A BINARY DAY..

Over the years, the fortunes of Snopper Street`s footy teams have fluctuated between moon jumping and parrot sickness.   But I doubt whether, in all those years, there`s been  a day quite like yesterday.

Mr. Slightly`s battling Gillingham side made the long journey to cash strapped Plymouth and came away with a 0-1 win, thanks to a 30-yard screamer from Joe Martin.   This victory, hard on the heels of a remarkable televised game in the week when the Gills came back from 2-4 down with ten minutes to go to snatch a 5-4 win in the dying seconds, will hopefully see them return to the League Two play-off spots before long.

Meanwhile, the seemingly unstoppable Charlton made the not quite so long journey down to Bournemouth and came away with a 0-1 win thanks to a last gasp header from Yann Kermogant, keeping the Addicks pretty much out of sight at the top of League One.   The only disappointment yesterday was the continued absence of our street`s hard working pacy wideman, Scott (Buzzin six pack) Wagstaff who is finding it difficult to force his way back into the starting line-up all the time Charlton manager Chrissy (The Legend) Powell seems reluctant to change a winning team.

As for my beloved Saints, well they took a flight from Southampton to Leeds where in another televised encounter they came away from Elland Road with a 0-1 win over the Damned United, thanks to a thunderous volley from Rickie Lambert Southampton`s Goal Machine (RLSGM) and a heroic rearguard action from the Saints back four and in particular veteran keeper Kelvin Davis.   Those hard fought three points keep the Saints on top of the Championship, in real danger of promotion back to the Premier League.

So, yesterday saw a remarkable treble - nine points out of a possible nine;  all three victories away from home in each of three different divisions and with three identical scores - 0-1,0-1,0-1 - a Binary Day if ever I saw one.   I wonder what the odds might have been for an outcome like this or, for that matter, for it ever happening again.   I`m sure my neighbour Mr. Slightly, a financial wizard vastly experienced in the dark arts of having a flutter would know better than me.