Go for it

Well the Gorse Fox discussed the changes to the football venue with his team. With their mandate behind him, he then wrote to the FA:

Dear People's Cup

I have now had a chance to meet with my team, Arun Amblers.

We would like to make the following points:

1. We have managed to select a team and get a kit, and invested a lot of time in preparing for this tournament.
2. This is short notice for such a large change
3. This is half term week, when people already have many commitments
4. Moving the venue to Bristol means, as far as we are concerned, a full day's commitment - as opposed to a few hours
5. A three hour journey for ageing players, followed by a few games and a further 3 hour journey home - is not sensible from a health perspective and poses a risk of DVT
6. Given more notice we might have been able to arrange an overnight stay (as we would for Manchester, should we get through)
7. In any other competition, even those run by the FA, a sole entrant such as Arun Amblers, would just get a bye into the next round. It is, after all, not our fault that other teams did not enter.

In conclusion we totally support the concept of the FA People's Cup and are bitterly disappointed at the change, and will NOT be able to put together a team for the Bristol event. However, we insist that we are given a bye into the next round as representative of Southern Region.

Let's see what their response might be.