Proper Football

What shall we do now. Another football season has come to an end. Well, a wise man would get the paint out and do a quick job in the bog or any other of the other jobs ‘she’ has been nagging about over winter before it all starts again in July.

Not quite so easy for those running Proper Football clubs though. Committees to refresh, forms to fill, applications to make as well as making sure that Team Managers are secure and squads finalised. Pitches to attend to and re-seed the areas where the grass has worn away, ground improvements and repairs to do and a fresh lick of paint when needed  as well as fitting in a family or friend holiday. So much to do, so little time.
Then there are the finances. We were recently told that one benefactor laid out £38,000 in a single year just to keep his club afloat. Expensive business this Proper Football.
So what can supporters do, and I guess that you, dear reader, are a supporter otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this stuff. Keep going to games ? Well, that’s what we do. Keep talking about the merits of Proper Football ? We already do that too. I think the answer may be to bring a friend to the match. At recent end of season games attendances shot up at games where the glory of a League title was at stake so maybe, just maybe, they could become regulars.

The end of the season also marks the end of our first attempt at a blog. But  we  are not giving in and will continue  on  as long as Proper Football exist.
 We are just a couple of lads trapped inside old farts bodies who tour the Black  Country on  Saturday afternoons   in search of the Beautiful Game. We thank you for indulging us by  reading our jottings and hope you find some enjoyment from them. Don’t be afraid of making a comment to let us know if you like what we are trying to do or even a bit of criticism if we are getting it wrong. Journalists we are not but we are old enough and ugly enough to own up to our wrongdoings and your  feedback could even help us to  improve.
But most of all, keep gooing to the matches.

                                                               They ay ‘arf good