The Rants of Issachar

Since I'm posting diary stuff today, here's a shot from the Vancouver Whitecaps game against Sunderland on Saturday. Whitecaps won, 3-0. Alanna, Jeremy and I went. Good times. Especially good were the singing Sunderland fans behind us. Jeremy didn't bring his Newcastle shirt, which is too bad. It would have been great to have him wearing it in front of the large tattooed men who were singing "If you hate Newcastle clap your hands". (Plus another slightly more deragotory one).


Ack.. must leave office. Work ended at 4:30 and it's time to leave... Will update this post later.

Update: 7:40pm

Sitting on the end of the dock.
Thank you Alanna for the reminder... "Pluck the duck". Well they did say "pluck" on one occaision... :P No photos of "Winger" the mascot though. Who decided to make the mascot a duck anyway? It's like parents who name their child "Dick". I suppose like the beaver, the duck is a fierce and noble creature...

Here's two more photos. These are from the Whitecaps site. That's Jeremy, Alanna and me two rows down from the Sunderland fans. (And Jeremy's standing up in the second picture).



If you can't see us, here's a closeup. Alanna's nicely framed between the people switching seats and blocking Jeremy and I.






I had a great time at the game. I think I'll go to more Whitecaps matches.

Update: July 22nd
I've got some higher resolution photos courtesy of Nathan Vanstone. I also added a closeup of the first picture. Photography credit goes to Kim Stallknecht. Thanks Kim!

Posted by:  Graves

"Pluck the duck, pluck the duck, pluck the duuuuck!"