There’s potentially a bit happening in the news as I write this, but as the saying goes The Blog Mat As Well Go On. Bizarrely I’d already decided to write a more depressing piece than usual, (*), when it popped up on my timeline that its 32 years ago today since David Longhurst tragically died on the pitch at Bootham Crescent💔
Football is great, it’s an emotional rollercoaster for lots of reasons, I’ve no idea how many matches I’ve been to, but it’s plenty, the emotional highs that football has provided me with are a huge part of my life, (6 in a row, Sheff Weds in May, Jiiiiiiiiii etc), it’s not an endless list, but it’s a decent sized list. Anything that is as emotionally evocative as footie, is also prone to bringing painful experiences, obviously Charlton twice will always hurt, but it can be filed under just a game. I missed the home game vs Burton last season, although from where i would have been sat, the events that unfolded must have been so harrowing, I know they were because of the impact it had on the group I sit with.
September 8th 1990….
I went to watch York play Lincoln in Division 4, fairly standard Saturday for a good looking , (*), 19 year old lad with his mates, load of ale and onto the match. After about 40 minutes, (as i recall), David Longhurst fell to the ground and the 25 year old became the first player since 1927 to die on the pitch. It’s 32 years ago today, the eeriness as we left the abandoned game has never left me, realistically it’s something I should have talked about, but in 1990 nineteen year old lads didn’t talk about that kind stuff?
Draft vs Published
It won’t be a huge shock that SAFCBlog isn’t proof read heavy, this is article number 907, there’s a handful of articles in my Drafts, usually because I’ve fallen asleep or got distracted with something on TV
Marcus Stewart
Heartbreaking 💔
The show might go on?
Every chance we won’t play on Saturday, what will be will be.
In other news….
I’ve not, (to date), worked in Transport Logistics, but I genuinely don’t understand this? We were away at Stoke for the last train strike, on the same day as this game has been cancelled due to a 37 mile trip, we are travelling 267 miles to play at Watford? Just bizarre, just play FFS, fans were starved of footie for 18 months, Shirley its madness to call this off? There’s traditionally zero train service on Boxing Day, does that mean all the games will be called off moving forward? Just hire a van you daft southern knobbers?
It’s a sad day today mate, feel for Marxus Stewart and his family.