Middle of July, three or four weeks to go, plenty of grass on the pitch, lots of hammering and banging in the clubhouse, level on points at top and bottom, must be time to think about the season ahead. Worked out all right in the end last year, though there were a few more grey hairs around at the end than the start, thats for sure. Usual raft of new faces at pre season training, most of them been and gone before you can learn their names, but a couple of blasts from the past even I can recall seeing before, and a promising young keeper. And Owensy returns, and is a wizz at the pre season beep tests, just wind him up and let him go.
Looks like the big lad AJ is back, and the one they call Sparky, as well as another kid who fancies himself as a striker, even though his dad was a centre half for the Mags no less, and he is called Barton, surely no relation to Joey? Well, we can only hope.....
So no shortage up front, but how does it look further back? The ginger kid is gone again I hear, but another Irishman takes his place, better tackler for sure, and Scotty’s toe might be fixed, which will be bad news for somebody....
Lots of talk of new sponsors and an advertising campaign to get the crowds rolling in, good draws in the Vase and FA Cup, but playing the first round on the Friday night could be risky, what price first team knocked out this year? And have we got that new lease on the ground yet?
Nice new carpet in the clubhouse, somebody must have found it, roof fixed at last, even on the gents, talk about new signs to follow, is this the year RCA make their mark? Maybe, maybe. Anyway you will get the real story from me in my occasional website and programme contributions, so keep looking in, no propaganda here...