You can read Part 1 of this article here.
By the time all of the Bath City fans had resettled themselves behind the High Street Goal the
match had already been underway for a couple minutes. There wasn't room for our gigantic white
ensign, but the rest of the flags were hung as visibly as possible and we got down to the serious
business of cheering the team on.
Bath City defeated Thurrock 1-0 at Twerton Park Saturday. Despite the rather tame sounding
scoreline, it was a momentous victory for City. I will get to why it was so important in a moment.
Before then I will pause to take a few digs at Thurrock. It is too tempting to resist.
Thurrock are a relatively recently formed football club, having entered the already crowded
London-area football scene in 1985.
In the Belly of the Beastleigh - Part 1 can be read here.
One of the nice things that has happened wtih the emergence of the new, extremely vocal Bath City
supporters group ('the Legion') is that I don't get nearly as worked up as I used to in the minutes
before the match begins. Instead of brooding about what a loss or draw would do to City's
promotions prospects I'm usually distracted by how the flags are going up, or what new song we are
going to try today.
In the Belly of the Beastleigh - Part 1 can be read here.
One of the nice things that has happened wtih the emergence of the new, extremely vocal Bath City
supporters group ('the Legion') is that I don't get nearly as worked up as I used to in the minutes
before the match begins. Instead of brooding about what a loss or draw would do to City's
promotions prospects I'm usually distracted by how the flags are going up, or what new song we are
going to try today.
Bath City defeated Thurrock 1-0 at Twerton Park Saturday. Despite the rather tame sounding
scoreline, it was a momentous victory for City. I will get to why it was so important in a moment.
Before then I will pause to take a few digs at Thurrock. It is too tempting to resist.
Thurrock are a relatively recently formed football club, having entered the already crowded
London-area football scene in 1985.
You can read Part 1 of this article here.
By the time all of the Bath City fans had resettled themselves behind the High Street Goal the
match had already been underway for a couple minutes. There wasn't room for our gigantic white
ensign, but the rest of the flags were hung as visibly as possible and we got down to the serious
business of cheering the team on.
