testmeat photoblog

this is another shot of kieran gibbs from the sheffield united v arsenal match that i went to at the end of october. i was quite excited when i got into the ground to discover that i had a seat on row a - which was as close to the pitch as possible. as bramall lane is a relatively small stadium that meant that i was really close to the action. arsenal were kicking away from me in the first half so i was looking forward to getting some shots of theo walcott bombing it down the right wing in the second half. unfortunately these hopes were dashed as the second half kicked off and a steward told me i wasn't allowed to take pictures and i could be ejected from the ground - a rule that apparently applies to all stadiums in england. well that's a load of bollocks. my girlfriend came up with a witty retort which was to inquire "if that rule only applied to 'championship' clubs?". unfortunately we were half way back to bradford when she though of it so the moment had somewhat gone.

as with the fabianski picture i brightened this quite a lot so here's the original