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MOTHERWELL. From hope springs expectation and from expectation springs disappointment. One of the greatest quotes I’ve ever made up on the spur of the moment. Who mentioned Europe ? Who mentioned a top six place ? Who, at the start of the season, would have been happy with eleventh place ? Us. The fans. That’s who.
We can’t complain at the season we’ve had but some people need to keep their feet on the ground. If our ambitions remain low then anything we do achieve is an added bonus. A top six place would be nice and it is achievable. The money it would generate through television would be a bonus to us but if we don’t make it then it’s not a disaster. We should be eternally grateful that we still have a club to follow so let’s just wait for the next great leap forward, and I don’t mean the next issue of the fanzine.
BLACKPOOL What a complete and utter embarrassment the club became in January. Topping even the time that the chairman sacked the manager from jail came Macca’s resignation story. Steve McMahon has hounded the chairman for money for months. God knows why because he has shown no ability to spend it. Things came to a head and he offered his resignation. The club announced a press conference for 5pm. At the conference the chairman announces that the club are ‘ considering ’ the resignation ( so why call a press conference?). After 25 minutes someone asks “ Is McMahon in the building ? ”. I don’t know, replies the chairman and lo and behold Macca walks in the door and whispers in his ear. They retire for three minutes then announce that he has withdrawn his resignation. Stories then emerge that he has applied and been interviewed for the Oldham job but, due to them being in administration, it has been deferred. That’ll join the Palace and Preston jobs already interviewed for while still boss at Pool. So now the status quo continues with considerable support lost for both chairman and manager.
CORPORATE HOSPITALITY You know, it just doesn’t seem right going to the football all tarted up and it’s an experience I had not even considered until the offer of a freebie to a box at Blackpool dropped into my lap. All I can say now is that when I have a spare sixteen grand per season, oh, and eleven mates, then that’s the way to enjoy footie. In the door at 1pm. Up to the box. Personal assistant to each box collecting drinks orders, and there was a lot of that. Sit down at two for a slap up three course meal. Have I mentioned more drink ? More drink. Three o’clock, step outside to the padded seats.
Yes, outside, none of this Fir Park behind glass no atmosphere rubbish. Half time. Sandwiches and, you guessed it, more drink. Watch the second half through a drunken haze and the option of more drink after the game. It’s a very hard life but one that I think I could just about adapt to if need be.
MEDIA COVERAGE It seems that there is nothing Motherwell can do right. The slightest thing and the gutter press are on our backs. Long sleeved shirts ? Get into them. Yet the club shop was reportedly full of them. Waterlogged pitch against Aberdeen. Why did we lift the covers of and leave it so late to tell the referee.
Because that’s the normal procedure I would have thought and a late downpour of biblical proportions cannot exactly be anticipated. Did Livi suffer the same abuse ? No, because they’re cuddly. Ignore the media.
Come On Ye Well
Up The Pool
Geoff Baby
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