Ee by gum what a start to the new season

Went down to Coventry last Sunday - not a bad drinkingb hole I found for the branch - a good pint and even black pudding on the bar. Ground was a typical new one that was less than half full - we were singing shit ground no fans and couldn't sell all your tickets etc ... one guy near me said we shouldn't sing that until we see how many go to our home games this season.
The game was basically the same as last season with plenty of guts and stamina with a bit of good passing but to let in slip in a few daft minutes was un-thinkable and must be cut out as we progress through the season. We ambled out of the ground down but not dis-heartened saying well we never win at Coventry (but we should be!!!) Then it was back to Rossy in the bus and off on our journey home did we have any brakes on the coach or not it was hard to tell.

Wednesday came around fairly fast and after asking who was going we had 2 or 3 that came un-announced only to be told that they must inform me in future if they want to travel. In teh end we had 32 on a 33 seater coach and made £12 profit on the fares together with the branch winning the domino card we added another profit to the kitty.
The game I believe was worse than the Coventry game with not as much fight, Lawrenson was again aweful but he is playing on the left and not on the right. I was just saying to a steward that this game will end up 1:0 to the Brum when a penalty was awarded as I finished getting my words out of my mouth. So it ended 0:1 to Brum and again we all walked out at the end dejected with fans saying it will be a long time before he (Quinny) fills this ground.

So we set off home and to cap the night off the coach broke down - wheel bearings at the back went and the tyre was rubbing against the inside well - replacement coach needed so we got home late as well as dejected.

Hope things improve on Saturday!

Jim Gilling