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Once Upon A Time In Bermondsey
Nov. 26th, 2011 10:56 pmSet off for the Smoke early this morning, to check out an exhibition about Fisher FC made by an MA student at the London College of Communication (formerly the London College of Printing). I wandered around the galleries for a while until one friendly student, noticing my Fisher shirt, asked "Are you looking for the exhibition about Fisher Athletic?" and pointed me in the right direction. Even then the exhibit took a while to spot until I noticed a familiar photo on the wall - the rest of the photos were in a handsomely bound and embossed book on a lectern beneath.
An introduction by the student said a few words about Fisher's bankruptcy and rebirth and said he wanted to capture both the club's decline and the fans' determination to keep the club alive. He certainly did that. The collection consisted of poignant photos of our old ground at Surrey Docks as it is today, strewn with rubbish, with weeds growing, and with one photo showing one of the weekly car boot sales that are now the only activity on the site (those almost had me tearing up) - and pics of the team and fans at matches this season. I thought there was a rear view of me in one photo, but it turned out to be Steve (the backs of our heads look virtually identical).
From there, took the bus to Dulwich for lunch, then onto the clubhouse for a pint of London Pride over the second half of Stoke v Blackburn before the main event, Fisher versus runaway league leaders Herne Bay. Dan knew from Twitter that I'd been to the exhibition, and said that the student would be donating a copy of the book to the club.
During the week, one of our former players, Paul Collins, had died of motor neurone disease, aged 48. Quite a few people who'd known Paul paid to get into the game, not to see the whole match but just to join us for the minute's silence. Very touching.
Super Chrissy Hubbard put us ahead on five minutes with a well taken goal. Could the Fish pull off an upset? No. Herne Bay's striker blasted an equaliser from outside the box with 21 minutes gone and from then on it was one way traffic. By half-time we were 3-1 down; in the bar Mark said we'd made a mistake by scoring - "we sparked them into a fightback. We should have parked the bus and gone for a 0-0." Herne Bay added two more after the break.
Dan won the 50/50 draw; the jokey cries of 'Fix' were silenced by the announcement that he was donating his winnings to Paul's wreath.
Home in time to catch Harry Hill's TV Burp on ITV1+1.
An introduction by the student said a few words about Fisher's bankruptcy and rebirth and said he wanted to capture both the club's decline and the fans' determination to keep the club alive. He certainly did that. The collection consisted of poignant photos of our old ground at Surrey Docks as it is today, strewn with rubbish, with weeds growing, and with one photo showing one of the weekly car boot sales that are now the only activity on the site (those almost had me tearing up) - and pics of the team and fans at matches this season. I thought there was a rear view of me in one photo, but it turned out to be Steve (the backs of our heads look virtually identical).
From there, took the bus to Dulwich for lunch, then onto the clubhouse for a pint of London Pride over the second half of Stoke v Blackburn before the main event, Fisher versus runaway league leaders Herne Bay. Dan knew from Twitter that I'd been to the exhibition, and said that the student would be donating a copy of the book to the club.
During the week, one of our former players, Paul Collins, had died of motor neurone disease, aged 48. Quite a few people who'd known Paul paid to get into the game, not to see the whole match but just to join us for the minute's silence. Very touching.
Super Chrissy Hubbard put us ahead on five minutes with a well taken goal. Could the Fish pull off an upset? No. Herne Bay's striker blasted an equaliser from outside the box with 21 minutes gone and from then on it was one way traffic. By half-time we were 3-1 down; in the bar Mark said we'd made a mistake by scoring - "we sparked them into a fightback. We should have parked the bus and gone for a 0-0." Herne Bay added two more after the break.
Dan won the 50/50 draw; the jokey cries of 'Fix' were silenced by the announcement that he was donating his winnings to Paul's wreath.
Home in time to catch Harry Hill's TV Burp on ITV1+1.
