Wombling free: a fan’s journey from despising football to gaining a superpower

Michael Roberts loathed the beautiful game 10 years ago before a visit to AFC Wimbledon changed everythingUntil about 10 years ago I despised football. That’s not to be confused with passive indifference – I held a genuine disdain for it. The way it smugly held cultural dominance and arrogantly took over every conversation repelled me. It had a history of stats and characters I wasn’t invited to learn about and, worse, it was littered with the ugliness of toxic masculinity and racism. It earned my loathing.This all started in Cornwall. Though Truro City have recently won a historic promotion to the National League, in the Duchy in the 90s the opportunities to see national level football were sparse. My friends would make the two-hour journey up past the border to Plymouth Argyle to get a taste of that. It was relatively far and definitely not affordable for everyone. Continue reading...

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