'Today’s League One play-off final between two South Yorkshire clubs - Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday - might just restore your faith in the power of people'
That’s what I mean. And it’s been heartening to see social media used for such a positive purpose, instead of stirring up vitriol and hate.
I’m hearing of red and white and blue and white sharing lifts, even hotel rooms and helping each other out in all kinds of ways. A single mum of three I know who works in a care home couldn’t get time off to take her eight-year-old son, a devoted Ponty End Red. But she asked around on Facebook and now the lad has a seat on a bus with another family, who will look after him for the day. He’ll never forget his trip to Wembley, and his mother will never forget the kindness of strangers.
There might be a row over the 6,000 extra tickets reallocated from Barnsley to the Sheffield club last week, with some people predicting trouble in the stands, but that’s a minor distraction so far. It would be galling for both teams to get so far and have their big day spoilt by idiots.
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