This last week has seen the excitement grow, Saturday is the big day, of course. I was most taken with the story of Darlington offering Gazza a contract. It is part of a new trend among small clubs who have just built ridiculously large stadia; stick a fat bloke out on the park and no one can see the embarrassing lack of support. You don't think Hull chose Jan Molby for his tactical brain, did you?
‘So where have I been?’, I hear you plead, dear reader. Well, my story matches that of a certain Super Lee Hodges (remember him?). I too was cast asunder by an uncaring boss, I too am a young upstart with a precocious talent, I too have been languishing on the dole. Lee is a wizard with his feet, I’m really good at playing records and talking into a microphone. Now, here is where our paths, I hope, divide; I certainly do not want to be wasted at the Rochdale of radio stations (home of Wham records and real life Alan Partridges), I hope, for me, the next move is up, up, up. And finally, I don’t intend to destroy Scunthorpe United on two occasions in the coming year. But I bet Mr. Hodges does.
Jim Coulson writes exclusively for Iron-Bru.net and his views can be read on site every Thursday.