Where’s Your Caravan?: My Life on Football’s B-Roads by Chris Hargreaves

Author:Chris Hargreaves
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Non-Fiction, Football, Sports & Recreation, Personal Memoirs, Biography & Autobiography, Soccer
ISBN: 9780007364145
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2011-08-25T04:00:00+00:00

I’m sitting here now looking through a programme from that season and Stoke were in that division back then, as were Wigan and Reading, all teams who would soon taste life in the Premiership. There were also two teams in League One that season who would soon taste life in the Conference. Football is a funny old game, constantly changing.

After a decent start, we faltered towards the end of the 00/01 season. There were some good teams in the division and we had just been promoted, so it wasn’t too bad a result. I played about thirty-five games that season, and was really enjoying my Northampton Town career until a reserve game, in which I was coming back from a slight injury, pretty much ruled me out for the rest of the campaign. I had torn meniscus cartilage in my right knee, and would have to have an operation to sort it out. Still, it would now give me plenty of time to enjoy tea and cake with our new friends, Ken and Vera, eighty-five and eighty-four, respectively. To be honest though, being injured at Northampton Town was not a good move. The rehab workouts and full days put on by the then physiotherapist, Denis Casey, were legendary. It would be a 9am start, and a 4pm finish. Nearly a normal day!

The rehab sessions were incredible. I am surprised some of the lads didn’t take up careers in cycling after their training schedules with Denis. It would be cycling for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with a side salad of weights, swimming and jogging. I have to give Denis his due though, there weren’t too many players wanting to be injured at Northampton Town, apart from Duncan Spedding that is!

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