London Day 3 and an unexpected victory.

We got up a little early to check out Borough Market. We spent around an hour walking around the market and sampling a few different food items. After stopping at a Starbucks it was back to Oxford Street to do a little shopping.

We got back to the hotel and dropped off our stuff and then headed out for a quick bite of lunch. We then took the Tube to Putney Bridge and started the walk in to watch another Football Match. This match was against Manchester United, they are the reigning champs of the league and currently are on top. In the previous two games they beat Fulham 3-0 and more recently 4-0. They had been tabbed as unbeatable, but whenever that label hangs over you it is a harbinger of doom. They lost embarrassingly to the team that is in third place last week 4-1. So there was a concern going into the game that they would use it as a bounce back and really go for the jugular.

The match started out with the crowd being fired up even with the apparent trashing coming. It was excellent footballing on both sides. The first goal was in the 18th minute. It was the result of a penatly kick, after a player was red carded and left the game. The odds were starting to tip in the favor of the Whites. There were many more attempts on both goals but no further scores in the first half. After half it seemed like the Red Devils were playing with a bit of fire. They had many more shots on goal than the Whites. But in the 80th minute Rooney received a Red card and left the pitch punching the flag at the corner of the field. Man U was down to 9 men, and FFC was up 1-0. At that point the stadium started to get crazy, nobody sat down. It was like a proper College Football Game for electricity. Another goal was scored by a sub in the 87th minute and for the first time in 45 years Fulham beat Man U at Craven Cottage. Everybody was ecstatic on the way out. We had to wait in queues to get on the train. We went to Hell pizza for dinner, still not bread sticks, no wonder a tiny group of colonies was able to defeat them.

Then it was off to see the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London. Very interesting, no pictures allowed by they have been doing the same thing for almost 800 years now. They don't remember why they started but they keep on doing it at the same time every night. 6 minutes to 10 finishing at 10 pm.

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