Fan In Focus
Alan
Mendham
24th January 2001
Name: Alan Mendham
Place of Birth: Rush Green
Date of Birth: 1/9/71
Occupation: Basically I investigate failed companies on behalf of
the DTI
Non-League Team supported: Daggers
League Team Supported: None
Favourite Book: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Favourite Film: Withnail and I
Favourite Band: Sonic Youth
Favourite TV Programme: Trigger Happy TV
Favourite Radio Programme: None!
Favourite meal: Chicken Dansak, Rice, Nan and Sag Aloo (washed
down with 6 pints)
Pet Hate/s: That Paul Cobb song!
Desert Island Discs (New Feature)
You are alone (except in Alan's case) on a desert island and can take with
you the following:
8 Records
1 Book (not the Bible or Shakespeare as they are already on the island)
1 Luxury item that is of no practical value (I don't know what this means
exactly, I just got it from the Radio 4 website)
So what would you take?
Records: Sonic Youths Daydream Nation, My Lee Scratch Perry Box Set
(which I guess is three records), Nirvana Bleach, Fugazi's Steady Diet of
Nothing, Jimi Hendrix Electric Lady Land and the Beatles White Album.
Book: To Kill a Mocking Bird
Luxury item of no practical value: My girlfriend :-)
All questions below relate to non-league football.
1. FAVOURITE PLAYER/S OF ALL TIME & WHY?
Glyn Creaser - the man was a rock, totally dependable
1a. FAVOURITE CURRENT PLAYER/S AND WHY? Mark Keen - works his nuts
off even though he is a bit part player at the club, has the ability to
change games and will fill in wherever required
2. BEST TEAM PERFORMANCE/S OF ALL TIME?
Not sure about of all time, but I loved the nine man 3-2 win at Hampton
with Keeno in Goal - I was one of the 4 who did not change ends at half
time but stood behind Keeno in goal screaming and shouting encouragement
to him!
2a. BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE 1999/00 SEASON?
As above
3. WORST TEAM PERFORMANCE/S?
Take your pick of any of the games at Purfleet - I think that the 0-4
drubbing a couple of Christmas' ago took the biscuit though
4. WORST TEAM PERFORMANCE FROM LAST SEASON
Away to Heybridge Swifts when we lost the ability to defend and thought
that the place to try to do it was the half way line!
5. MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT?
At Slough wining the Trophy Semi Final replay - who can forget Stimmo's 30
yard rocket?
6. MOST FORGETTABLE MOMENT?
I must have forgotten that surely? Could be losing 5-0 at home to Hyde in
the Trophy.
7. BEST COMMENT HEARD FROM THE TERRACES?
On a cold Monday night in January my mate started a chant of "we're
going home with hypothermia" to the tune of "your going home in
a F8cking ambulance"
8. WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO YOUR CLUB TO IMPROVE IT?
Make the club more attractive to families by dropping the Kids admission
to a quid - get the kids in and not only do they make lots of noise but
the adults come with them and spend money, which is what we desperately
need if we are going to improve.
9. WHAT OTHER QUESTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ON THIS QUESTIONAIRE &
HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER IT?
Have you ever seen a player worse than Mitchell Springett?
No, although Kirk Game ran him close. 11. WHY DO YOU SUPPORT A
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB?
I get to support my local team, see decent football and it all takes place a ten minute walk from my home
12. BEST MATCH BEEN TO NOT INVOLVING THE DAGGERS?
England -v- Moldova - the buzz that went around the ground when we heard
that Italy had drawn with Georiga, making us favourites for the group was
tremendous - we won 4-0 as well which helped!
13. FAVOURITE NON-LEAGUE GROUND?
Has to be Hybridge Swifts because I get to tour the Essex countryside for
an hour everytime I go there because I always get completely lost outside
Maldon, same thing every bloody year!
14. FAVOURITE LEAGUE GROUND VISITED?
Has to be Charlton at the moment!
Thanks Alan, who is going to be next?