21-01-2024, 19:10
Dancing, we are one of the clubs turning the FA Trophy into something tin pot, just as some Premier League clubs disrespect cup competitions in which they might do rather well if they actually tried. Of course attendances are low, who wants to pay to see our youth team getting beat, or Solihull fielding nine reserves against a struggling club?
Clubs lower down the pyramid spend a lot of time berating the Premier League for not allowing its vast wealth to rejuvenate football as a whole, but we are hardly in a position to complain when we enter the Derbyshire Senior Cup and refuse the opportunity to spice up the competition with one or two of our better players. Derbyshire's clubs would love it and their fans would see it as a highlight. Instead we say, "Here see if you can beat our junior team" and then we have the cheek to fly the Derbyshire flag.
Of course we have to determine our priorities. Of course The National League would be far more sensible cut down to 20 clubs only. Of course the FA ought to communicate sensibly over fixtures to maintain the value of its own competition. BUT sportsmen have a responsibility to uphold the values of sport for future generations, and we are choosing to breed selfishness and winning is all that matters instead.
Like Salts I felt that our Welling game was unpalatable. I had very little interest in how we fared against Alty on the Tuesday ....... If we leave non league after this season I'd have liked us to be fondly remembered, but I guarantee only our ground will be missed.
Clubs lower down the pyramid spend a lot of time berating the Premier League for not allowing its vast wealth to rejuvenate football as a whole, but we are hardly in a position to complain when we enter the Derbyshire Senior Cup and refuse the opportunity to spice up the competition with one or two of our better players. Derbyshire's clubs would love it and their fans would see it as a highlight. Instead we say, "Here see if you can beat our junior team" and then we have the cheek to fly the Derbyshire flag.
Of course we have to determine our priorities. Of course The National League would be far more sensible cut down to 20 clubs only. Of course the FA ought to communicate sensibly over fixtures to maintain the value of its own competition. BUT sportsmen have a responsibility to uphold the values of sport for future generations, and we are choosing to breed selfishness and winning is all that matters instead.
Like Salts I felt that our Welling game was unpalatable. I had very little interest in how we fared against Alty on the Tuesday ....... If we leave non league after this season I'd have liked us to be fondly remembered, but I guarantee only our ground will be missed.