It’s over a month since I posted on this blog but not
through a lack of things to say. In fact
more the opposite I've been so busy since the last post I just haven’t had
time. I had a three day visit to Belgium
and France with work as well as fitting in a dozen football matches, a rugby
league game and an ELO concert in Leeds.
The thing is the wet winter put paid to so many games that April has been a
period of catch up with some non-league teams playing Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday. Getting to four games in five days is great
but when you work doesn't leave you with much time for anything else which is
evidenced by the growing pile (physically and electronically) of books,
audio books and football magazines in Chez Fleming.
I've also been faffing around with things I don’t
understand...
Football fans in general have a sense of humour. Standing in the cold and wet watching another
drab goalless draw you’ve got to have one.
Admittedly much of the humour is coarse and ribald, probably as a result
of the working class roots of the game, and it can manifest in a number ways. Facing defeat in another relegation dog fight
may result in gallows humour in a vain attempt to stay sane. Some supporters can with superb comic timing
usually coinciding with a moment of relative hush come up with a witty comment
befitting Oscar Wilde and making smart-arse jokes at the expense of the match
officials is now almost obligatory. Then there are the songs and chants; sometimes
coarse and offensive but others inventive and very funny.
Taking the piss out of friends and fellow supporters is also
part of the game and if you are going to give it you better be able to take
it! Over the last few weeks I have been
getting my share of good natured stick, well I hope it is good natured...
A couple of years back I got a pocket video camera for Christmas,
to replace one that got lost, which sort of lives in one of the bedroom
drawers. The thing is being busy and
suffering from age-related forgetfulness I never seem to have it with me when I go out
and end up thinking if I had brought it I could have captured the
moment. This was to change though when
one evening I had the idea of taking it with me when I went to see Hall Road
Rangers. What is wrong with that? Queue the leg pulling. Yes it is shaky. No I am not after a job with ITV. Yes I am the official adopted unofficial
Videographer for Hall Road Rangers but I am not going up that tower, it doesn't
look safe. In fact it looks the sort of
scaffold and architrave combination beloved of cowboy plasterers which can only
end in tears for the unwary. The funny
thing is I also get “did you get that” and “let’s have a look” for the same people
so it is of some benefit at the lower levels.
At North Ferriby United though they have a proper professional standard
camera so I didn't get mine out, well no man wants to be belittled over the
size of his equipment!
Still I will shrug off the jibes and persevere with it during the next non-league season and post the results on Twitter as well as some in this blog.
Still I will shrug off the jibes and persevere with it during the next non-league season and post the results on Twitter as well as some in this blog.
Hall Road Rangers 1 (0) v Knaresborough Town 1 (0) Tuesday 12 April 2016
Jordan Harrison 57 Will Lenehan 80
Attendance 61
Hall Road Rangers take the lead from the spot
Knaresborough Town equalise from a corner.
A draw was probably a fair result and the game will probably be best remembered for the language emanating from the away bench, strong stuff!
Still I will shrug off the jibes and persevere with it
during the next non-league season and post the results on Twitter as well as
some in this blog.
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