Can it really be a decade since, during a
humdrum late season game, GL and I were chewing the fat about how the printed
fanzine had had its day, and if only there was a way of producing something
more immediate than a match report from 4 months ago. Could modern
technology assist? I’d vaguely heard of
something called the internet but GL was way ahead of me and had vaguely heard
of something called a blog.
Out of nowhere Patgod was reborn as
Patgodonline on the world wide web, and a global audience of billions could now, in theory, digest our take on events in and around Kettering Town FC. With occasional diversions to have a pop at some off topic target deemed to be deserving.
They say timing is everything, and just as
the original hard copy prototype first emerged on the coat tails of a famous FA
Cup run, so the electronic version arrived just too late to celebrate a similar
journey.
But heady excitement isn't really
the natural territory of Patgod. Resigned pessimism is much more our thing. Or
perhaps was, because the last decade has been a game of two halves: decline to the
brink of extinction, then a slow but steady recovery. Along the way even we have mellowed a
little. It’s now ok to be annoyed just
some of the time, and otherwise enjoy the honest efforts and occasional
absurdity of life at this level.
Like everyone who has stuck with the club
during some very lean years since 2009, we’ve emerged with a fresh
perspective. Losing a game is disappointing,
yes, but we’ve come very close to a lot worse.
That said, we still haven’t forgiven Mickey
Nuttell.
We're fresh out of images of that Nuttell so here's another we equally admire.
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