I love football. I love it more than porn, or Wham bars ... or my mom. Actually no, I shouldn’t have said the thing about my mom that wasn’t fair, but it did take 3-4 minutes of debating to put my mom above football as my N0.1 love. Sorry Jayne.
I was a shit footballer at school too. I was one of those proper little Nancy boys who were so preoccupied with seeing a bit of pre-puberty tupance... or too busy picking my nose and eating Monster Munch that football didn’t even register on my Beefy corn-snack riddled brain.
Then I did see a bit of lady garden and at 9 it just weirded me out, looked like something out of the Little Barber shop of Horrors. All ‘orrible and different.
So I decided that was that, and had a kick about instead.
I was hooked instantly. Like a cheap prostitute on crack, with the breaking point of a Kit-Kat. All I wanted to do was play football, I joined teams, I played all the time, I ate and drank and breathed football ...When I wasn’t playing Mario 64 or poking dead pigeons with a stick... But I was still shit. I blame my unfortunate body shape, my centre of gravity is too high and it makes me topple like a crap game of Jenga. It’s heartbreaking to admit your cack at Football; it should be ingrained in your genes. Its kinda like admitting you have a little tallywhacker, Which I don’t obviously, Mines like a baby’s arm holding an apple, But It’s hard to describe to women the appeal of Football, not only cos they have squirrel-like-brains but because it truly is a MAN thing.
The pull of the crowd, the sights, the sounds, the £50 shirts and the oh-so-near games. It gives you something to look forward to if everything around you is falling like the twin towers you know that come rain or shine the football will be kicking off on Saturday at 3. It’s certain, it’s beautiful, and it’s at times heart-wrenching and unrelenting. Searching always in the desire to see grown men cry, but like the aforementioned tuppance “You can’t live without it”
They think it’s all over.... It isn’t there’s an evening Kick Off pal.


