Job done

Newcastle got into the UEFA Cup proper by drawing with Latvians Ventspils 0-0 on the night (1-0 aggregate) and that playing without any recognised strikers through injury/lack of availability. Not wishing to evict my family from the living room, I listened to it on radio - I would only turf them out of the lounge if/when Newcastle started scoring goals, but that didn't become an issue. Ventspils not once in ninety minutes came anywhere near the Newcastle goal, let alone threaten it and for twenty minutes in the second half I fell asleep, so lacking in edge as the match was. They were expecting a beating and so tried to minimise the damage, to the extent that they were happy to get a draw (despite going out), improving the Latvian league's UEFA rating, so I won't begrudge them that.
Today I send off for my Mongolian visa for my planned two weeks there in September.