Adelaide United

Turn back the clock! Time for CJ to be thirty again.  He's been invited by 'the boys' to attend his first professional soccer match.

The adventure begins with snags  (beer) on the Barbie and frothies at the Mullins home in the early afternoon. And then, we're off to Cooper's Stadium, a place we can see from our apartment, for an Adelaide United game.

This is CJ's first professional soccer game.  The lads tradition is to purchase seats but watch the game standing in the Snake Pit, a bar area at ground level.

There is a wrinkle to the festivities and that's called the Tower Game.  The empty plastic beer glasses are laid on the ground.  When one finishes they must hit the 'tower' with their empty or pay for the next round.  Everyone scores hits, if not slightly glancing blows until the final round when both CJ and Tom score misses.

Unlike the Oval, guests flood the pitch after the match.  CJ dances in defiance to the Oval's silly policy.  Prior to and during innings breaks, there are all manner of folks allowed on the Oval's pitch but during the officially sanctioned tours, the advertised 'chance to walk on the pitch' is restricted to a small ring of artificial turf along the edge.

Not having had "nearly enough to drink", we pass by a pub on the way back to the ManCave where we sit having more beer and enjoying a drinking game. Safely returning home after a great afternoon it can be said that the  Old Boy Still Has It.