It was a matter of time, was it not, that I would end up passing comment on the free-rolling bandwagon that is blogging? That must be what this blog is about, surely?
NO!
This bandwagon is much older, and 'bandwagon' is in fact the wrong word, because this is more of a roller-coaster. This roller-coaster is football. How? Because it creates a paradigm in which everyone can be impressed, everyone can have a view and everyone can have a little bit of disdain. So how does this roller-coaster/bandwagon come into play? Well to anyone who watched Arsenal vs. Milan, one would assume you gave 'The Gunners' a fair amount of support. This can be with no allegiance to them whatsoever, no plans to ever support them, but they were against a side that is not of your own nation, the possibility of the positive experiences of your compatriots is the essence of why you climbed aboard this wagon just before it started rolling.
The same can be said for my club; for those of you that don't know, this is Middlesbrough. After three years in (what we would consider to be) the footballing wilderness we appear to be on our way up. As a once-upon-a-time season ticket holder (that I gave up when I moved to Leeds) this is a very exciting prospect.
Lets hope the hype can be lived up to!
