The Premier League stutters to a close tomorrow as one literal and two metaphorical bald men fight over the comb that is the final Champions League places. Even if it was possible to work up any excitement about this, it’s difficult to to see Liverpool or City slipping up against their respective opponents.
Today sees the League 1 play off final; Bradford to win, please.
I’m going to Parkhead with my da tomorrow, and there’s going to be a big full-stadium display in tribute to the lions before the match. He didn’t go to Lisbon, but was there for some other iconic games from that era - the semi-final against Leeds at Hampden (largest attendance at any European match ever), and the European Cup final we lost to Feyenoord at the San Siro. He went to those matches with his brother, and when he died a few years ago he was buried with the scarf he had taken to those games. I suppose the article reminded me of the way that a lot of family memories and moments are tied up with supporting a football team.
ANYWAY, looking forward to the game tomorrow and the tributes to our greatest ever side over the next week or so.
My dad’s cousin was arrested at the match for swearing at a police officer. 130-odd thousand people at a football match in Glasgow, and he got arrested for swearing.
Always wanted to ask how your old man came to move to Yorkshire and (going off snippets you’ve shared) become a pretty hardened Leeds fan. Same with profk’s grandad, and Adybongo supporting Arsenal. Find it weirdly fascinating. Some of the biggest English football fans i know have moved here from elsewhere, or even just properly thrown thsemselves into following clubs without moving. Know a Dutch Brighton fan, a German Palace fan, and a Portuguese United fan, and they’re all seriously hardened supporters. Makes a mockery of the people who get pissy about that sort of thing.
Wembley tomorrow for the FA trophy between Macclesfield vs York. Macc will be favourites on league position, but they’ve actually had nothing to play for for weeks, so only have one win in seven. York got relegated on the last day but they’ve had much better form recently.
Even if Macc don’t win, it’ll be nice to see Jon Parkin win a trophy at Wembley.
my grandad moved here in his mid 20s so never supported an English team - supports real madrid for the same reason most of Spain do. My dad came over when he was a teenager, and they lived in west London at the time, which is why he supports Chelsea.