SUNDAY, JANUARY 1
OLDHAM ATHLETIC 2 NOTTS COUNTY 2
HAPPY New Year everyone! For me, NY Day usually means a day at a relatives or a trip into the countryside with Best Wife, but due to ongoing family illnesses, I am free to take in a football match.
I have long wished to revisit Boundary Park: a fantastic, traditional stadium. The Fox agrees to accompany me.
As I blast over the moors along the M62, I hit a torrential hailstorm. It has ceased when I pull up in the main car park at Oldham. I ask the startled steward if the match is still on and he asks why the concern. When I tell him about th...