The officialdom of the Poppies hasn't always been as careful and considerate as they might have been. Sometimes, when a more thoughtful approach was required they'd be blinkered and brusque. If not awkward, or outright criminal.
If we've lost our footballing way over the past decade or more at least we've started to regain our soul since escaping Non Park and the clutches of various Shysters who saw nothing in the Poppies other than a few quick pay-days.
Today the Club and Trust joined together to bid farewell to Rockingham Road, and the past and look ahead, whilst still honouring our shared past at our former home. Even I, who kind of knew from the day we deserted our spiritual home that we'd never return, and kind of accepted this, was touched by the report on the official site of today's proceedings.
We will have tough days in the future, when results don't go our way, or the Council shaft us again, or the Tea Bar has no chips. But we've still got our club. And our memories. And, God help me, we've got each other. As with a family, you can't choose your kin. Bumbling, whinging inbreds we might be, but a Poppies family we are and I wouldn't swap any of you for someone better...!
Click here - Farewell Rocky Road
Cant get better than Poppy anyway 😀
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