Start of a new month and time to join in with Brian’s Last on the Card Challenge๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‘

I’m going to be a bit naughty this time – As my long-suffering Canon 5D has been retired from active duty, I will share the last footy shot of the month as well as the last general shot from the Fujifilm X-H2s.

This week all my shots were taken on Saturday 30/03/2024. Lets go earliest to latest.

Saturday’s football match was an away game over at Hornchurch which entailed getting a train out to Upminster Bridge. There are a couple of ways to get there and my preferred option this time was to go down to Bank on the Northern Line and then take the DLR to Limehouse where I would catch the c2c service to Upminster. I took this shot of 357003 with the Fuji X-H2s while waiting for my train at Limehouse…

last on card MAR24_FujiH2s

Once I got to Upminster it was a single station hop on the District Line back to Upminster Bridge. From there it’s a short walk to the ground along the A124 Upminster Road and up Bridge Avenue. This shot of the A124 was taken using the Moto g50…

last on card MAR24_Motog50

…Some serious cropping and that will be a nice shot๐Ÿ˜‚

Finally, after the match against league leaders Hornchurch, I have this shot of three of our players leaving the pitch. The Fuji X-H2s’ metering has really been conned by the light in this one๐Ÿ˜……

last footy on card MAR24_FujiH2s

…Ben seems to be offering some advice to Bobby. Something along the lines of “Stop showing your underwear to the cameraman – he gets all excited!” ๐Ÿคฃ As a post script, Hornchurch could have won the league and promotion on the day with a win. Instead we became the first team to beat them at home this season and, in doing so, keep our own play-off hopes alive. The Isthmian League’s own reporter was there to watch the match so for once there is an unbiased report on the game.

All photos as taken, just resized for the web๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‘

7 responses to “Last on the Card โ€“ March 2024”

  1. A fabulous day for Last Photos Martin, all of them ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜€. The flouro shirts, I never thought of them doing that ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

    Thanks for joining in ๐Ÿ˜€

    Or maybe Don’t wipe your snot on your shirt! That’s disgusting! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

    1. There was very high contrast lighting to deal with and the kit doesn’t help๐Ÿ˜’ I think our kitman has worse things to deal with than snot๐Ÿคฃ Note the socks – the players chop the bottoms off and wear another pair in their boots, so he has to ration kit socks very carefully. The latest fashion is to cut 3 small holes in the back of each sock leg to let more air get to the calf muscle! ๐Ÿ˜… ps Bobby isn’t wearing a bra – that’s the halter they wear for data equipment. Even at our level, performance is monitored closely!

      1. I knew about his bra. Cut out socks ๐Ÿ™„
        Great write up ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜€

      2. Thanks Brian ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‘

  2. It’s like a micro glimpse into (almost) all things ‘you’, or at least the ‘you’ I think I’ve come to know.โ€‚Great photos, Martin ๐Ÿฅฐ

    1. Thanks Clare ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‘

  3. […] to their ground is Upminster Bridge. I already told the story of my route to the match in my Last on the Card post, so I’ll content myself with a shot of a Docklands Light Railway unit arriving at Bank […]

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