The audacity of 30 years of hope :: Mmegi Online

For the past 30 years, avid local Liverpool fan, GIDEON NKALA, and former Mmegi editor, has watched, from miles away, as his favourite side huffed and puffed. At times it was a case of going agonisingly close to the Holy Grail, but at times, his side’s display has been nothing short of shambolic. However, true to the words of the Liverpool anthem, Nkala has walked through the storm, and the sun is finally shining

Only rivers are endowed with patience. They meander through valleys and highlands; they are broken, stuffed, clogged, decrease and increase until they ultimately reach the ocean.

Like a rock that is hewn from the mountains by the marauding waters, passing through the decelerating lowlands before it settles in the company of sea shells and fine sands in the expanse waters of the oceans as a refined pebble; the sports fan is probably in a similar emotional journey. In this, the Liverpool fan is prototypical.Over the past 30 years as a Liverpool Football Club fan I felt like a rock that has been on a river journey, yearning to arrive, believing I will settle soon enough yet not knowing when I will settle.

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