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Last night I was on the terrace in the home end as Scunthorpe won their first playoff game.

It was standing. The quality was suspect, but the fight was not. The songs were surprisingly fun and the banter with the female lino was cheeky but respectful.

And the limbs.
Oh the Limbs!

I enjoyed the match in a way I haven’t at Everton in a long time and in a way that reminded me of away games in the 80s as a kid. I got so much more from it than I expected and it felt like a real footy experience. A real battle. No VAR. No acting up for cameras.

So with how far we’ve come with all the tech and money in football these days - is lower league footy a purer expression of what football meant to us as kids?

In terms of enjoyment, the scene, the crowd, the experience, the noise, the colour, nothing for me beats Goodison live. Can only imagine what the old lady under lights would have been like....Hope for a BMD experience one day too...

As for the game itself, in pure football terms, and despite any attachment...I have to say 4th division German Regionallia football was just as much of a football spectacle and more open, engaging, individual, very decently-skilled, not stifled, less narrow, even with a similar scoreline, and at a fraction of crowd size the noise and atmosphere was great.

Non-football-going travel companions said the same.

EPL seems a bit more sizzle than steak at times.

If Scunner win the semi-final against Rochdale tomorrow - I’m going to Wembley for the final.