People get their legs broken in football as United know better than any other league side I suspect, especially over the last few seasons. But everything you hear suggests that this was something else, and the fact that Peter Morrison has commenced legal proceedings backs that up. Chapman kept his head down on Saturday and strayed near the home end as little as possible. Some players take the abuse and then take their revenge by playing a blinder or scoring. Julian Alsop springs to mind, but he probably has somebody screaming abuse at him everywhere he goes. For ‘local boy made bad’ Chapman this would have been a first and he seemed very subdued. We’re away there on Saturday February 8th in case you’re wondering.
Two goals and neither made it more than a foot over the line but what the hell, they all count. I couldn’t tell from where I stand whether the second went in or not, but all the impartial observers I have consulted (i.e. everyone I know who stands in the home end) declare the ball to have crossed the line and that will do for me.
Boston really are a woeful side. How bad must Swansea be that they had a four point headstart on Boston and yet have still contrived to be below them in the table? I suppose we’ll find out soon enough. I predict that Boston will last three seasons in Division Three - autumn, winter and spring.
Speaking of Sean McAuley let me go on record here and now and say I liked him, as a player and (on the one occasion I met him) as a person. I’m sure bearing in mind his pedigree there were performances he himself would not have been entirely happy with. But overall he never got a chance. He slipped into the role vacated by Paul Wilson which meant getting stick from the crowd behind him from the word go. These are the ‘fans’ who demand Laws resigns if the snack bar runs out of hot chocolate at half time. Sean has been playing in America but is now at Halifax and I for one wish him all the best.
Speaking of which - get well soon Peter Beagrie. Even whilst recovering from surgery I’m sure he’ll be making a positive contribution to the team morale and the experience he gets in Scunthorpe’s dug out will look good on his CV if he ever applies for a job… well, you know.
Up the Iron.