OK, OK, so since my last blog Bath City have lost two games and are still winless. Before you all start laughing, can we agree that the new season hasn’t started yet? Is that fair? Good. Then it is agreed, Bath City will start their new league campaign on Tuesday night – against title-favourites Luton Town – in the words of Bubsy the Bobcat “What could possibly go wrong?”
I am off to Weymouth the day after that with Claire for a few nights. As Leeds are also playing Manchester United on the Tuesday, I’ll think I’ll need a holiday to recover, I mean celebrate, my teams’ victories over Luton Town and Man Yoo.
Before the trip to Dorset, I’ll have two days to entertain myself at home. I already have a fun-filled morning planned for tomorrow… waiting in for some engineer to come from BT to try and fix my telephone line which keeps disconnecting my internet connection. In preparation for this, I spent a large part of this morning clearing all the cables behind the TV, where the phone socket is also located. A very brave move by me, especially as that is where all the spiders seem to hide. I didn’t find any eight-legged freaks, although did find a dead beetle (the insect, not he car).
This afternoon has been a lazy one. After my efforts cleaning, I cooked myself a fried breakfast which was eaten at noon, so technically it was lunch. I then watched football on TV – lots of overpaid footballers making mistakes today. I found the commentators to be far too sympathetic and always ready to find excuses for them. If I was doing the job, Sky Sports viewers would be treated to the sounds of me yelling “Wahaaay!” when penalties were shot wide, “What as waste of money” as open goals were missed and “Dig a whole and fucking bury him” as a player I dislike (probably playing for Manchester United) lies in agony on the pitch after a nasty tackle. That is why I work in IT and not for BSkyB.
Bath City lost again. This time at home to Southport. A 2-1 defeat against a poor side. At least we scored. The new season starts on Tuesday night against York City. Should we lose that, it’ll start next Saturday.
Today was Non-League Day – an annual event where football fans are encouraged to watch their local non-league team in the absence of any Premier League or Championship football during the weekend.
Admittedly, as a Bath City fan, every Saturday is Non-League Day for me. However, in an ironic twist of fate, due to international call ups for Bath’s scheduled opponents, York City, the planned game was called off.
Therefore I was left with a weekend of nothing to do. OK, I did have stuff to do. I could have read a book, learnt a foreign language or taught myself how to play the cello. That would be boring though. Instead I took to public transport and made my way to the east side of Bath to watch Larkhall Athletic entertain Odd Down in The FA Cup.
Yes, it was a Bath Derby! As I am sure you can imagine, you could have cut the atmosphere with a knife. It was unbearable. The Glasgow and Milan derbies simply don’t come close.
Despite both sides playing four divisions below Bath City, I really did enjoy myself. ‘The Larks’ were by far the better side, eventually running out 4-0 winners. There’s still a long way to go, but remember the name ‘Larkhall Athletic’ when they walk out on Wembley Turf next May. This is assuming they beat Yate Town in the next round…
Plain Ham Pre-KO - before the thousands of supports arrived
It’s not very often I use the C-word (although admittedly now Alex Ferguson is talking to the BBC again, I will be given more opportunities to do so). However, yesterday I am sad to report that a group of my fellow Bath City supporters behaved like massive, massive C U Next Tuesdays.
Last season, Bath City overachieved in their first season in the Conference. This season, 4 games in, they’re winless. The lack of wins is very frustrating, but I struggle to see how the behaviour of some fans yesterday helped the team.
Before the final whistle, the fans started to leave early. When a late second goal was scored by visitors Tamworth, the stadium emptied – morons streaming out of the ground like a river of piss. At fulltime, those who had stayed booed the team off. Utter, utter c***s!
It appears Bath City are not the only non-league side to have groups of angry fans this early on in the season. Grimsby’s supporters seem equally as volatile. Their manager however is less tolerant than the Bath City boss, Adie Britton.
Leeds beat them before. Can Saint Simon Grayson guide his team to victory over evil again?
Incidentally, I’ll be on holiday in Weymouth on the day of the game. No doubt there will be more Manchester United fans in the Dorset town than in the whole of Manchester itself.
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