Long Day > Long Week
I love footie, no midweek action is shite, fear not though SAFCBlog will always find something to write., whilst quality may be an issue, being prolific, is not.
The Fans Game…..
Historically football has always been considered the peoples game, a huge part of embracing football is the people we share it with, however that may be, for me it’s the camaraderie, the emotional rollercoaster, the laughs, my travel companions, I’ve made some great connections through football and met some really special people. Football is an emotional game, even for an unemotional, (cool), shite blogger. We all know football is driven by the need for a Commercial Return, we get shafted for concessions, I still buy the shirts, but the demise in quality is catastrophic – essentially expensive pyjamas, yes for me football without fans is indeed nothing, that’s not to say we are always treated well as fans, couple of timely examples today.
Prior to moaning, it’s appropriate to say at SAFC we are blessed to Chris Waters as our SLO, he’s a class act and a credit to the club. Things are sailing on the calm at present, but even when we were a complete shitshow under the previous regime, Chris was an absolute credit. My job doesn’t really involve people, but we’ve all had to work with idiots, imagine having to work with that short armed prick and his Eton Mess of sidekick whilst they took the club towards the bones of it’s arse – Chris, you have my upmost respect and must have the patience of a saint.
FAN NEWS #1
ALTERNATIVE STATEMENT
On Saturday some of our fans got hit by missiles thrown from the top tier, the club takes this really seriously, we took immediate action and asked the visiting supporters to please stop throwing things. During 4 years of League 1 football, most tinpot teams didn’t bring many fans, so it rarely happened, although on the 2 occasions the top tier was full, Portsmouth fans threw down flares, (we have sniffer dogs, but they were busy licking their bollocks), Coventry also threw a load of stuff, but we realised a strongly worded statement. During the season behind closed doors, there were no reported incidents of stuff being thrown. We intend to operate extensive searches of all visiting supporters, although this means the Joe Root of fuck all, as we can’t seize coins, e cigarettes, keyrings, broken phone chargers etc. Fingers crossed moving forward.
Just put some netting up? It really is that simple
FAN NEWS #2
Birmingham charge shit teams like Reading £15, they charge slightly less shit teams like Preston £20, they are charging us £27.50 – that’s categorically not fair? It’s like going into a bar and being charged £5 for a pint and the person next to you being charged £3? The game is on a Friday night in November and live on SKY, I’m fortunate to not have a proper job and have the time and resources to attend, life is all about making choices, and obviously that’s my choice, but it’s just unfair and wrong. Like a few thousand others I’m daft enough to go, but in a sane world I could just spend Friday night sitting in my best pants, drinking beer and watching from the warmth and comfort of the sofa? You should be ashamed of yourselves Birmingham.
SAFCBlog Competition Update
The winners have been notified and once again opted to remain anonymous, if you didn’t win please don’t feel the need to contact me suggesting it’s a fix, it’s not – it’s a random draw, you’ve got to be in to win, there’s no fixing, no agenda, no subtext, it’s that simple? Another exciting competition soon, what a great time to be alive.
Great music choice, great blog.