Moments that make it worth it.

Over in England, it was a big week in the Carling cup, with lots of satisfying results, with two that stand out in particular.  League two team Northampton Town beating Liverpool on wednesday was fantastic in it's own right, but combined with Brentford beating Everton on penalties, then it was really a bad week on Merseyside.  This isn't about rubbing it in there though, it's about celebrating the victory for the small club.

This is well worth checking out for a Brentford fan's persepctive.

Now…Jagielka comes forward for Everton. If he doesn’t score we’ve done it. If he doesn’t score we’ve beaten Everton. It seems like a long run up. He hits the ball. It’s going the same side as Beckford’s. It hits the post.

There’s a fraction of second. Then all hell breaks loose.

We’ve done it.

There’s a pitch invasion.

All those bad times – and there’s too many to list here – gone in an instant. All the ‘who are Brentford?’ conversations that drive you insane when talking football to your average armchair Premiership fan and all the irritation and frustration that comes of being a lower division football supporter in a land ruled by Premiership football…gone in an instant.

There are handshakes, hugs and grins. There’s a dash to the pub. Then there’s the grinning trip home on the tube and the bus knowing that people must think you are insane. You can’t help it. For a Brentford supporter these kinds of nights are pretty rare so I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts.

 And a good write up of the game from a Northampton fan

There is nothing like watching your team, whatever level at which they play, win a game completely unexpectedly, and in such dramatic fashion. This is the beauty of lower league football, that the possibility of nights such as this even exists at all, and that it wonderfully, magisterially comes to pass once in a generation, or even in a lifetime. You can keep your Premier League.

Love it.