Anyone reading this blog would be well justified to wonder why there is a snapshot from my TV reflecting the disappointing (if you are an Arsenal fan....delight if you are anyone else) scoreline from the FA Cup game between Manchester United and Arsenal.
Well, wonder away no more.
I've decided to create a pictorial diary over the next 365 days consisting of a photo a day that in some way reflects the day. It entails carrying a camera obviously and on some day only a picture will be posted. But hopefully in a years time this blog will show an interesting insight into life's experiences and thoughts.
Bemoaning my teams performance this season got me thinking. How many people get to see their team play in a Wembley Final, contest two games against the greatest team (Barcelona) of my generation (some might even say in the history of the game), play in the quarter finals of the FA cup and still be in the running to be crowned the best football team in the country by winning the League title?
The answer is not many.
If you want to reach into the heart and soul of this country then go to a football match. If you want to touch the real fabric of this society then make it a game that doesn't involve the top 20 teams but rather anyone else. There are hundreds of clubs supported by thousands of supporters who know that they will never ever see their team play at Wembley, contest the league title or play against Barcelona yet week in and week out in some of the worst weather imaginable they turn up in hope. That's either an incredibly sad thing or something that speak positive volumes about your typical football follower.
Yep whatever football code prevails where you live, it is the place to see the average man, isn't it? Sitting on the hill at Brookie watching Manly on a Sunday afternoon is one of the great pleasures, I think...
ReplyDelete... if you can deal with the language coming from all the yobs!! "Now kids, this is NOT how you are meant to talk!"