The latest offering from the Two Men in Search of the Beautiful Game, written by Daniel Magner.
I wouldn’t go as far as calling myself a football traditionalist, a football romantic yes, but I’m not adverse to changes or modifications to most elements of the game, as long as they are not just gimmicks, the MLS halfway line penalty shoot out for example and most crucially, that they benefit all involved, the clubs, players and fans.
One thing I am definitely in favour of, and as much as I love a 15:00 kick off on a Saturday, is football on a Friday. Once the exotic folly enjoyed by our European neighbours, it seems more and more that it is being adopted in the UK, and I love it.
“Gonna be a cold one” says Tom, looking forlornly out the window. I fear he’s not wrong, it’s a definite big coat evening and it is now that time of year, that however early we might get to where we are going, it’s inevitably going to be dark when we get there.
Trains seem to be a theme as of late, not travelling on them, but their proximity to the grounds we visits. Admittedly the one running along behind Spa Road, home of Witham Town FC (WT) is not North Ferriby close, however it’s still quite intrusive as it rattles past.
The sight of the flat roofed clubhouse, with its illuminated frontage, a guiding light in the gloomy car park is a welcome sight, not long out of the car and away from the caress of the heaters, it’s certainly fresh. Through the front doors and the welcome, well the welcome is not the friendliest, “I’m sorry no Giants fans allowed” says a man to a startled looking Tom, who is wearing a San Fransisco Giants cap.
A dinosaur, Bovril and West Ham royalty, who could ask for more on a Friday night in Essex?
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