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Tin Monkey · 08-09-2005, 13:28

To be fair it would have been good to have a report from Tuesday's game and being honest I did have a few comments I'd made, stored on my dictaphone. However, I'd been up since 5am that morning and by the time I'd driven home (I don't live in Accrington, so it takes quite a while), I was knackered and really needed to sleep, so I didn't write one on this occasion. If it had been a Conference game I probably would have written it out of a sense of duty, but as it was a less important game I thought that sleeping would be in my best interest, especially as I was up at 5am again the morning after. Match reports are not written in 10 seconds, but I normally spend about 45 minutes writing mine and sometimes longer.

I would love for there to be home and away match reports on the website for every game and if there are people out there willing to do them, then please step forward!!!

Ten years ago I could have devoted myself to doing things like writing match reports, but life moves on and priorities change. I have things in my life now, which mean that I can't attend every home game anymore, and I hardly ever attend any away games as I can't 'afford' to lose a full day travelling and watching football. As I say, ten+ years ago I never missed a game and I went seasons without missing any matches, but priorites do change.

I don't want this to become a sob story, but people are so quick to criticise from the comfort of their armchair, whilst doing nothing themselves. The website won a prestigious award last season due largely to the efforts of unpaid volunteers and that's something that everyone can be proud of.

08-09-2005, 13:28	#25
Tin Monkey Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 4,769 Liked: 160 times Rep Power: 1140	Re: Harwood To be fair it would have been good to have a report from Tuesday's game and being honest I did have a few comments I'd made, stored on my dictaphone. However, I'd been up since 5am that morning and by the time I'd driven home (I don't live in Accrington, so it takes quite a while), I was knackered and really needed to sleep, so I didn't write one on this occasion. If it had been a Conference game I probably would have written it out of a sense of duty, but as it was a less important game I thought that sleeping would be in my best interest, especially as I was up at 5am again the morning after. Match reports are not written in 10 seconds, but I normally spend about 45 minutes writing mine and sometimes longer. I would love for there to be home and away match reports on the website for every game and if there are people out there willing to do them, then please step forward!!! Ten years ago I could have devoted myself to doing things like writing match reports, but life moves on and priorities change. I have things in my life now, which mean that I can't attend every home game anymore, and I hardly ever attend any away games as I can't 'afford' to lose a full day travelling and watching football. As I say, ten+ years ago I never missed a game and I went seasons without missing any matches, but priorites do change. I don't want this to become a sob story, but people are so quick to criticise from the comfort of their armchair, whilst doing nothing themselves. The website won a prestigious award last season due largely to the efforts of unpaid volunteers and that's something that everyone can be proud of. __________________ T.M.