Lee Price - Turning My Back on the Premier League
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For every dedicated football supporter like Allen, multi-tasking club officials such as Steve Thompson, and distinctly human footballers of the ilk of Chris Lewington keep doing what you do. You preserve the beauty and character of our national game, with limited reward. Thank you.
Id like to thank everyone at Dagenham & Redbridge for being so hospitable during my year following the club from fellow fans such as Allen and Tom, to club officials like Steve and Jodie, and players such as Abu Ogogo and Chris Lewington. Thank you for giving up your time to help this project.
Further, Id like to thank Seb and Bill from Stand for co-operation and inspiration; Dean Holdswoth and Xpro for valuable insight; and everyone involved in the Against League Three movement for reminding the Premier League how passionate fans are outside of the top flight.
None of this would have been possible without the support of my agent, Melanie Michael-Greer, whose enthusiasm was a huge part in getting this book published. Thank you.
Thanks, too, to my family and friends for forgiving my social schedule being even more packed than usual and, finally, to my girlfriend Katie, who has been incredibly understanding, patient and loving throughout. Thank you Im very lucky.
Finally, thank you to everyone at Dagenham & Redbridge as a whole for rekindling my love in football.
When I started this book, I knew that I was perturbed by the wealth surrounding the Premier League. As a fan of Manchester United, everything revolved around money, and as one of the richest clubs in the world United have often been accused of buying their way to the title. When youre a kid, its not the sort of thing you register; its over your head. As an adult, its unavoidable, hence my decision to turn my back on the Premier League. But I think I may have underestimated just how corporate our beloved top tier has become.
I delivered my finished manuscript for this book in May 2014. Within a week it was reported that one of the standout stars of the league, Yaya Toure, was unhappy at Manchester City because the clubs owners didnt make enough of a fuss of him on his birthday. Its beyond parody.
Uniteds season, meanwhile, had ended with a whimper not that it affected the profit and revenue which continued to rise. In this day and age, sadly, thats all that matters.
But the most staggering revelation came from the Football Association and the Premier League governing bodies that are supposed to be protecting our beautiful game.
In an apparent bid to improve the fortunes of our national team, the two powers came up with a suggestion of League Three a division between League Two and the Conference National, for Premier League B teams.
It is the most insulting and vulgar reflection of modern priorities which says Premier League first and screw the rest.
Over the course of the 2013/14 campaign, I abandoned the division, and instead followed my local team Dagenham & Redbridge in League Two.
It was a refreshing and heart-warming reminder of the best of football and a sickeningly poignant display of the worst; clubs like Dagenham are under serious threat, struggling to cover their overheads sums that would be trivial to a Premier League player, let alone club.
Dont get me wrong, the Premier League is a wonderful product, and Ill continue to watch the big games on television for the sense of occasion like the Champions League but I dont want to be a customer, a transaction, a number.
I want to be a fan. With Manchester United and the Premier League, I didnt feel that.
This story is one of re-discovery of the simple, pure passion for the game, untouched by money and the evils that come with it.
| 1878 | Founded as Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club. |
| 1902 | Change name to Manchester United. |
| 1910 | The club move into their newly constructed stadium, Old Trafford. |
| 1948 | The club attracts a record attendance while temporarily sharing Maine Road with rivals City of 83,260 for a First Division clash with Arsenal, the second highest gate of all-time. |
| 1958 | Eight players are among those killed in the Munich air disaster, memorials for which take place across the footballing community on its anniversary each year. |
| 1968 | The Red Devils become the first English club to win the European Cup, beating Benfica 4-1 thanks to goals from Sir Bobby Charlton, George Best, and Brian Kidd. |
| 1999 | The club wins an historic continental treble of the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League. |
| 2000 | Controversy reigns as United pull out of the FA Cup in order to participate in FIFAs Club World Cup, at the request of the FA, which is keen to raise its profile ahead of its campaign to host the 2006 World Cup. |
| 2005 | United are purchased by American billionaire Malcolm Glazer in a deal worth around 800m. |
| 2009 | Star player Cristiano Ronaldo departs for Real Madrid, in a then world record fee of 80m. |
| 2013 | United lift a record 20th top-flight English title, surpassing Liverpools tally of 19. |
| 1992 | Redbridge Forest and Dagenham merge to form Dagenham & Redbridge. The new clubs first game, in the Football League Conference, is a 2-0 win over Merthyr Tydfil which dissolved in 2010. |
| 1996 | Dagenham & Redbridge are relegated from the Conference to the Isthmian League Premier Division. |
| 2000 | Dagenham earn promotion back to the Conference. |
| 2002 | An FA Cup tie with Ipswich Town prompts the clubs highest ever attendance of 5,949. As of the 2013/14 season, this is the third lowest record attendance in the league. |
| 2004 | The club is thumped 9-0 by Hereford United, which equalled a Conference record for highest winning margin in the league. |
| 2007 | Dagenham are crowned Conference champions, winning promotion to the Football League for the first time. |
| 2010 | Promoted to League One, beating Rotherham United 3-2 in the play-off final. |
| 2011 | The Daggers suffer end of season heartbreak as they are relegated back to League Two in the final match of the campaign. |
| 2013 | The club receives its highest ever transfer fee, as starlet Dwight Gayle joins Peterborough for 700,000. |
| 2013 | Dagenham avoid relegation back to the Conference on the final day of the season, surviving on goal difference. |
My storys probably much the same as yours. Like most young, male Brits, my first and strongest love was football.
The simple joy of kicking a ball around in the back garden has never left me even now, I cant resist. Usually under the premise of joining in with a younger relative, Ill still be there long after their interest has waned, simply knocking the ball about.
When a baby is born, experts say that the mother should hold it as soon as possible, as that sensation of touch helps to build a bond. For me, the same thing happened the first time I felt a ball against my foot an instant, and permanent, relationship was formed. That sensation was magical. I still prefer to play bare foot, to revisit that feeling. When I feel the ball against my bare foot a buzz runs through me, a genuine thrill.
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