[4evaabaggie]

Salop, I was ten, my mother had remarried and my stepfather committed a terrible act of child cruelty to me, around 1973 he introduced me to football (my father was a railway man and from the southwest so not a football fan) and The Albion. How cruel is that, I've been scarred ever since, but how I love the Baggies ...... I am Albion til I die. I too went to Highbury in 78, a young 11 years old not quite 12, full of hope, loved the train ride past Wembley took about a minute the journey back past on the train seemed like an hour, I couldn't bear to look. Pride of the top flight against a bunch of trac'or drivers ...... how that hurt. Never felt such footballing pain ....... until 1982 ...... both cups and 2008 the cheating hand of pompey. The hurt goes on ..... Bristol rovers ...... I need a large dose of pain killers .....