Football and Spring
The following is my latest piece for Ebbsfleet United, and was published in the programme for the game v Telford on the 14th April. I hope you all enjoy it! Spring time is here again. It’s that time of year when you can feel the warmth of the sun, the days are getting longer (yay!), birds are chirruping in the blossomed trees, and you can hear the distant sound of a ball hitting willow – as another shot from the dodgy centre half misses the goal completely, and hits the advertising board near the corner flag! Yes, it’s that time of year again, folks. If the football season was a restaurant menu, we would now be entering the deserts section. Having started out with our prawn cocktail entree, through to our chicken tikka masala and pillau rice main course, and are now picking up the desert spoon and about to attack and devour the ever so inviting sticky date pudding! Over the last week or two, teams the length and breadth of the country have been playi...