of eighty fixtures to be played in just under two weeks. One of them would be
a fixture for Bath City.
If ever I needed a demonstration of why being a non-league fan is so great, I think I've just had
it.
Earlier today it emerged that Bath City have signed a new player named Florin Pelecaci. He is a
mid-fielder from Romania and has played top-flight football in both his home country and recently
in Hungary.
Bath City travelled to Dover yesterday, where they lost 2-1 in heartbreaking fashion. I was not
there to see it, due to two main reasons: the Dover Athletic fixture is the farthest away of the
season, and Mrs Nedved had an important work event over this weekend. Bringing both boys with me on
a nine and a half hour round trip wasn't feasible (although this did not stop the supporter club
chairman, Powell, from trying to convince Little Nedved Junior to 'ask Daddy to take him to the
seaside on the supporters coach' during half time at the Lewes match).
This post is about my two boys, however there is a bit of a problem. Due to new British legislation
I am not actually allowed to reveal the names of my children to anyone who has not had a Criminal
Records Bureau check. Okay, that's not actually true (although it might soon be). Still, it seems
prudent not to give their real names, not so much for security reasons, but to give them the option
of denying anything I write as they grow older.
The village of Willand, home of Bath City's FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round opponent Willand Rovers, is
exactly two hours south-west of my home. This was deemed too long a journey for Little Nedved
Junior to go on, but Big Nedved Junior was allowed to claim a seat in the Nedvedmobile. Things
started off well.
