People
As well as witnessing a huge football match along with 84,505 other supporters, yesterday was also about people. I spoke with several fellow human beings apart from Tony and Karl with whom I spent the entire day. 1. Middlesbrough fans by Wembley Way I needed somewhere to eat my Marks and Spencers "meal deal" - a tuna mayo and cucumber sandwich, a little tub of sweet grapes and a bottle of Diet Coca Cola. There was a concrete construction barrier under a shady tree so I went over there. Five Middlesbrough fans in their red and white were also hanging out there. Soon I found myself in conversation with them. Gary was thirty years old. He seemed to know more abut Hull City's squad than I did. He was married with five children below that age of seven. He told me that he was a season ticket holder but had managed to see only a few matches this past season. I asked why and he said, "Family commitments". He confided that his sixty two year old father is dying from ...