I have several interests that occupy my time outside of work and family including history, film, art and music (both listening to it and playing) and I enjoy walking and making the most of the coastal area I now live in. I've been an avid reader since childhood across a range of subjects. Despite having shown no interest in it whatsoever when I was younger, I now also enjoy gardening and growing our own fruit and veg. Also have our several pets including dog, cats, chickens, ducks and snake. Lots of different things to occupy myself with then outside of the jobs my better half thinks I should spend more of my time doing 😁

My interest in the Albion began as a kid and I went to as many games as I could and devoured the match reports in the "pink un". My dad and one brother are Blues fans so there has always been this friendly banter over football. Due to the nature of my work and having long moved away from the area I can sadly now class myself as only an armchair fan though.

Is football important to me then? With everything else going on, I certainly cannot say that it dominates my life-but somehow it is an indelible part of the fabric of it. I no longer get so worked up about the wider game as I once did or religiously watch MOTD anymore but football is still an essential part of banter at work as discussion of how Albion or Blues are doing remains a constant in any conversation with my Dad or brother. Maybe, in the wider scope of things, football in general isnt that important but following Albion remains a kind of constant and the performance (or not!) of the baggies still has that unerring ability to affect my mood. I can certainly identify with scoop when he talks about not being able to relax when listening to match commentary on the radio or watching them on tv though !