Had to skip it last night. Other half got taken into A&E yesterday morning and it looked like she was coming out mid-afternoon as they said all her tests had come back clear, so I headed into town as planned for a few pre-match scoops with some mates. Anyway, I was half way down my first pint when she texted to say they’d had a rethink and were keeping her in overnight for some more tests. She told me to still go to the match but it wasn’t the right thing to do as I needed to take some stuff up once she had gotten a bed on a ward. That was confirmed after 6pm and it was just after I transferred my ticket to someone else. Me and her son headed up to Tameside hospital to drop some things off. Got out of there just before 8pm so technically I could’ve still gone to the game if I’d not transferred my ticket, albeit I’d have gotten in late.
Anyway, I don’t have TNT Sport so I went to the pub to watch it. Caught the last few minutes of the first half and all the second. The atmosphere sounded great in the main and you could tell all 4 stands were getting involved. Could hear the Geordies a few times second half but on most of those occasions our fans drowned them out with chants that spread across the whole stadium.