Our family, and many of our friends and their families, have regularly camped in the summer holidays on a small, family run, campsite on the north coast of the Llyn peninsular in North Wales. Earlier this month Sue and I were camping there, where we met Simon from Shropshire who reminisced about the years that he and his wife Jane had been coming to the site. Simon was particularly keen to recall the evening football
matches that took place in ‘the top field’ in the late 80s / early 90s –
‘England v Wales, often 40 a side,men
and boys …. men and boys!’
We routinely camped in a different field and our children
were too young to be involved in these matches – but it was impossible not be
aware of them.
The following is based on memories of actual events ……..
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