Football / Fan's View
‘Santa: brings us 3 points – and a striker’
Christmas, that well known time of good cheer and happiness. I, like I am sure most football fans up and down the country, love the festive period for more than just the standard gluttony and socially acceptable debauchery that goes on.
For as along as anyone can remember the Football Associations of the United Kingdom have treated this period as a time to play as much football as is, borderline at least, humanly possible.
Despite the constant murmur from managers in the game, often from abroad, and all the talk of supposed fatigue for those who ply their footballing trade upon these shores, the festive football bonanza that we all enjoy remains in tact.
I myself have incredibly fond football memories from this time of the year from growing up. As a youngster who only attended a few games a season, the Boxing or New Year’s Day fixture was, well, a fixture in my family’s annual calendar.
As I said at the start, this time of year is, to most people at least, supposed to full of happiness. But, like fans up and down the country, a football fans festive cheer is tempered by how well their team is doing. One would imagine that there’s a noticeable difference in the air of say Leicestershire verses certain parts of West London.
I’d say Bristol City fans have good reason to be pretty buoyant at this time of year when it’s customary to take stock of things. Having said that, four wins in twenty-two games, does not read too well.
But, as we all know, this does not give a full picture of our season so far. The important things to focus on include the fact we currently reside outside of the bottom three and that the team are showing genuine improvements as the season goes on.
I felt that our rousing 1-1 draw at home to Queens Park Rangers was one of the most complete performances of the season so far and we were unlucky not have picked up all three points.
Our Boxing Day fixture this year pits us against a fellow “struggling” side, and, as is always stated, results against those placed around you take on an extra significance no matter what time of the year.
So, let’s hope Santa brings us three points this year and maybe a striker, oh and perhaps a cultured experienced midfielder to arrive in the New Year.
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