Nothing is better than a last minute or injury time goal for your side, well okay maybe a winner but certainly the pulses were racing when Gary Roberts had that dig at goal in the 93rd minute at the Deva and set everyone bouncing around like madmen. That's what football does to you sometimes, and when it happens its shear ecstasy.
Okay so we didn't win the game but we remain unbeaten in our opening 2 games in the national league north, and deservedly so.
An away trip to Boston followed by a home match against Altrincham wasn't exactly the start we'd have wanted but that's what we were given, and even though we haven't come away with wins from either of those games, I feel that they were 2 very tricky games and to come away with positive results from both can only serve us well.
Talking to fans in the Blues Bar after the game, we all felt we deserved something from the game and had built a platform from which to build from. It's going to be a long year, and nobody ever wins anything after two games do they??
As soon as that goal hit the back of the net at around 9.30pm on Tuesday, pre season was forgotten in an instant, and it felt like this was the moment we would push forward.
A defeat would have been hard to take, but We avoided that and instead saw everyone go home reasonably happy that we'd rescued a point and now attentions turned to Saturday's home game against Farsley Celtic, and hopefully we can bag 3 points against a team who have gained 4 points thanks to impressive results against Darlington and York respectively.
If we win Saturday we go onto 5 points from 3 games, that's a great start if it happens and with 2 winnable games in the following week who knows where we'll be at the end of it.
Off the pitch, it was great to see the club shop buzzing with activity pre match, and this probably explained why at 7.38pm in the safety room I was looking disappointed at a turnstile counter showing 1500 fans inside the Deva. I would've been gutted had we not achieved over 2000 fans at the first home game. My fears were soon put beside when I heard we had climbed over 2100 which was music to my ears.
Also pleasing to note was the fact that 8 schools had taken up the season pass that was recently issued. You may think 8 is a low number but you know We weren't expecting any schools to take advantage of the season pass until they are all back in September so this was great to hear. With that last minute goal hopefully the recipients will be back again for more exciting action at the Deva.
I think that was the loudest I've heard the fans inside the ground since about 5 years ago and just shows what belief can bring you.
Elsewhere inside the ground on Tuesday, I was on boardroom duty so had to look after the Altrincham directors, who were a really nice bunch of people to be fair, and I look forward to the return visit at Moss Lane.
It was also great to see our volunteers in action again, the likes of Paul Bodman hosting the Legends Lounge. Paul does a cracking job up there on matchdays and I know all the sponsors really appreciate what he does up there. It's not easy but Paul Just does a brilliant job in getting everyone excited about the game.
And so, we got the point from the match. Let's hope we can go on to claim all 3 points from Saturday's game.
I'm more than gutted that I'm working on Saturday so won't get to see any of it, but will be pacing up and down the Big Yellow reception between 3 and 5pm just wondering how things are going, and celebrating every CFC goal on the day with several fist pumps!!
I'll leave it there for now, and Come on City!!
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