If only life were so simple.

It seems hard to believe, but it is just about three months ago that we last played Kidderminster. On a chilly April evening not even the famous catering could bring cheer to the dismal proceedings. Yes, I'm sure the hardy few who took time out to travel prayed long and hard that night....'Not Martin Kuhl as manager, please Chairman'.

And in just four weeks time Kidderminster away. As one season closes so it seems the next begins, bringing with it the seamless transition from despair to optimism.

But each season, as I look around the North Stand I see so many familiar faces…..perhaps all showing signs of age, but somehow still no wiser. Fans sharing the one emotion that burns so bright…’this time next year we will be back in the Football League’. Fans all sharing the same feeling; the one that pulses through my veins with such an invigorating force.

And so, with the football season just around the corner, time for optimism. A much needed tonic after a couple of years of ineptitude both on and off the pitch.

Yes, the new season gives birth to optimism. It sweeps away the pessimism that comes with the evidence of fact.