Everything that follows is true and really happened,more or less. I have to save any red faces or embarrasment, changed all of the details and nearly all the names. As ever thanks goes to the players and management without whom it goes without saying nothing that follows would have taken place, if in fact it did? What you say have we been doing to support the club and manager this year,this is a toughie.Oh yes the board and I have been occupied most of the year with agreeing an increase in next years season tickets and the approval of an all new state of the art burger stand to boost flagging revenues, how we ended up at the wrong end of the league is a complete mystery(note in diary to me watch another match this season).A well known radio pundit said the reason we are bottom is that we have only won 4 out of 23 matches, which is a shot in the dark if you ask me,still he is a journo what do they know.He also mentioned that it was down to the manager who is a contrarian and likes to play players out of position. What follows is not all that eventful Can you remember the last time we won the first game of the season,no don’t worry nor can I.This year was no different a 2-0 loss to Oxford at home no real biggies. Our next match was away at Barnet,why anyone would want to go there is question worth considering,still we had the urge to experience what life was like in a remote and forbidding place.Things went from bad to worse following a rather late night involving JD and we all overslept at the hotel.Missing both breakfast and lunch as it was 2pm when we awoke the following day, the team had to leap into there kit, we had to run to the bus station to catch the number 24 with all the bags via the cashpoint to pay for the fares.Dingus was already waiting at the ground as he had driven his own car. Unfortunately we arrived just before kick off and had to play,so little occurred during the match that when we scored I had dropped off and missed it,someone told me, possibly dingus that we managed a draw. The rest of the year to be frank is a blur, I used to get exited on match days especially when we scored ,but not these days, although I do occasionally clap if we score. Supporters and pundits say that we are completely hopless since Dingus was made manager ,I decide I should attend the York game as they have a party planned afterwards,unfortunately Sharon my wife had other plans (shopping) so I listened to the commentary on the way into town.It is a rubbish game of football we are three one down after 20 mins.I parked the car went off to shop hoping forlornly that when I returned it would be 4-3 to Rovers. On the way home I feel desperate we lost 4-1 the thought of presiding over our inevitable relegation, if we can’t even beat York City a team that was in the conference last year with an attendance of around 3,000 and drop into non league is not appealing, so I cruelly give fans a flicker of hope again by texting Dingus on Sharons phone, as my battery was dead,almost as soon as the text is sent Sharons phone rings its Dingus momentarily he sounds as if he might be annoyed but then with an air of resignation in his voice, yeah it was terrible wasn’t it.He made a feeble joke about how I did not miss much today and laughs I have never been sacked by text before,he decided not to go to the party which I agree was a good idea.My next call was to Willie Draw who accepted the position as our new manager. “Who says I don’t know what I am doing and have no sense of humour”. Oddly there still appears to be a lot of anger about our inevitable relegation the fans think that it’s a complete disgrace, some of them even think its my fault,others well at least two down my local say its down to the previous manager. Who would have thought it December and we are bottom of the football league,Willie Draw has 23 games to preserve our football league status and he has the boards full support. Someone said it’s the hope that drives you mad in football, but as I lost all hope months ago I am completely relaxed or is it resigned to our complete failure unless Willie Draw pulls off the great escape. Happy New Year Gasheads St Nic
