Kick Off

So this is the start of my blog. I've been toying with the idea of doing something like this for a while. I remember I began to think about it seriously the day that City travelled to Anfield and were duly dispatched 6-1. It wasn't the best day we've had following City but it wasn't the worst either. We'd had problems getting to the game. We'd elected to travel by train to Liverpool and get the bus from the station there to Anfield. We'd done that last season. No problem. Or so we thought. We hadn't bargained on the rail services messing with us. Long story short, we were stranded in Manchester with less than an hour and half til kick off and no hope of getting there on time by train so we took a taxi from Manchester to Anfield for £60, driven there by an fucking idiot of a Man City fan who wanted to tell us all about his beloved Citeh and how "the pussy round here is amazing." We ignored him for most of the journey but all got the impression that he hated Manchester United more than he loved Manchester City. So pockets lighter, and heads heavier, we took our seats and watched City get taken apart by a Fernando Torres master class (equally weighted by an Ibrahima Sonko horror show) and then made our way back to Hull. Once back home, we went for a few scoops in Gardener's on Cott Road, with my uncle Peter, his girlfriend Allie and my mum, just to round the day off with something enjoyable because up until then it had been a bit of a shocker. Over several beers, I was cajoled into starting something like this and now three months down the line I've done it.

Over the course of next however many entries, I'm going to bring you my thoughts on City, football in general, be it the Champion's League, England's upcoming World Cup disappointment or just my six a side team. There'll also be a few entries about music, just for variety, you know? This was just an introduction. Saturday sees City travel to Arsenal, where no doubt a repeat of last year's epic 2-1 victory will prove to be beyond them but as long as we can show the same kind of fighting spirit that was evident during our FA Cup Quarter Final tie there back in March then I'll be happy. Anyway, I'll preview that game sometime before Saturday and I'm also working on my best of 2009 lists for goals, games and records.

Thanks for reading.

Soundtrack to this post:
Lucero's '1372 Overton Park' (Universal Republic Records, 2009)