Rachel Stansfield

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

"Bernado" running down the wing @BernardoCSilva cheeky selfie from my boy 💙

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@Tungsten_Tales Yeh, good luck in Liverpool too 🤣👀

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@richfurness @joshpearson180 @anonymous_darts 3rd time been to this fixture with my son, won't be going again, what the hell was in the air last night, last hour was awful, sure some of them have no interest in the darts at all.

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@oasis

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@liamgfansclub

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@isaackearney 💔💔 sending love to Isaac 💔♥️😪

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

I often see people on here from outside the football bubble bemoaning the fact that so many millions of people are obsessed with the game when there are “more important things” going on but without the release that football offers, so many would feel utterly lost and hopeless.

We all know it doesn’t “matter” in the grand scheme of things but that’s the beauty of it. Allowing yourself to care about something so deeply which you have no tangible control over, alongside hundreds of thousands of people who feel the same way as you? That’s the good stuff.

Football is the ultimate form of escapism, the opium of the masses, the opportunity to suspend the realities of life; bills, relationship problems or a job you hate and give yourself over to something which provokes a sense of childlike wonder and hope simultaneously.

Ask Palace, Newcastle, Tottenham, Bologna or Napoli fans from this season alone if the feelings and emotions they’ve had are matched by anything in normal life? I’m pretty sure their collective response would be a unanimous “no”. That doesn’t make them fools, it doesn’t act as a measure of their intelligence, it simply means they’ve allowed their minds to care about something greater than themselves in a wholehearted and emotionally vulnerable way, which I happen to think is what life is all about.

Supporting a football club is an exercise in perseverance and faith for 95% of us; those who choose to pour cold water on why that’s so important while the rest of modern society is so geared towards misery are missing the point.

Thanks for reading my ramblings. ❤️

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@ChrisWillan78 @SchoolsFootball Some goal that 👌

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@snappershaz @YouTube Ha, I love how they just do everything you tell them to 📸💜💙

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@BurnleyOfficial 3pm kick off?

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@BFCspares Under 19 spare for today #twitterclarets

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@ClaretsAcademy It was a great game to watch with some fantastic goals 👏⚽️

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@BurnleyOfficial Could have played all through the night and still not scored 🤨

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@sashtlfc @LFCHelp Nothing, we were lucky enough to be in hospitality, well not lucky, just sold a kidney! So we had a spare or two ⚽️

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@beckyschofe Aw he's beautiful, congratulations to you all 💙

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@ChrisWillan78 Don't be too hard on yourself even your star boy did that a few times this season 🤣🤪

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@ThePaulMachin Any spares for Wolves 😅

[Rachel Stansfield @cleggyr1]

@beckyschofe Lovely news, congratulations 🎊

[BRGS @BRGS_1701]

Sixth Form ⚽ A dominant display saw BRGS win 3-0.  Goal scorers: Tom.S, Sami.S, Archie.S. MOTM: Sam.E. A special mention to Jared.G, Daniel.C and Archie.S for making their Sixth Form debuts.