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So let me guess what youre thinking? The world cup? The champions league final?, well good!! But not right! What am I talking about? Stevenage borough vs Yeovil in the FA trophy final on Sunday.
I was 8 years old, never been to a football match, in fact had never remotely been interested in football. I was dragged along by my dad to see a local side called Stevenage Borugh. Expecting a glamourous all-seater stadium I was disappointed to be greeted by a couple of dodgy stands and “gregs hot-dog stall”. Since that day many things have changed. One is the fact that I have experienced the highs of winning the league in 96, thrashing our rivals woking 5-0 (sorry mandatare!) and the lows of mid-table mediocracy. Ive now been to over 100 games and have madly fallen in love with a team I once regarded as “money wasted” when I was eight. The stadium is now almost all-seater, “gregs hot-dog stall” is now a successful bar/restaurant. Things are looking up.
So why am I writing this now? Well after years of money, effort and time ive never actually seen us win a trophy for it. we did win the championship a while back, but I was not able to get to the game. So our venture into the FA Trophy competition has brought great happiness recently.
The conference is a supremely underrated league. Im sure Mandatare will agree, that the standard of football is close to that of division 3 and even perhaps division 2, in fact I saw the division 3 play-off final this year was played out by 2 ex-conference sides, rushden a Cheltenham. This just proves we can compete. But the one thing that really annoys me is the fact that it is so overlooked.
So my tickets have finally arrived and I am off to Villa Park on Sunday. With all the over-paid superstars and ronaldos etc im sure you are not interested in postmen having a kick about, but I strongly advise you see this game on sky sports at midday on Sunday. It will be an absolute cracker. Hopefully it will get Conference Football a little more talked about.
So happy viewing people. Can I trust you guys will be watching? Well, I sincerely hope so.
I was 8 years old, never been to a football match, in fact had never remotely been interested in football. I was dragged along by my dad to see a local side called Stevenage Borugh. Expecting a glamourous all-seater stadium I was disappointed to be greeted by a couple of dodgy stands and “gregs hot-dog stall”. Since that day many things have changed. One is the fact that I have experienced the highs of winning the league in 96, thrashing our rivals woking 5-0 (sorry mandatare!) and the lows of mid-table mediocracy. Ive now been to over 100 games and have madly fallen in love with a team I once regarded as “money wasted” when I was eight. The stadium is now almost all-seater, “gregs hot-dog stall” is now a successful bar/restaurant. Things are looking up.
So why am I writing this now? Well after years of money, effort and time ive never actually seen us win a trophy for it. we did win the championship a while back, but I was not able to get to the game. So our venture into the FA Trophy competition has brought great happiness recently.
The conference is a supremely underrated league. Im sure Mandatare will agree, that the standard of football is close to that of division 3 and even perhaps division 2, in fact I saw the division 3 play-off final this year was played out by 2 ex-conference sides, rushden a Cheltenham. This just proves we can compete. But the one thing that really annoys me is the fact that it is so overlooked.
So my tickets have finally arrived and I am off to Villa Park on Sunday. With all the over-paid superstars and ronaldos etc im sure you are not interested in postmen having a kick about, but I strongly advise you see this game on sky sports at midday on Sunday. It will be an absolute cracker. Hopefully it will get Conference Football a little more talked about.
So happy viewing people. Can I trust you guys will be watching? Well, I sincerely hope so.
®eynolds wrote:
> what channel is it on i might watch it
heh-a bit late now, it was on at noon on sky sports. i travelled miles to see a crummy result. lost to the scum 2-0.
> what channel is it on i might watch it
heh-a bit late now, it was on at noon on sky sports. i travelled miles to see a crummy result. lost to the scum 2-0.
what channel is it on i might watch it
anyone else going to watch it?
Yeah, I was considering watching it. Stevenage haven't done great in the league so the cup would be good for them.
So let me guess what youre thinking? The world cup? The champions league final?, well good!! But not right! What am I talking about? Stevenage borough vs Yeovil in the FA trophy final on Sunday.
I was 8 years old, never been to a football match, in fact had never remotely been interested in football. I was dragged along by my dad to see a local side called Stevenage Borugh. Expecting a glamourous all-seater stadium I was disappointed to be greeted by a couple of dodgy stands and “gregs hot-dog stall”. Since that day many things have changed. One is the fact that I have experienced the highs of winning the league in 96, thrashing our rivals woking 5-0 (sorry mandatare!) and the lows of mid-table mediocracy. Ive now been to over 100 games and have madly fallen in love with a team I once regarded as “money wasted” when I was eight. The stadium is now almost all-seater, “gregs hot-dog stall” is now a successful bar/restaurant. Things are looking up.
So why am I writing this now? Well after years of money, effort and time ive never actually seen us win a trophy for it. we did win the championship a while back, but I was not able to get to the game. So our venture into the FA Trophy competition has brought great happiness recently.
The conference is a supremely underrated league. Im sure Mandatare will agree, that the standard of football is close to that of division 3 and even perhaps division 2, in fact I saw the division 3 play-off final this year was played out by 2 ex-conference sides, rushden a Cheltenham. This just proves we can compete. But the one thing that really annoys me is the fact that it is so overlooked.
So my tickets have finally arrived and I am off to Villa Park on Sunday. With all the over-paid superstars and ronaldos etc im sure you are not interested in postmen having a kick about, but I strongly advise you see this game on sky sports at midday on Sunday. It will be an absolute cracker. Hopefully it will get Conference Football a little more talked about.
So happy viewing people. Can I trust you guys will be watching? Well, I sincerely hope so.
I was 8 years old, never been to a football match, in fact had never remotely been interested in football. I was dragged along by my dad to see a local side called Stevenage Borugh. Expecting a glamourous all-seater stadium I was disappointed to be greeted by a couple of dodgy stands and “gregs hot-dog stall”. Since that day many things have changed. One is the fact that I have experienced the highs of winning the league in 96, thrashing our rivals woking 5-0 (sorry mandatare!) and the lows of mid-table mediocracy. Ive now been to over 100 games and have madly fallen in love with a team I once regarded as “money wasted” when I was eight. The stadium is now almost all-seater, “gregs hot-dog stall” is now a successful bar/restaurant. Things are looking up.
So why am I writing this now? Well after years of money, effort and time ive never actually seen us win a trophy for it. we did win the championship a while back, but I was not able to get to the game. So our venture into the FA Trophy competition has brought great happiness recently.
The conference is a supremely underrated league. Im sure Mandatare will agree, that the standard of football is close to that of division 3 and even perhaps division 2, in fact I saw the division 3 play-off final this year was played out by 2 ex-conference sides, rushden a Cheltenham. This just proves we can compete. But the one thing that really annoys me is the fact that it is so overlooked.
So my tickets have finally arrived and I am off to Villa Park on Sunday. With all the over-paid superstars and ronaldos etc im sure you are not interested in postmen having a kick about, but I strongly advise you see this game on sky sports at midday on Sunday. It will be an absolute cracker. Hopefully it will get Conference Football a little more talked about.
So happy viewing people. Can I trust you guys will be watching? Well, I sincerely hope so.