Dear Dad ...

[CamPie]

My life sentence really started early seventies but I was probably already hooked late sixties when I was about 8. There?s no family affiliation, my Dad was from Wakefield and Rugby League was his sport and a Trinity fan. A family friend up the road in Burton Joyce used to go to Meadow Lane every week with his son, occasionally I went with them and I think this was when Notts was embedded as my team, although, like my Yorkshire cousins, I originally had a soft spot for Leeds. During the 3 day week and Sunday football I remember my Dad taking me to both Notts and F****t games a couple of times. I preferred being at the Lane and having reached my t eens started to go down on my own steam meeting up with friends from Woodborough. And that was it - mostly pain for life with bits of immense pleasure thrown in every now and then.