Welcome back, Doctor

Went over to Westleigh Park early to catch the Portsmouth v West Brom semi-final on the telly. Again there was no cooked grub on offer as the cooks were tied up with the corporate hospitality next door, so made do with a Peperami to accompany my first Magners. Just after I arrived a rumour spread round the adjacent table that Hawks were going to sign Linvoy Primus on loan for the rest of the season.

Got text messages from Hardcore Sue and Jade, both Portsmouth fans, as the semi kicked off, and both of them kept up exchanges with me on and off through the game. The semi was a bit of a bore to be honest, but Kanu's solitary goal left the horde of Pompey fans in the clubhouse, and Hardcore Sue and Jade, happy enough. As the Pompey crowd began their celebration party I crossed the road to The Heron to get something to eat.

Hawks' opponents were Sutton, who've been rock-bottom of the table all season and were already all but mathematically down. The game was no turkey shoot, though; Sutton, able to just play for the hell of it now the pressure of fighting for survival was gone, really took the game to the Hawks for much of the first half, but on the stroke of half-time Luke Nightingale got on the end of a Charlie Henry cross to bag his first goal for us.

After the break Hawks turned it on, and in the 56th minute Gavin McCallum scored with a lovely diagonal shot from the edge of the six-yard box. When Trevor announced that Comply Or Die had won the Grand National, two men in the front row broke into riotous celebratory cheers. 2-0 was how it ended; good to see the Hawks win again even though we're only playing for pride now.

Home for the start of the new Doctor Who. Great story as usual, and I love Catherine Tate who proved she is a fine straight actress. Just as well that's there to watch on Saturday evenings now as Harry Hill's TV Burp finished tonight :(