Reflections

Well the Soccer season is nearing its conclusion. Birmingham City blew the chance to gain automatic promotion on Saturday night. Winning 1-0 they eventually lost 2-1 to the Pressed-on Northenders. Lee Bowyer did what he always does best and was red carded for yet another girlie fight on the pitch. After his punch up with Keiran Dwyer (both playing for Newcastle United) against the glorious Aston Villa a few years ago, you'd suspect he would have learned to behave, but realistically if I was on £30,000 per WEEK I wouldn't care either.

The Baggies seem to have at last found their testicles this weekend and put a few in against The Mackems, but is it too much, too little, too late? Methinks so

As for The Villa, they seem destined to scrape in at 5th place, having halted a run of 6 defeats with 4 draws, but they still look like they can't win to save their life!

30 miles up the A38, Burton Albion have achieved league status for the first time ever! Well done to The Brewers.

What this area needs is perpetual or continual Premier League football with a strong (West and East) Midlands presence, and the yoyo teams, a title currently held by Small Heath Alliance, and West Bromwich Albion, to be London or Lancashire teams, like Charlton, West Ham, Bolton and Wigan. Then there's the banter preceding the big games Baggies v Wolves, Blues v Villa even Derby v Forest and Leicester v Coventry, followed by six months of bragging half of us and six months of cringing for the other half. Such a great feeling. Even if you've lost, you still have the belief that you can bounce back in the next game. Its such a pity that we've had such a void in that department in this area for so long.

I always will be a Villan, but unlike many others, I follow my local teams and hope they all do nearly as well as Villa. Next season 2009-10, it'll be Villa/Blues/Wolves in the Premier League. Let's hope that all three stay up and are joined for 2010-11 by the Baggies and even Coventry. Lets also pray for the relegation of West Ham, Spurs, Fulham, Bolton and Wigan.

DTW 27/4/2009