The times they are a changin'

Having gone for what seemed like about 30 years without a win we have now won four in a row, going to show how quickly things can change in football. Unfortunately Dagenham have been on a similar run but we have now managed to reduce the 10 point gap to a more respectable 8.We've been to some dodgy places this season but as far as names go 'The Lamb Ground' in Tamworth is just weird. A small, tidy but unremarkable ground, the Lamb would not be out of place in Conference South and indeed probably will be next year as they sit firmly rooted to the bottom. I hope this doesn't seem like I am running Tamworth down as I'm not, I have a mutual respect for any football club from grass roots through to the Man Utd's and Madrid's of this world but the town, ground and crowd are nothing really to write home about. Not for the first time this season we packed out the away end selling our allocation of 850 a few days before the game and gave the team good vocal support from start to finish.
To walk a way with a 3-1 victory was satisfying as despite still not being right ourselves, Tamworth were awful and it is about time we started putting away teams at the bottom more convincingly. A good trip all round was made even better by a superb pre-match burger in a pub before and then taking only an hour and a half to get home. A fully successful day out!!A week later we played hosts to Stevenage Borough who are one of the strongest teams in this league and on a good run of form. It was generally accepted that this would be one of our most difficult game to date but for some reason Stevenage just didn't seem to turn up. Having ran us ragged with only nine men back at their place I was worried that they could pull off a result at Minchery but on the day they were uncharacteristically rubbish and we were uncharacteristically superb!! Although 2-0 doesn't exactly look like a thrashing we totally dominated the game and won at a canter.
For 44 minutes it seemed that despite battering Stevenage it was going to be another frustrating afternoon but when Matt Day headed home on the stroke of half time I and probably everyone else in the ground couldn't help thinking that was game over. The excellent Eddie Anaclet sealed the game with a deflected shot in the second half to wrap a thoroughly deserved victory, our third on the trot.As if to make a mockery of our woeful 11 game winless streak the boys in yellow and blue (yes I've decided I like them again) made the long mid-week trip to Merseyside to record an incredible 1-0 away win at Anfield. Having stunning the five times European Cup winners with a glorious strike from Danny Rose the travelling fans completely outsung the Kop for 90 minutes... Ok only joking it was Southport, but it was a great win and it was made even sweeter by Dagenham conceding a late equaliser at home to Stafford Rangers. Going 11 games without a win probably has killed off our season despite this revival but the fact is that watching Oxford is now exciting again. The fact that there is just a small chance that we can still do this has changed everyone’s outlook on the season and with Daggers still having to come to Minchery... Who knows...