Sorry I haven't posted for a little while but my bitterness has meant that I haven't felt like it.
On Sunday 29th April I went on the internet - heart in my mouth as usual - to check out the Championship scores. As soon as I discovered that we'd drawn after a last minute Ipswich equaliser, and Hull had beaten Cardiff, I knew this meant we had been relegated. The first time in our 88 year history we had been sent down to play in the third tier of English Football.
I started to cry. Tears ran freely down my face. It's not the first time I've cried sitting on a computer at Uni, I'm surprised no-one has caught me yet haha!
People don't really understand how bad I feel. I spend over an hour practically every day reading about Leeds on the sites, message boards etc, sometimes up to 3+ hours (yes I am a saddo). Since my whole life is practically subsumed with hope and worry for Leeds, since I exert so much of my energies on my favourite team, the fact that everything has come to this...is so goddamn terrible.
I just sat there crying.
Since then I have felt anger, and I have felt flat. Just plain old dejected. A bit like the 2006 playoff final except worse.
The cycle of tears, anger and flatness is one I've become used to in 2007. It's not a nice cycle let me assure you.
I've kind of lost my interest in sport after the news. What with the Black Caps losing their semi-final as well.
I've just got to hope that sometime in the next 10 years we can get somewhere close to our previous glory.
I am Leeds United and I'm proud of it. Marching on Together. We Will be back.
Once Leeds sort out their financial problems they should be sweet. Big population base and (still hopefully) high fan support. Lets hope they don't turn into a "Nottingham Forest" and drop anchor in League One!
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