The day didn't start to warm until late afternoon, which was just as well becaue Ongar Town took on Epping with a 6.15pm kick off. Ongar v Epping was a local derby, the first half saw Epping have more of the ball but Ongar probably came closest to scoring, when the Epping keeper misjudged a long ball, that bounced down off the cross bar before being cleared to safety. The second half saw Epping put Ongar under concerted pressure. Ongar pushing up caught Epping's strikers offside several times, and just as it seemed to be heading for 0-0, Ongar scored from inside the box, and then followed it up with a penalty, to finish 2-0 winners.
Back home to watch Spurs v Arsenal. Realistically his was a game that Arsenal had to win to keep their hopes of winning the Premiership alive. A weakened Arsenal team , were soon a goal behind, and the loss of Vermaelen with a calf strain led me to believe that the odds were ridiculously stacked against the Gunners. Conceding a second goal immediately after half time was not in the plan, the reintroduction of RVP after 5 months out, made the attack more focussed, Gomes pulled off two fine saves and although Bendtner pulled a goal back it wasn't enough, and so Spurs achieved something that they hadn't managed to do so far this century, defeat Arsenal in a league fixture.
A quieter day as far as the General Election campaign was concerned, but the Green Manifesto is launched today so more of that tomorrow.
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