This afternoon we lose either York City or Boston United for at least a season, while they get spanked rigorously in The National League and then come back down. But, being entirely even-handed and rational Poppies fans, who should we be cheering? Or rather, booing slightly less? Let's look at the evidence....
York City shouldn't really be this far down the footballing pyramid. They are a big club. We all know this. If only because large swathes of their support constantly tell us. But they are at this level. Yes, it was great fun watching their rather desperate #promotetwo shenanigans. It was even more enjoyable to do the double over them this season after bossing them off the park repeatedly without success. But do we want to lose them? York is a great place to visit. OK, the ground is now a rugby stadium, miles away from the city, hidden inside a fitness centre, but York is still York. A great day or weekend away.
Boston too have moved out of town to the back-end of the middle of nowhere, which takes some doing considering the town itself is already in the middle of nowhere. Like most Poppies fans of a certain vintage I've always liked Boston as a club. Great Christmas time matches. Tonking victories. A thousand fans on their immense town-end terrace. As similar sized clubs with no other local rivals we gravitated towards one another to become unlikely but reasonably friendly rivals.
If it wasn't for a chubby, hissing, Cox-shaped problem at the heart of the Pilgrims I would definitely be hoping for Boston to gain promotion today. But like an unpleasant smell, Cox is difficult to ignore.
So, God knows. As a matter of fact perhaps God DOES know. Which iconic ecclesiastical building are we willing to lose....?
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