SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 HARWICH AND PARKESTON 3 NEWBURY FOREST 1

PRE-MATCH INFO: 9.5, WELCOME: 9.5, FACILITIES: 7, FOOD: 7, CHARM: 8, PROGRAMME: 7, HOME TEAM RESPECT: 6.5, HOME FANS: 7, MATCH: 7, OVERALL TRIP: 8, OFFICIALS: 8, ATT: 112

THE sky is as grey as my mood as I drive south east from the Midlands. It is a good job none of my regular fellow travellers are available for the trip today; after Thursday’s endorsement of hate, intolerance and cruelty I am not good company at the moment. For a measure of mental healing, I decide to spend a morning in the ‘wilds’ of the S...