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Great highlights, and how lovely to see AFC Diamonds being promoted on BT Sport last night - our vice-chairman getting on the airwaves as ever ;)

ooh I missed that on BT Sport, what programme was it on as they hadn't decided on the name when we recorded it, I might have to subscribe now!

bozzer wrote:ooh I missed that on BT Sport, what programme was it on as they hadn't decided on the name when we recorded it, I might have to subscribe now!

I think it was called 'Football Outposts'. Unfortunately, it was very, very, very hard to like the guy who was doing the programme. It was supposed to be a proper and fair look at non-league football without the patronising 'ITV FA Cup' feel to it. However, it was extremely patronizing, from a self-confessed Arsenal fan!

I honestly don't know how we would get by in the media without Caroline Barker and Steve Bower (?) the Conference TV games commentator. They seem to be the only people who 'get it'. In fairness, the woman who used to work for ESPN and started off on Conference games with Setanta was also quite good - she now hosts the Premier League games for NBC in the States I believe.

I missed the programme. :(

More information here:-

http://sport.bt.com/moresporthub/moresp ... 3819081379

Football Outposts - Sunday August 11, 8pm, BT Sport 1

Football Outposts is a very different film which sees author and all round good guy Tom Watt embarking on a journey to some of the far flung, little known clubs on the football map.

Tom and I had talked about growing up listening to the football results with James Alexander Gordon. All the names that become embedded in your subconscious and yet you have no idea where they are or what league they're in. What interested us as much if not more than that was the kind of people who support these clubs. Tom and I both follow lower league teams ourselves - I'm a Portsmouth fan and Tom watches the Arsenal (!).

Anyone who has supported a football club all their life, and particularly those at the lower end of the ladder, will know that it's never really about the football. We all want our team to win but what draws 600 people to Arbroath every other Saturday isn't success on the pitch. That, I'm afraid, is something of a rarity.

What it does give you is an identity and a sense of belonging. In some of these areas - and in tough economic and social times - that is so important. We travelled from the east coast of Scotland, down through Carlisle, Accrington Stanley, Scarborough and into a twilight zone of clubs struggling to survive or getting back on their feet after a mighty fall. What we found was a connection between football club and supporter that perhaps no longer exists at the top level. And we had some fun too.


The guy Everyweeker mentioned is Tom Watt well known Gooner and former Eastenders actor.

we filmed it at the ground in February, Tom Watt was really nice actually and seemed very interested in what we were doing and trying to achieve.

David, you're a great bloke but sorry mate those interviews are cringeworthy. Just can't watch them, I have to stop the video every time after the highlights finish.

Great to see the goals though!!!