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A STRANGE SEASON 1-8-08
Rich White
At last the new season is here. And the best part of it all is… I actually get to be in the UK for it.
Last year I was hoping to write a regular monthly column but a six month detour to Afghanistan took care of those lofty literary ambitions. I was a little busier then I had anticipated.
Hopefully this year I will also get to attend more then one match. Last season I was unfortunate enough to attend the home game against Bolton, a grim affair by anyone’s standards, played in near darkness, in the freezing cold.
I did mention in my sole column last season that I have an aversion to the northern climate. Well, it was even worse upon my return from Afghanistan where it was just starting to get a bit toasty.
I have blocked most of that horrendous game out of my mind but I remember feeling mortally offended that Gary Megson spat his chewing gum on the pitch.
All in all, last season was a bit strange for me. As a southern Boro supporter, I am used to being alone in a crowd but during my time away, I was located with The Yorkshire Regiment and was subsequently swamped by Boro fans.
I actually found it a bit strange and I think many of the lads thought I was supporting the Boro as a token gesture!
We were a strange group. The four and a half hour time difference meant that those of us who stayed up to watch the evening games were walking round like zombies the next morning.
I don’t think morale was ever lower then after the Cardiff game, or higher then after the Arsenal match.
It is difficult to describe the effect football results can have on the mood, when in general, a lot of your days have the same routine.
Saturday was the highlight of the week because it was football day and we didn’t start work until nine on Sunday. A lie-in of epic proportions for a lot of people.
The only way we had of getting the results a lot of the time was the (frequently shockingly poor) British Forces Broadcasting Service.
I soon learnt to absolutely loathe the presenters who kept making the same awful jokes and terrible uninformed opinions, week after week for six months.
All you wanted to know was the score and the goal scorers. Very simple. Just a quick “round the grounds” update every five minutes would have been lovely. Not much to ask, you would think.
Well, the producers and presenters felt otherwise and instead would indulge in ten minute long banter spots with the clearly drunk Scottish studio who were watching some horror show in the Highlands. They would simply not get round to telling the listeners the final scores. This happened a lot.
Eventually it all came to an end (as all things do) and I found myself flying home with only three games left of the season to enjoy in the UK.
Circumstances and well deserved holidays with the long suffering girlfriend Lex (who I drag to most games with me), meant I could only go to one game. Sadly, that was the aforementioned Bolton experience.
I missed the excellent result against Pompey and the 8-1 thrashing of Man City. I missed a lot, all things told.
I did, however, have one fantastic experience. I played a full ninety minutes at the Riverside, after purchasing my place through Football Aid. Bernie Slaven was our manager, and I managed not to let myself down against a superior side managed by Lennie Lawrence, who eventually won a close game 2-1.
Now you see why I was so upset about Megson gobbing his chewing gum on the pitch. I have to run on that!
Looking forward to next season, I can’t foresee any real trouble for us. I think the three clubs that came up, will go straight back down again.
I am quite happy with our new signings, especially Emnes, and have high hopes for our strikers this year. Mido might prove everyone wrong and fulfil his early promise. He is certainly looking a bit leaner by all accounts.
I believe the fact that players like Boateng and Cattermole cannot get into the team can only be a good thing, and good luck to them in their future endeavours.
If Alves stays sharp, Tuncay stays hungry and Downing stays full stop, we should be fine.
This season will hopefully be a good step forward, with a better goals to games ratio in our favour and more consistency throughout the side.
We shall, as always, have to see what we get.
One thing is for sure, I will almost certainly enjoy this season more than the last one.
All the best
Rich W
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