Watching Barca’s performance last night against AC Milan not only threw me into a bad depressive mode. It made my flu that much worse so all I could think of was going to bed and hoping sleep would come as quickly as possible. This morning the memory of last night was the first thought that came to me so I felt it difficult to get up. A hang-over despite not touching a drop of alcohol since Lent began!
Such moods are familiar to football fans the world over but I suspect we cules suffer from post-match let-down syndrome more than most. Let’s face it we have been spoilt by the unprecedented success that out football team has enjoyed in recent years and which still had TV commentators like Glen Hoddle last night describing us as the greatest in the world.
Older generations of cules suffered a great deal more, both politically and in sporting terms, and yet kept the faith, and their cool if Barca lost deservedly as it did last night, trusting in better days to come. By contrast I know of younger cules who now get drunk and violent and rather nasty when things don’t go according to what they’ve got used to. Such behaviour is unacceptable anywhere in sport, but most of all in a club that boasts a unique sense of civility.
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