Baldwin talking b*******?

Apologies for another post about the Villagers, but you know I always like to highlight what a professional, friendly, lovable bunch they are. Gareth Baldwin's latest comments, following yesterday's postponement of their FA Cup tie with Swansea, really take the biscuit.

"I think the assistant manager of Swansea has perhaps applied a bit of pressure. I'm disappointed about that," he said, while tuning up his violin.

"We tried to get the referee to wait another half-hour or 45 minutes - the temperature has changed and the top inch of the pitch is now wet.

Before joining the cast of Oliver for a rendition of It's a hard knock life, the Histon chairman added:"We'll have to pay the police costs and the stewarding costs, and we've got 140 corporate meals we'll have to pay for, but that's part and parcel of operating at this level."

Even by Baldwin's usual, highly hypocritical, standards, I find this statement laughable for two reasons. Firstly because he wasn't complaining when the Leeds game went ahead despite the fact it clearly should have been postponed. I'm sure there was no pressure at all applied by anyone from Histon FC or ITV to get that one on, no siree.

And what about the recent Trophy game against United, where they did the pitch inspection at 10am? It may have been vaguely playable at that time, but after another five hours of rain it certainly wasn't, and the game still went ahead, boosting HFC's coffers at a time when I assume they were running a bit low. Any quibble from the Villagers? Of course not.

But moreover, if someone made such a disrespectful statement about Histon, Fallon and Baldwin would be shouting it from the roof tops, playing the poor little victims as they so love to do. It was vaguely satisfying to see a disapproving mention made of Baldwin's comments on the ITV highlights show last night - perhaps the rest of the country will now start to see the real Histon, rather than the myth they love to perpetuate.