Well I still haven't got over Saturday's events but I had a brilliant time and couldn't be prouder of both clubs
I have been wanting to write a post on here but haven't been able to think of the words for it until now
It was a much better day out than our last visit to Moss Lane where you thrashed us 4-1 to leave us in the relegation zone, so to have even got to the Playoff Final was a tremendous achievement by Mark Bower and all the staff, volunteers and players of Guiseley AFC
It was brilliant to see the ground so full with us bringing around 1000 people which is more than we get for most home games!
I thought the game was fairly even and for our confidence to never drop after you had taken the lead showed real character of the squad and we looked like we could get a second but it just wasn't to be
I would rather have lost 3 or 4-1 than lose like that in added time of extra time
I was shell shocked and watching and listening to the game is bringing back bad memories of seeing the ball trickle into the net
It was brilliant that some of your proper supporters came over and clapped us as well as your chairman and goalkeeper, that is something I will never forget and something similar happened to us at Telford a few years ago, it is one of the reasons I just love Non League Football
We had the odd goader but I bet they weren't proper supporters, the ones who live and breathe Alty were the ones who clapped us with one fan even coming over for a word with our supporters
To make the end of the day worse as I filtered out of the ground it started to throw it down with rain, we all stood in a long queue in silence just staring at the rain falling down reflecting on what we had just seen
We could then hear our promotion hopes fade away when the announcer was reading out the names of your squad with the brilliant cheers from the home support
Then came the final blow, the noise from the lifting of the trophy all while we were stood in this pouring down rain getting soaked
I must say though your supporters are a credit to your club and I want to congratulate you all on promotion and wish you all the very best next season in the Conference Premier
It is something I hope never happens to us again as twice is far too many times, I don't think I will recover until the start of next season when there is something else to focus on
All the best for the future.
adambridGAFC