Music captures the mood but not on this occasion. On a glorious West Country afternoon, the Johnny Hates Jazz classic Shattered Dreams is blasting out from the sound system but, in this venue, dreams are soaring.
We are in Weston-super-Mare, who enter the FA Cup third round as the lowest ranked team. They are currently second in the National League South, three divisions below today’s League Two opponents Grimsby Town, and what a joy it is to be at the kind of club who symbolise everything positive football represents.