Snow stops trip

I'm not a fan of snow, it disrupts my life and within hours it's a slushy mess. On Friday night the friends who we were scheduled to visit in Somerset this weekend phoned to say their area was under several inches of it. The decision was quickly made to reschedule the trip in the new year. As a result I was able to go the AFC Wimbledon's FA Cup tie v Stevenage.

Yes it was on TV, and on a free to view channel as well, that meant even my old Mum could watch the game, however for me TV is no substitute for being there. A mix of weather, tiredness and wanting to save cash meant that I decided to travel to Kingsmeadow by public transport. No one makes these journeys easy. Our railway line was closed yet again foe engineering work, so I drove to the nearest underground where the car park was closed. The shortcut from north to south of the river was also shut, and they wonder why people use their cars.

The presence of Tv did not inflate the crowd but did mean that various notables were in attendance. Sadly the Dons didn't turn up in the first hour, and although the Stevenage opening goal owed more to poor decision making by Seb Brown than to the quality of the free kick, the visitors deserved their goal lead to half time.

The second half performance was much improved, but with tewn minutes remaining we conceded a second, and the dream of drawing one of the premiership giants in the 3rd Round was over for another year.

On te plus side the TV exposure that this cup run has generated is very welcome and of course the TV Match fees are quite substantial for a club the size of the Dons. It was a cold day and 12.50pm is an unusual kick off but we can have no complaints and Stevenage will go into tomorrow's draw with my good wishes, if for no other reason than they prevented us having to meet the Franchise.