I'm a football fan, and have been watching my beloved BWFC since the mid
70s.
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However, following Saturday's beyond dismal performance, everything changed.
I thought that it may just be one of those temporary love/hate things you
get in any volatile yet enduring relationship, but this time it's different.
I've listened to managers and pundits alike go on and on at the amount of
footie we play "these days", and this being a bad thing.
Then we hear that the fitness levels and also the level of care offered to
the players are higher and better than ever - shouldn't they be able to play
more?
Add to this equation the level of remuneration and associated lifestyle, our
players are superfit-superstar-supermachines and should be able to run
forever - apparently not.
Watching the players run around on Saturday afternoon on what used to be the
highlight of the New Year, FA Cup third round day and I have never before
felt so duped, conned, ripped off and just saddened by what has happened.
As fans we expect our team to do it's best week in week out, and as such we
have our ups and downs, but on Saturday it was apparent that BWFC didn't
care about us the fans or they would have done their best to reach the next
round.
So as I shuffled off to queue for a half time beer I thought about our
caring club and it's caring board, and executives who basically "get their
heads together" and "put their hands out" and take away our money. I paid
for two season tickets up front, I turn up for a cup tie for the world's
premier knock trophy warmed by the romanticism of 50 years since '58 - and
the club isn't bothered!
Everything about the club and the day's event became one big con! The price
of entry, the price of a beer, crisps 75p, a hot dog for nearly £3, the same
pie I can buy outside for less than half the price, having to turn out last
Wednesday evening for our traditional New Year game on January 2 -
everywhere you look the fan is being taken for a ride.
The defining effect of maybe too many days like Saturday, means that I will
not be renewing our season tickets for next season and my 32 year
relationship with Bolton Wanderers Football Club has officially ended.
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