It's fantastic the point-to-point is back on the menu at Charing - I'll see you there in the beer tent
There's something very different about supporters of grassroots sport.
In a former life on the local papers, I followed Wycombe Wanderers around the country and got to see their more committed fans in all their glory, borderline obsessives, sometimes gathering behind the goal on otherwise deserted terraces with a cup of Bovril to start a lively conversation with the opposition keeper, or discussing the goals-to-games ratio of Mark West from open play in all matches in the 1986-87 season, not including friendlies.
They enjoyed success for their team but it was more about the common interest of otherwise diverse individuals, and mostly about, well, just being at the football.
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