My first ever football match. We drove 3.5hrs north to Sunderland - an industrial town on the east coast of England. It was a pretty nice town but the people's accents were very deep and hard to decipher. We left at 1000hrs and arrive at about 1345hrs. We checked out the shopping district before heading over to the Stadium of Light at about 1600hrs for a 1715hrs start. The game wasn't a great one. Arsenal won 3-0. Arsenal came out very slowly and didn't show much interest in the match. Sunderland came out with a lot of pressure but couldn't do much with their chances. Sunderland, which will be relegated to the Champions league next season, just didn't have enough talent to keep up with Arsenal while Arsenal looked bored. The goals were all scored within the last third of the first half. I missed the first one and didn't get a good look at the second but I know the third was put away by Henry via a free kick. The stadium is only 8 or so years old but it isn't very much to look at. There wasn't a color replay screen so we didn't get a look at what we missed during the game and a lot of the fans were taking to kicking the walls and seats. The atmosphere was amazing, though. The fans - 44,000 - sang throughout the game and chanted whenever they wanted something to happen. They even game Thierry Henry a standing ovation when he was substituted out of the game, which in itself is pretty amazing. The drive back was much quicker with no one on the road. We arrived back at the flats at 0030hrs.
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