Change of Allegiances

If you are not a football fan do not bother to read this post - you will not understand the passion.

From time immemorial (even before we met) we have both been Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) fans and like true fans we have supported our team through thick and thin. Unfortunately in the last 18 months there has been a lot of "thin". For those of you who go back that far John is an archetypal Alf Garnet football fan, ardent supporter but he could play better than that defence, why did they buy him, we was robbed etc.etc.

For many years I have been treated to John's version of the match report. "We've done this and would you believe it he missed a penalty in the 90th minute". Like a dutiful wife I have commiserated or rejoiced as appropriate. Well now I have a problem, when he talks about "We" I'm not sure who he is referring to because he is also following Boston United. I might add that when we lived just down the road he never took any interest in Boston United but now we live over a thousand miles away he is their number one fan. Whilst he can get the final score straight away (the wonders of modern technology) there is a delay in receiving the match and managers reports, we assume they adjourn to the bar and can't remember what happened until the next day. However John is most impressed with the prose in the match report "it would have been 7 nil but for the spectacular save by the custodian of the opposition goal"!!!!

You to can follow the exploits of Boston United, they play in the Skrill Northern League?? Should you wish to do so, you will join  the one man and his dog plus John. You can tell that I am enjoying his latest passion.

I do wonder what the Google translation service will make of this post!!