Tears for souvenirs

Final round of the Premier League is over. The season is over and I'm now stuck with boring Norwegian football and cricket. There'll probably be some tennis too. Well, that is until silly season starts.

But a lot of fans are left with tears for souvenirs as SKY Sports' commentators during the League 1 Play Off final said it, in this case referring to Millwall who fought back a 1-0 deffacite to a 2-1 lead until collapsing again and losing 3-2. It was a good match, one of the best matches I've seen this season, but a good show wasn't good enough for Millwall today. I feel for the fans, I really do. I know how it is to be a fan and watch as your team loose a final. It hurts. A person that isn't a die hard supporter like the rest of us will never understand it. Loosing a final is never good, either it's the Play Off's or a Champions League final. No matter what you're stuck with a feeling that all the hard work you've put into the competition this season is now worth nothing. You get to see the trophy, but you know that you will never lift it, and as a fan you have to watch the other team lift it, and also watch how the other fans cry of joy while your tears of despair are running down your cheeks. I'd take a kick in the balls any day before watching Arsenal loose a final, especially a final where I've seen the lads give it all.

Newcastle and Middelsborough fans also shedded their tears today as they were relegated down to the Championship. Personally I'm pissed off as hell because Whores(Hull City) managed to stay up, but as Andy Gray said; If you're not good enough for this league you will be found out of, and that quickly. That's what happened to Newcastle and Boro this season. I can't imagine how it feels for their supporters right now. I think it is bad to watch your team get relegated, but knowing that your team has played like crap and obviously haven't given their best effort all season doesn't ease the pain. Boro and Newcastle have played like crap almost every game, and they deserve nothing but relegation, but even though I hate Newcastle, or at least dislike strongly(due to the Geordies), I still think The Magpies belong in the Premier League.

St. Jamses Park is known for it's good atmosphere(although it was shait when I was there), an atmosphere that very few Premier League clubs can copy. I think the only clubs that I've seen has better supporters is Derby County. The club was relegated last season with the fewest amount of points ever in the Premier League, but still the club filled it's stadium every match. I think that's a thing worthy of great respect. People always talk about how Liverpool has such a great atmosphere with The Kop and everything, but they have success at least. They have a geniuine chance every season to take a trophy. They are considered one of the big four. Derby is considered a rubbish club, but still their fans are more loyal than Liverpool's fans, at least in my eyes. You'll always have the hard core that will support their team no matter what, but you also have a lot of people that supports the team because they win. Usually those people can only name two players in the club and they all deserve to be shot, but with success comes groupies.

So, I wish best of all to the true fans of the clubs that are relegated and I hope that the groupies get shot.

Until next time, blog readers.