A very special day for my 8-year old grandson, Alex. I got a call from Terry Hanlon, from the Hartlepool United marketing team. He asked if Alex was coming the match against Brighton because he had been chosen as Pools mascot for the day.
We arrived just before with one hour to go for the match.
Terry took us both to the players dressing room where Alex got his photo taken with every single player and each one of them signed his matchday programme.
After a light kickalong with Terry, where Alex won £1 in a competition where he had to hit the corner post.
The electonic scoreboard was unveiled for the first time and guess whose name was up in lights?
Alex then led out the players, walking along captain Sam Collins. He shook hands with the referee, linesmen and the Brighton players before taking his seat next to me under the complimentary smiles and pats-on-the-back of our neighbouring Pools fans.
The day was crowned with a one-nil win against Brighton courstesy of Kevin Kyle in the 12th minute.
Little does he know that I enjoyed it just as much as he did.
