Some great memories there. The early days of the group were good fun, just a load of young lads getting together to have fun and support the team. Being non league helped at the time, as it was relaxed and the away days great fun. But unfortunately time moved on and things change, only a couple of the lads still go now days for various reasons. I don’t think people realised at the time how much effort and money it took to do all that, let alone the hassle. Countless days spent painting and sewing, days setting up displays before the match. Even just hanging all the banners up along the back wall took a long time! Then there was the resistance from the club at every turn. Granted it improved over the years, but it did feel like we were on speed dial from the Club to get our weekly bollocking for whatever we had done the week before.
I’ve still got most of these flags in storage. Some classics over the years. Proud of what we achieved for just a bunch of teenagers at the time and it’s great to see it was and still is appreciated. Maybe with some good fan involvement in the new stadium design something can be done to make the home ground more atmosphere friendly and who knows.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on here, not since the OM forum days really!
Z.
