Summer 2009

If summer 2008 is anything to go by i have to say summer 2009 will be a treat. 

2008: My summer holidays began on June 16th last year but really for me they started end of May. The weather was good in May and June and i was off to Sweden on June 28th. I had to watch the Final of Euro 2008 in a B&B in Dover which Spain won 1-0 against Germany. But up in Sweden i had a good time really. On July 28th almost a month after the euro 2008 final i went to the Behrn Arena to see Orebro SK v Hammarby. I can tell you that was a cracker of a match and Orebro took the lead early but in the 2nd half Hammarby scored but what a game it was. 

But on 82 minutes Orebro took off Nordin Geric and replaced him with Robert Walker. Robert is a Swedish-Irish player and qualifies as Irish through no other than Patrick Walker his father and former Bohemians man. He kept Hammarby at bay for his 10 minutes on the pitch and afterwards after saluting the fans he actaully came over to me and my father and really i chuffed about that. A player coming over after a fantastic match and my first in Sweden was not bad at all. 

Basically i hope to meet him again in 2009 but what will make next year special is that i plan to see Orebro host AIK. AIK also has Robert's brother on their books. Kevin Walker from what i see is a good player and has played for Sweden's underage sides as has Robert. 5th July 2009 i hope to be there.