So, having spent Saturday afternoon trekking round Ikea (a place with more pregnant women per square foot than a maternity ward) checking the scores every two minutes I again find myself in a position of wondering how to explain to my 5 year old son that yes mummys team has lost already. For some this might not be a difficult proposition but, when trying to ensure that he follows the family tradition rather than being brainwashed into his daddys way of thinking, this is not easy. At this point I sould explain that his dad is a Manc of the red variety and, like the majority of Mancs, has never lived outside London or attended a single game at Old Trafford.
While my son has been to a number of matches, as has been noted earlier, the highlight of these for him has been the half time hot dog. He is however proving adept at recognising Bubbles as proven in Girona airport recently when he heard someones ring tone and started singing along. Unfortunately he is not as adpet at recognising the players despite bieng able to shout out Rooney at the top of his voice every time we pass a billboard displaying Shreks doppleganger. For this I blame the media, why should it only be players from top clubs that are lauded and used fpr product placement or is it just that everyone recognises how rubbish our team are at everything! But I forget, Scotty Parker was the face of MacDonalds years ago - lckily not in the same way as Bowyer.
Unfortunately, once again due to family commitments I am unable to acutally attend ny frits game until the end of September so I can envisage a number of weekends coming up of waiting with baited breath only to be continually let down. The question is - does it hurt more when you're there or waiting for the news?
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