På denne turen var det en underavdeling av Tjini Sport Travel som arrangerte turen, Nemlig Tjini Sport Travel Familiy Extended. Vi var 3 gutter og 3 litt mindre gutter med på turen. Kort sagt fedre med sine håpefulle sønner. Av de voksne var Lasse M, Lasse T (Mr Tjini) og Kjell-Hugo. Barna var Isak, Sindre og Magnus på hhv 8, 9 og 12 år.
Vi la opp til 2 kamper; Leeds-Brentford og Everton-Hull. Vi hadde opprinnelig tenkt å se Wigan-Liverpool søndag 7/3, men denne kampen ble flyttet til mandag 8/3. Før vi dro lurte sønnen til Lasse M, Isak, på hvorfor vi skulle til Leeds og om de spilte fotball der. Den jobben påtok undertegnede (Lasse T) seg og sa at etter turen skulle ikke Isak være i tvil om at de spilte fotball i Leeds! Etter Leeds-kampen som endte 1-1 sa Isak, med Leedslua langt nede i panna, ” vi skulle ha vunnet”! Egentlig et glimrende konsept å dra på tur med 3 store gutter og 3 små gutter. Kjell-Hugo og jeg klarte til og med og komme oss på pub en kveld. Lasse M som har kortest ansiennitet i selskapet måtte trø til som barnevakt. Lasse M har egentlig vært lenge i selskapet, men har ansiennitetsfratrekk for mange sovende og lite aktive år! Vi hadde også fotballtrening i en park der de unge slo de eldre knepent. De fleste har jo hørt om taktisk bytte. Dette var vel et taktisk tap for å bevare husfreden på resten av turen. Se bilder lenger ned fra treningsøkta! Videre bodde vi 6 på store rom på SAS Hotellet, nærmere bestemt Radisson Blu. Business Class Room. Rommene var på ca 20 kvm hver. Dermed var det duket for diverse fotball kamper også inne på rommet! Som vanlig er når Tjini Sport Travel er på tur ble vi intervjuet av et eller annet medium. Denne gang var det i forbindelse med en reportasje om at England søker VM i 2018. Der er forresten Leeds blitt en av vertsbyene! Vi ble spurt litt om dette VM og måtte argumentere for hvorfor England måtte få VM i 2018. Det var ikke vanskelig. Jeg fikk også en del spørsmål om mitt forhold til Leeds (se bilder lenger ned). Det er jo slik at de håpefulle lærer av rollemodellene (det er de voksne). Under kampen mellom Everton-Hull ropte Isak plutselig høyt utover banen “filming”. Han skjønte imidlertid at ikke alle her forstod hva han mente og spurte hva filming var på engelsk. Etter å ha fått svar ropte han (2 minutter etter den aktuelle situasjonen); “diving”! Da var han fornøyd! Isak reiste til Leeds som ren østlending, men ble finpolert i løpet av turen. Siste kveld sa han; “Ka farsken ska vi gjør med all fesken”! PÅ toget etter kampen mellom Everton-Hull fikk Lasse M en fin bok om Bob Latchford (gammel Everton-legende) hos noen Liverpool-supportere som hadde vært på noe forretningsopplegg på kampen og mottatt boken der. Vi fikk med oss 6 mål på Goodisson Park med tildels bra spill.
Kampfakta Leeds – Brentford 6. mars 10.
Beckford spares Leeds’ blushes
Striker on target, but Whites drop more points
Jermaine Beckford’s 25th goal of the season and his first since the end of January rescued a point for Leeds in a 1-1 draw with Brentford.
Beckford struck from two yards, 13 minutes after Ben Strevens had stunned the home crowd by snatching a 59th-minute opening goal for Brentford.
Brentford’s best opportunity of the first half fell to the unmarked Sam Wood but Casper Ankergren was quick off his line to make a desperate save. Leeds finished the first half strongly, Beckford and Gary McSheffrey going close to breaking the deadlock.
But Brentford took a shock lead. Kevin O’Connor’s corner was helped on by Leon Legge to Charlie MacDonald. His shot was parried by Ankergren but Strevens forced the ball over the line from a few yards out.
Beckford had endured a frustrating afternoon until his 72nd-minute leveller. Robert Snodgrass’s cross from the right found McSheffrey beyond the far post and his deflected pass into the goalmouth was side-footed in by Beckford.
Leeds could have won it but substitute Lubo Michalik headed against a post in the 90th minute.
Teams lineups
Leeds United
Cards
Casper Ankergren
Andy Hughes *
Patrick Kisnorbo
Aidan White **
Leigh Bromby
Michael Doyle
Jonny Howson
Robert Snodgrass
Jermaine Beckford
Luciano Becchio ***
Gary McSheffrey
Substitutes
Alan Martin
Lubomir Michalik *
Neil Kilkenny
Bradley Johnson **
Max Gradel
Paul Dickov ***
Tresor Kandol
Brentford
Cards
Wojciech Szczesny
Mark Phillips *
Ryan Dickson
Leon Legge
Tommy Smith
Kevin O’Connor
Toumani Diagouraga
Sam Wood
Charlie MacDonald
Ben Strevens ***
Myles Weston **
Substitutes
Lewis Price
Danny Foster *
David Hunt
Marcus Bean **
Lionel Ainsworth
Carl Cort ***
Sam Saunders
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Kampfakta Everton Hull 7. mars 10.
Everton 5- 1 Hull
Arteta 17,39
Garcia 51(og)
Donovan 82
Rodwell 86
Cairney 32
Barclays Premier League
7th Mar 2010
KO 16:00
Ground: Goodison Park
Att: 34,682
Five-star Toffees crush Hull
Everton move eighth after biggest victory of league campaign
Everton continued their march up the Premier League with a comprehensive 5-1 demolition of Hull City at Goodison Park.
