It breaks my heart when I see youngsters in
Sheffield, Rotherham or Scunthorpe, kitted out in Chelsea or Manchester United
football kits.
If you ever ask them if they were born in Manchester
or London - "No." is virtually always the response.
"Ah. So your family comes from there?" - "Er,
no!"
GLORY HUNTERS, ALL!
There is something rather depressing in such tenuous
allegiances being exploited in order to achieve some vicarious and distant sense
of contentment to which they have neither attachment nor entitlement.
I am always happy to see kids in their Rotherham
United kits around here demonstrating their sense of local pride.
