On the Road Again!

I checked my email about 7pm and saw I had won a free iFollow ticket courtesy of EFL Trophy sponsors Papa John's. I hadn't intended watching the game but never turn down a free offer! I am glad I did. Although my first team I ever supported when I was 4yo and before my brother was born - I have a long distance love affair. For the best part of 30 years I have been going to away games in the South and East of England.  Although in a previous relationship I went to games in Oldham when staying in Congleton in Cheshire.  On one occasion as I no longer have the Oldham accent I used to have as a kid,  I wasn't allowed to buy a ticket for the home end and had to go in as visitor. The away team that day was Wimbledon FC. Anyway, I digress. A superb game. Both sides had played in the FA Cup at the weekend. Bradford had beaten non-league Tonbridge Angels 7-0. Latics had made heavy weather of the game at Hampton and Richmond Borough finally winning 3-2. In two weeks they will meet ...

Amazing! This is a Mickey Mouse cup that in an effort to lose fans they have allowed Premier League and Championship U21 teams to take part. Ideally it should be for the L1 & L2 clubs to at least have the chance of a sniff of a Wembley final and some silverware in their cabinets.  Instead, they managed to alienate most of the support and had these Academy and U21 sides in it. Oldham finally found the net.