Saltergate - The Theatre of Dreams

Today's blip is my dedication to Saltergate, home of Chesterfield FC. This is the last season at Saltergate, before moving to a purpose built stadium on the other side of town.

I was going to call the blip "Promised you a miracle", "Tears are not enough" and even toyed with "Love will tear us apart" as they better sum up my love affair with the club. Instead I went with the ironic title above which is the adopted name I gave the ground over 10 years ago during a particularly cold, dreary, lifeless game.

There have been highs, there has certainly been more lows, but I will miss the ground when we move at the end of the season. All the hurt and desperate, crushing lows have all been worth it for those brief glimpses at something beautiful and something that moves the soul; like the 5-2 demolition of Mansfield. That still stands out as one the very happiest moments of my life. I will take that to my grave.

It was sentimental walking around the terraces, standing in my spot and looking at this dishevelled, stuck together with stick tape kind of ground.

Generations of Cestrefeldians have stood shoulder to shoulder, as one, unified on a single banner. There are a lot of ghosts and lots of history that we are saying goodbye to. It will be sad for some.