Dear FFC Forever,
Sorry not to have replied before, was away and then swamped with trying to sort out work and the rest. I am really glad to hear that you have got a new job teaching and hope that we can meet up before or after a match sometime soon (due to various inefficiencies on my part I still haven't got a ticket for Brum, but am trusting i providence etc).
Last month was the 46th anniversary of my being being in the Hammersmith End (obviously not continuously), but I have only had a season ticket since the Tigana years - never needed one before, as you just turned up (all the old jokes about "what time is kick-off?" "when can you you make it?" / "what time suits you?". I was in a couple of 35,000 plus crowds in the last 60s, but then they just packed everyone in and hoped.
MJ has definitely built on what was already a good squad and we have got some tremendous players - did you see the bit in 'The Observer' yesterday where Dimitar Berbatov was named as the 'Man of the Day', saying that his penalty against Arsenal could only have been bettered, made even more 'louche,' had he stepped up 'wearing a smoking jacket."
All the best, speak soon!
