HOP HOP HOP!
last weekend i took in five non-league games in the central midlands league. there was one game on the Friday night then 4 games at different grounds on the Saturday.
the league is the arse end of football. both in terms of grounds and quality of play. but that's the fun part of it. People had traveled from London, Newcastle, Devon and Sweden to watch this annual event.
i was intrigued to see just how sad some people can be with football.i just go have a few pints, try to get a badge chill out and watch the game.
however some guys there were one up from train spotting! it was great to be sat in the bar at the first game at hucknall rolls royce leisure fc ( my favourite of the five grounds)and watch the hoppers barge each other out of the way to write the teams down in there little note books ( why not just save time and take a picture?)
then on the table next to us there was a debate going on about if it was worth going to watch crystal palace reserves because they don't issue teamsheets! and the now immortal line of " i say football just isn't football without a nice bit of stilton ( a cheese) he then proceed to get afore mentioned cheese out of his sad bag as i call them and cut a slice of the stinking stuff off and eat it!
after that we decided to go outside,we went past the good looking female official on the gate and collected the programme pack for the weekend and i got a team badge. The PA said if anybody needs anything go and see the lady on the gate... hmmm the mind goes into overdrive!
outside yet more strange life forms were to be seen. you know the kind, big back packs, beards caps full off badges all trying to show off by telling anybody who could be arsed to listen about the last ground they went to.
i decided i was only going to get badges of the home clubs we visited on the tour. and a shirebrook town one as i was unable to get one when i last visited them. otherwise i would have spent a bomb and my bank account would have been as healthy as lemman brothers does. (i still spent 18 quid on them all weekend!!)
i managed not to buy any other crap that was being sold, old programmes and alike, i mean who really wants to buy some of this shit? tow law town reserves form 90/91 season anybody? nope thought not.and why do some of these creatures spent all game looking at the afore mentioned shit as appose to watching the game?
rolls royce 3-4 ollerton town
rolls were bottom of the league and played like it, sad thing they are set to fold at the end of the season as i thought they were the best run club of the lot we went to and the one i would most like to watch a game at again given the chance.
there keeper had a night to forget so i wont go into the details. but it was funny when at the end his girlfriend put her arm round him and he replied "fuck off i am having a bad night"
that's the way to treat a lady eh!
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