"Good things come to an end...
That's exactly what happened last Wednesday night when we played Codicote at Herns Lane. We lost our un-beaten record going down to 2-0. The defeat last week - the only one we have suffered in the league his season - has lifted the pressure of us.
There was a lot of talk about @WGCFC going the whole season unbeaten, but when we did lose it was important that we re grouped and went again. We did just that by beating Amersham away on Saturday 5-0. Obviously it was disappointing to lose to Codicote because we felt we were on a great run and never looked like getting beat. But that's football!
I saw someone tweet about "how hard" is it mixing work life with Non-League football commitments. Well, for me, because I work in football myself it's not too bad. There's no rushing here there and everywhere to get to training or a midweek game. Sometimes if my job takes me on a journey of all journeys on match days for my 16-19 boys, there's still normally enough time for me to get back in time.
In next weeks feature, I'll be speaking to one of the lads in our squad who has missed a few games due to work commitments, so you can get an inside of how hard it can be for him.
I was sitting down in the cafe Sunday morning reading the sun newspaper when a piece in an article from Harry Redknapp struck me. He mentioned how his QPR team play Swansea on New Years Day and how they would have the team stay in a hotel New Years Eve. He said how hard it can be for the players to sleep in a hotel when other guests are doing the conga until 3am. Hard life for the professional footballer isn't it. I'm sure there will be a few non-league players doing the conga at 3am and then getting up at midday to go and play a game of football.
That leads me on to finish by mentioning our Christmas Derby Day game v Hatfield Town on Saturday 27th December. Lucky enough we don't play Boxing Day, but with no training between last Saturday and this Saturday, a few of our players would have drunk and eaten a lot, (more of the latter from me), over Christmas, have a few more beers Boxing Day and then be ready for a big match the next. I know there's a few lads in both teams that will be doing that this week, but that's Non-League life around Christmas."
@SamPerrin_
Welwyn Garden City FC
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