23 Hours to go

As I'm sat here in my little house in Rhyl watching the X-files my mind drifts to the Beveree, a place i used to literally call home, and the events that would be unfolding there in less than a day.



If you are a Hampton supporter in which ever part of the world you call home, you will be thinking the same. What will happen come 9:30(ish) on Thursday 7th May 2009, there will be tears, but what type, with out a doubt there will be drinks drunk a large majority by Stef, (and say what you want about playing a final at "home" it's money for our coffers) and there is the very real prospect of trips to Gateshead and Chester, amongst others and renewing our "friendly rivalry" with AFC, or if things go wrong Stains Town.

It has been a typical Hampton season, one which unfortunately i haven't been able to witness first hand, but reports have been good. Big Crowds, good wins, leaving it late, losing to teams we should beat. it was happening when we were playing Windsor and Eton, and it will happen whoever we play next term........

but we are here on the eve of the "biggest game in the clubs history" (#2) so something must have gone right on the pitch, and you can't open a forum without seeing supporters of another club tearing us a new one, calling us cheats / boring / small, and that is with out personal jibes at our supporters, who no matter whether old, young, tall, short, fat, thin have had their part to play in Hampton's season ( I can only be glad that I am not known to some of the opposition supporters, I think they may burst into flames if they knew there was a Welsh, Tubby, Ginger, guy about. Their tiny minds would implode under the strain), what has Hampton done to upset so many people, apart from lamping a mascot, which in many sports is seen as respectable, hardly a season goes by without a mascot based incident, see Cyril at Swansea, Buck at London Broncos. Anyway if he had any balls he would have fought back!

Anyway back to Hampton. The fact that we have upset so many should be cause enough for celebration, but it's not over, not by a long shot, whatever the outcome there is still at least 90 minutes of adventure and excitement, the stuff that Beavers have grown to love, nothing is ever easy but we wouldn't have it any other way!

Toddle Pip