Birmingham (1-0) - Sunday 2nd October 2005

On the way to this game (yet another Sky induced 1.30 ko on a Sunday) I had some time to kill and walked past the new stadium at Ashburton Grove (see the picture). Despite our slow start and many pundits talking of a "crisis" it is so impressive to see my club being so progressive - even if the thought of leaving Highbury will get me even sadder as the day arrives.

Yes there was a game today as well. Not great and it took a rather lucky deflection from a Robin Van persie shot to beat the superb MOTM performance from the Blues' goalkeeper, Maik Taylor.