Got down to the City at about 8.45 after dropping SWMBO off for her hair appointment. Joined the queue and got into the shop and through the till at 9:30.
Waited a short while to get our names and the badges put on the shirts - none for me as none in stock, apparently the same for all Prem teams - supplier issues or something the lass said.
Did the trophy photo and dressing room 'tour' - the trophy was in the dressing room and was only for shirt purchasers and was very strict about non-shirt purchasers - one shirt one photo - Luckily Em wasn't overly bothered - no pics on your mobiles allowed either!! Still waiting at this point for the photos to appear on the website they've set up. Oh, and you had to sign the usual release form for the photo.
The kids signed the 'players wall' - Tom managed to get pretty close to Bartleys hand print so we might have a chance of spotting that if the tunnel gets shown on the telly.
Got given a raffle ticket for the ice cream van outside reception - again very strict one shirt, one ice cream. We were about nos. 438/439. It was just a standard Mr Whippy cone with a drizzle of sauce. Obvs Em had mine in 'compo' for the lack of a shirt - that said she says she prefers the away shirt, so maybe she'll have one of them instead!
Met Bartley again - Tom does love a bit of Bartley.
Then it was back to the car and do the rounds of grandparents to show off Tom in his new City shirt!
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