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Heartbreaking to watch Bury league expulsion

Bury’s demise and late last night, expulsion from the EFL, was both painful and deeply upsetting to watch. For any football fan who respects the wider panoramic of what it really means to support a team beyond that of being sat in front of the television cheering on multi-millionaires wearing a stupid half and half scarf, will all be hurting this morning. Those desperate Bury fans will feel total helplessness and anger.

All football fans should feel angry, particularly those of smaller community clubs that become projects or playthings for the rich, or often not really rich at all. Those egos that within a quick fire few months can mismanage the running of a business to complete disaster, and seemingly not give a toss.

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Rolling Stones

For my 16-year old son, following Charlton recently has not become so joyous. His first Charlton memories were of Paulo DiCanio and Darren Bent. How things have changed, and although I am pretty sure we have gone through the stage where the Addicks might lose him to someone else, he has in the last season or so taken a little shine to his local team Maidstone United.

He has been to a number of matches with his mates, and their relatively new Gallagher Stadium is just around the corner from his school. I have encouraged him to go along and enjoy some grass roots local football as I did at the same age when me and my mates used to nip along to watch Bromley and Welling whenever Charlton were away.
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