Over 40 of the York City South members gathered at the Elusive Camel near Waterloo Station (121 Lower Marsh, London SE1) to watch the game. Unfortunately, I was not one of them. I was sunning myself in Majorca! Nevertheless, I did manage to get a waiter to put the match on in the hotel bar. So there my fiancée and I sat, both clad in our City shirts as the bar steadily emptied. The elderly clientele weren’t too amused that their daily dose of EastEnders had been cut short!

It didn’t take long for things to take a turn for the worst as once again an individual error proved costly. 11 minutes gone and already it’s looking like an uphill battle. As our faces became longer, guests stopped on their way to the bar to see what was happening on the big screen. "Mor, Yor?" they asked, "Who’s playing?", "Morecambe and York", we replied. "Oh", they mumbled under their breath as they made an even swifter beeline for the next glass of sangria.

So the next time City are invited to play on Sky, maybe they should think twice before accepting, but you never know. What is it they say? Fifth time lucky? Let’s hope so!

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