The football season that is. Whilst back in Blighty I didn’t get to see my boys play all that often because being a Torquay fan and living in Newcastle didn’t aid me with getting to many matches. However I used to get regular telephone updates from my Dad at all the home matches, he’s been doing a gate at Plainmoor since he was about 15 (correct me if I’m wrong Dad!) and if I was watching a premiership match with friends in a bar in the Toon I’d always have one eye on Sky Sports watching out for the League Two scores coming in.
So whilst I didn’t get to many matches I will very much miss my interactions as the new season starts, I’ve been assured that I’ll get text updates with the scores, thanks Dad and I can of course log on to BBC and the Torquay Website for a full match report. I just hope when I come home in January for a visit that I can make it to a match (I bet it snows and they’re all postponed!), in the meantime I shall have to rely on my mobile to get the scores, as League 2 is about as real as Harry Potter here. First up its Torquay v’s Burton, come on you Yellows!!!
Well, well, then, actually your dad started on the gates at Plainmoor in the 1966/7 season, just after England won the World Cup for the first and only time.
ReplyDeleteSo this season is his 45th! Five years to go for a special sponsored match, silver salver, presentation on the pitch, stand named in his honour etc etc.