may 31st
I remember in summers past, when I was a young chap and not the greying old coot I am now, Roy of the Rovers used to have problems in the off season. Not Roy himself, you understand, for nothing was a problem to Racey, but the writers of the comic.
There were summers without World Cups or European Championships, and on those occasions Roy and some select team mates played county cricket. I can still remember one saga when somebody had invented this shiny wooden device which helped him practice the most wicked bouncers possible. This was beyond the infamous Bodyline series, this bowler was really out to hurt people. I don’t really remember how it all turned out, but no doubt Royston managed six sixes in one over to win the championship with a run to spare after the nasty bowler had crippled most of the others.
Anyway, that’s what it’s like round these parts at the moment, and I’m giving you fair warning that if things don’t pick up with regard football news, it’ll be cricketblog, or lawnbowlsblog, Wimbleblog or something equally exciting.
Thanks to all of you who have been in touch regarding the Macintosh issue (see May 29th for more). Please email the address given there, or if you can get around to it, type your mail, print it, then send it via post to the club itself. I know people aren’t used to doing that these days, but I honestly think they’ll pay more attention if people take the time to send a real letter. Emails are too easy to ignore. I suggest we address all letters to David Dein as well as the commercial department. According to this page the commercial manager is a bloke called Adrian Ford, so send him a copy of the letter too.
We’ll see what happens, looks like we’re going to have to make our own news this summer.
