The Beautiful Game
Apparently Nov 13th 2023 I have never been a football fan. It might be something to do with being taken to see Brentford play Southend or Southport or something South when I was a nipper. The sleet flew horizontally across the ground, it was freezing cold, I was too young to swill beer, I could not see properly and Brentford lost 0-2 in that Boxing Day game. It was a defining moment. At school I used to ‘support’ Arsenal (or was it Chelsea) because everybody supported one team or another, but I never went to or watched a match and couldn’t name a player. I only ever checked the scores so that it appeared I knew what I was talking about. Others in my family supported West Ham or Brentford. I tended to support the opposition but remained ignorant and indifferent of anything to do with the Beautiful Game even when England had a key World Cup match, which let’s face it, they usually lost! Move on a few years and I am now glued to the screen wat...