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It's fantastic the point-to-point is back on the menu at Charing - I'll see you there in the beer tent

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Peter ThomasSenior features writer
The crowd look on during a point-to-point meeting at High Easter in Essex
People aren't that hard to find at a point-to-point trackCredit: Getty Images

There's something very different about supporters of grassroots sport.

In a former life on the local papers, I followed Wycombe Wanderers around the country and got to see their more committed fans in all their glory, borderline obsessives, sometimes gathering behind the goal on otherwise deserted terraces with a cup of Bovril to start a lively conversation with the opposition keeper, or discussing the goals-to-games ratio of Mark West from open play in all matches in the 1986-87 season, not including friendlies.

They enjoyed success for their team but it was more about the common interest of otherwise diverse individuals, and mostly about, well, just being at the football.

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Published on 26 January 2024inPeter Thomas

Last updated 14:00, 26 January 2024

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