Mikel Arteta struck twice in the first half and played a part in the third – a Richard Garcia own goal – before Landon Donovan and Jack Rodwell sealed a sixth successive home league victory for the Toffees in the second period.
The victory is Everton’s biggest so far this season and means Hull have now conceded 11 goals on their two league trips to Merseyside, having lost 6-1 to Liverpool earlier in the campaign.
Young midfielder Tom Cairney had equalised for the Tigers with a brilliant volley just three minutes after Yakubu had a 29th minute penalty saved by Boaz Myhill.
The win powers David Moyes’ men above Fulham and Birmingham into eighth-place in the Premier League, just five points behind a potential European place.
Nightmare
Hull, who remain in the bottom three, struggled to live with their opponents for most of the game.
Midfield talisman Jimmy Bullard, returning after a three-month lay-off, failed to make an impact and the absences of Anthony Gardner and Andy Dawson weakened their defence considerably.
Were it not for Yakubu having a personal nightmare in front of goal, the damage could have been much worse.
It might have been different had Garcia taken an early chance after brilliantly controlling a high ball from Nick Barmby, but Tim Howard jumped to block his shot.
Everton hit back on the break with Arteta getting a chance to shoot after his poor pass was hit straight back to him by Kevin Kilbane but he sliced wide.
Arteta fired wide again moments later and Amr Zaki did no better at the other end with a scuffed effort.
Leon Osman then carved out Yakubu’s first clear-cut chance with a superb throughball but the Nigerian, alone up front in place of the injured Louis Saha, hit the post with Myhill beaten.
Yakubu did his best to put that behind him by delivering the deep cross for Arteta’s opener after 17 minutes.
The former Middlesbrough man found space on the left and picked out Arteta at the far post with precision.
Yakubu’s touch deserted him again soon after, however, as he missed from the spot, although Hull could claim the penalty award by referee Lee Mason was harsh in the first place.
It came after Hull were caught by Leighton Baines on the left and Yakubu went down as both he and Kamil Zayatte battled to reach his cross.
Yakubu was keen to take responsibility from 12 yards but his stop-start run-up was followed by a tame shot and Myhill saved to his right.
Hull made Yakubu pay as highly-rated teenager Cairney levelled superbly after 31 minutes.
Barmby’s free-kick was headed out by Phil Jagielka – making his first start of the season – and Cairney controlled on his chest before firing a left-footed shot across Howard from 20 yards.
One-way traffic
But the scores were not level for long as Victor Anichebe broke down the right and pulled the ball back into the box.
Steven Pienaar helped it on its way with a backheel and the inrushing Arteta slotted his second with a well-placed finish.
Everton really turned up the pressure early in the second half.
Arteta sensed a chance to claim a hat-trick soon after the restart when Pienaar was brought down by George Boateng but then hit his free-kick into the wall.
Yakubu’s hapless afternoon continued as he broke clear to square for Anichebe to tap in only to see the offside flag raised against him.
Rodwell, introduced just before half-time for the injured Osman, then saw a shot deflected against the post.
Persistence eventually paid off with a third goal after 51 minutes. Myhill flapped at an Arteta cross under his own crossbar and the unsuspecting Garcia could do little to prevent the ball bouncing off his head and in.
Arteta took the congratulations of his team-mates as if he had completed a treble but an own goal was recorded.
Pienaar then laid on a chance for Rodwell after breaking down the right but his shot was deflected wide.
The one-way traffic continued as Sylvain Distin broke into the box and shot straight at Myhill.
Yakubu endured more torment after combining well with substitute Donovan but then lifting over the bar from in front of goal.
Donovan, playing potentially his last home game for Everton before he returns to parent club LA Galaxy, showed him how to finish by smashing home a superb fourth goal after two Hull defenders failed to clear a Baines cross eight minutes from time.
Everton still had time for more as John Heitinga found Donovan out wide and the American pulled back for Rodwell to clip home a fifth.
Man of the match: Mikel Arteta. Took the game by the scruff of the neck from the first minute to the last, and grabbed a brace to-boot.
Moment of the match: Arteta elegantly placing the ball past Boaz Myhill for his second goal after a deft back-heel from Steven Pienaar.
Goal of the match: While Arteta’s second was poetry, Tom Cairney’s 20-yard volley was pure class and scoops this accolade.
Save of the match: Hull stopper Myhill guessed right to save Yakubu’s penalty at 1-1 and give the Tigers hope, albeit briefly.
Talking point: Will David Moyes be able to pursuade LA Galaxy to let him keep Landon Donovan until the end of the season?
Teams lineups
Everton
Cards Rating
Tim Howard 7
Phil Jagielka 7
Sylvain Distin 7
John Heitinga 7
Leighton Baines 8
Phil Neville 7
Mikel Arteta 9
Leon Osman * 6
Steven Pienaar ** 8
Yakubu Aiyegbeni 7
Victor Anichebe *** 6
Substitutes
Carlo Nash
Tony Hibbert
Joseph Yobo
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
Jack Rodwell * 7
Dan Gosling ** 6
Landon Donovan *** 7
Hull City
Cards Rating
Boaz Myhill 7
Paul McShane 6
Steven Mouyokolo 5
Kamil Zayatte 6
Nick Barmby * 6
Tom Cairney 6
Kevin Kilbane 5
George Boateng 5
Jimmy Bullard *** 7
Richard Garcia 6
Amr Zaki ** 5
Substitutes
Matt Duke
Liam Cooper
Geovanni * 5
Seyi Olofinjana
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink ** 5
Kamel Ghilas
Jozy Altidore *** 5
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