There’s some fun to be had when your team is in the Championship. Just don’t mention the Football League Show. My latest column for The FCF:
When the curtain falls on another year of Premier League ‘excitement’, Match of the Day will doubtless broadcast familiar scenes of grown men weeping into their replica shirts. Inconsolable at the prospect of Championship football, they will shed all remaining dignity for our amusement, ‘No, not the Championship, not Maniche and Claridge! Take me, take me now. I don’t want to live.’ Pathetic. If only those oafs could look at the positive side of the Championship, they’d soon cheer up. Let’s consider what they’re really afraid of.
Financial ruin: admittedly, a serious concern, but it needn’t be so providing clubs plan accordingly, and providing they haven’t just mortgaged their future to sign David Bentley on a five year contract.
The football is rubbish: hello, did you watch Stoke City v Aston Villa?
There are some horrible, soulless stadiums: yes, but there are also some legendary old venues like the City Ground and Elland Road. And anyway, the Britannia? The Stadium of Light? The Reebok Stadium? Come on.
The Football League Show: ok, you got me. But, thankfully, there’s more to the Championship than a hastily edited TV highlights package.
Read the article in full at The FCF.
