19 Save as set out in paragraph 16 above, no person (other than a person who holds an appropriate licence) may bring into the Ground or use within the Ground any equipment, which is capable of recording or transmitting (by digital or other means) any audio, visual or audio-visual material or any information or data in relation to the Match or the Ground. Copyright, database rights and any other intellectual property rights in any unauthorised recording or transmission is assigned (by way of present assignment of future rights to the Club and The Football League. You further agree (if and whenever required to do so by the Club and/or The Football League) to promptly execute all instruments and do all things necessary to vest the right, title and interest in such rights to the Club and The Football League absolutely and with full title guarantee.I think we can all agree that is quite comprehensive. The paragraph 16 allows mobile telephones provided they are not used to disseminate audiovisual material from inside the ground. It is a different world from that in which we move, a brand to be protected, rather than depending on supporters to provide the publicity the club needs to survive.
Prescot Cables were playing at Prenton Park, the home of Tranmere Rovers, in the semi final of the Liverpool Senior Cup, having been reinstated in the competition due to Southport's having fielded an ineligible player in the previous round.
I started watching Prescot Cables 20 years ago, when my friend Roger drummed up support for the club by bringing his friends from University along. Today, this function is fulfilled by Phil, who got together a group of us to go to the game by the Mersey Ferry, pausing for a pint (but not a haircut) in the excellent Gallagher's Pub and Barbers in Birkenhead.
Tranmere accurately anticipated the crowd of 273, as they had opened an area of the main stand with, I would estimate from the small number of empty seats, a capacity of a little over 300, with a good view of the pitch. This was just as well, as we were treated to an excellent game, especially as they had only charged £3 admission. As Tranmere were fielding some first team players, I thought a good result would have been to keep them to two or three goals, and to score a goal ourselves.
To say our team exceeded these modest expectations is putting it mildly: not only did Prescot score, but we scored the first goal; when Tranmere scored the anticipated couple in reply, Prescot came back again; when Tranmere put the game to bed in the 90th minute, we ensured extra time with a goal in the last few seconds of injury time. The EvoStik League website listed the time as 95 minutes, rather than the customary 90, which may have been accurate, but will have left the casual observer wondering how we came to be playing extra time. Coming back from behind again in injury time meant penalties, with both teams' efforts all being on target, but one from Prescot being saved.
Going to a Football League ground, although it is a big day, can sometimes feel like a bit of a bind, with no pictures, restrictions on what you can take in - I sometimes wonder if I am to be parted from the rolled up newspaper for reading on the way home. This is especially so when the expected defeat materialises, but there are times an amateur team like ours can produce a turn up for the books and hold a fully professional team, which makes the exercise worthwhile.
The report would not be complete without a couple of pictures (from the next game, obviously). It seems almost unfair to only show a couple of players, as it was first and foremost a team performance, but here are our goal scorers, Steven Tames, who scored a hat trick, and Michael Grogan, who scored the goal to ensure extra time.
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| Steven Tames |
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| Michael Grogan |
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