I firmly believe that the English football pyramid is this country’s greatest cultural asset. It is fragile, threatened and taken too easily for granted. As such, we should rail against things that increase the risk of it crumbling and shout from the rooftops about everything worth cherishing.
Two years ago I embarked upon Doing the 92, a project during which I visited, watched a game at and wrote a detailed feature on every club in the Football League. It was genuinely one of the things of which I am most proud in my life. When you’re hopefully old and grey and reminiscing about your 80-odd years on this earth, certain memories stand tallest. Doing The 92 will be one of mine.
The greatest element of that project was the sense that football supporters were following the journey (and I was lucky enough to speak to lots of them along the way) and, in the case of many League One and League Two clubs, thankful for the in-depth coverage that did more than scratch the surface.
The Journeyman
So this season, we’re combining the fan involvement and the odyssey nature with The Journeyman. At least once a week across the season (I may have a holiday in October – sue me), I will ask you, the readers, to vote in a poll that decides where I head next.
