A Good Old Fashioned Boxing Day

Back in my teens and early 20's Boxing day meant one thing,Football,it was the days  when just because your friend or neighbour supported the other local team or teams you didn't call them scum and plaster invective all over the internet. (Well not that we had had the Internet)

No it was the days when on Boxing Day irrespexctive of who you supported you went to the match that was on,so us Wolves fan's would go to the Albion and vice versa and I do remember one occasion when neither Wolves or Albion were playing the attendance at Walsall went through the roof.

Well since my love of the top flight game has dwindled over the years Boxing Day has had nothing to do with Football but yesterday for a change there was a West Midland League match on,sadly not my beloved AFC Wulfrunians but probably the most historic of local derbies at this level Gornal Athletic v Dudley Town and what a game to celebrate Boxing day it was.

From the start it was end to end goals galore a couple of seriously dodgy refereeing decisions,although to be fair he got most things correct,and I was fortunate enough to get some decent photographs.

So thanks for a great afternoon guys and lets hope that more clubs at this level look to get a fixture on Boxing Day in the years to come

Oh and more photos of the match can be seen here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/sets/72157628576550725/