Is this me?
Even if he isn’t referring to me as the "former England international", it’s nothing special. Michael Ricketts played for England and no club would want him as a player, let alone manager!
Braintree (the team who Bath City played at the weekend) need new football manager. They are advertising for the new gaffer on their website. Yes, you read it right – on their website!
Therefore, I thought I would apply for the job. I quite fancy a change in career from IT support to football management.
To protect my application from the tabloids, I gave a fake name. Everything else on my application is the truth.
I will let you know if I get a reply…
Dear Mr. Harding,
I am writing to apply for the position of Braintree Town Football Club manager.
I have a vast range football knowledge and experience as a player, manager and a fan.
On Saturday 6th December, I attended Cressing Road to witness Braintree’s 4-0 defeat to Bath City. Although the defeat was heavy and the performance poor, I feel I can bring a lot to the team and turn 4-0 losses into 4-0 wins.
Across my career, I have worked alongside many well known-clubs, including Hereford United, Yeovil Town, Leeds United, Arsenal and Barcelona.
Honours I have won as a player and manager include European championships, The Premier League, Coca Cola Championship, League One and Two titles – experience I can put to great use in the Blue Square South.
I watch live football every week and have been a Sky Sports subscriber for many years. I have also met Ian Holloway in Asda.
I feel my love for the game, along with achievements on Fifa Soccer, put me in perfect stead to make the step up from video game management to real life management.
I will be unavailable for interview on 13th, 16th and 20th of December due to other footballing commitments.
Please keep this e-mail confidential. I would not like the news of my appointment to be broken by Jeff Stelling before it is official.
I look forward to your reply.
Alex Keegan
The football season is over :o(
My final game of the season saw Team Bath beat Halesowen Town 2-1 in the Southern Premier Division Play Off Final.
Since the start of the season, I have…
- Been to 72 games
- 62 for Bath City
- 3 for Leeds United
- 1 for England
- 6 for other teams
- Travelled over 6,700 miles (round trips) – about the same distance as from London to New York and back.
- Seen 187 goals
- and visited 32 different grounds.
This evening I joined fellow Bath City fans at Twerton Park. City weren’t playing; instead our inferior tenants, Team Bath, faced a crucial “top of the table clash” against Kings Lynn. Lynn are a famous and historic non-league football club, and their fans have a good relationship with City supporters.
Team Bath are a university project, part funded by the taxpayer. This financial advantage has seen them climb the football pyramid at an alarming rate. The club is looked down upon by many non-league football fans as they are more of a “project” than a “football club”. Their support is very poor, even for non-league standard.
Throughout the game, the City fans joined the travelling supporters in cheering on Kings Lynn. It isn’t usual to see a lot of Team Bath supporters, in fact we were lucky when we found 1. I say “lucky”… this fan didn’t take too kindly to going a goal down and having a man sent off and reacted by hurling personal abuse and threats towards an innocent Kings Lynn fan, who was simply enjoying the game. What a nice man.
For the final 10 minutes, we moved behind the dugouts to see how the Team Bath management team were coping with being 2-0 down. Our support for Kings Lynn continued, and we were rewarded when they were given a penalty, which they converted, making it 3-0. At this point, Team Bath head coach Andy Tillson, had a go at ME for not supporting HIS team and questioned my reasoning for attending the game.
Team Bath very rarely get any support to speak of, and when Tillson was asked by a fan if he could handle a crowd, he replied “I would rather not have one”… sums it up really!
With my hand on my heart, I can honestly say, throught the whole match, I did not swear, use any personal insults towards Team Bath staff or players, or incite trouble. I was simply joining Bath City in supporting Kings Lynn – a proper football club. If the Team Bath staff cannot handle the support from football fans, they should quit the game.
I wasn’t the only fan to receive a telling off. Other City fans were on the receiving end of a lecture and I even heard reports of fans being sworn at by Team Bath fans and staff (although for legal reasons, I cannot verify this).
The game ended Team Bath 0-4 Kings Lynn.
As I left the ground, the travelling supporters thanked my fellow fans and me for our support. What a nice gesture. A million miles away from what I heard from the Team Bath bench.
Good luck, Kings Lynn!
Obviously the Team Bath bench didn’t read the sign
About Me
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You won't discover how to copy PlayStation 4 games. What you will find is a blog, covering life in the West Country, the highs and lows of supporting two unsuccessful football teams, while sharing a house with a wife and rabbit.
All written by a man, somewhere on the sanity-scale between normal and eccentric.
