TOTTENHAM Tim fancies taking his new car for a decent spin today, so we hatch a plan to see some ‘Big Skies’ on the Lincolnshire coast followed by the United Counties League game at Boston Town in the evening.

I got a call from a friend. “I’ve put some money into Chelmsford City Football Club but know nothing about football; could you help look after it?”. Always one to say yes to a challenge, I accepted – little did I know what was to come.

For a chunk of last season it looked as though Gary Johnson’s Gulls were going to cruise to the title and win their place back in the Football League after a seven-year absence.

Watching Hartlepool beat Torquay on penalties to win promotion back to the EFL was unquestionably the most memorable day of football in my lifetime.