THE BEST OF THE ATA FC BLOG From the vast Canadian plains of Moseley rugby club, to the idyllic training sessions at Highbury park, via Ian England and Dave Thomas’s broken ankles, the Hughes-Gate affair, the cage fighting now occurring weekly at gosta green and the emergence of eastside projects as a possible threat to ATA FC, the Athletico Tortured Artists story has had many lows and few highs (except when we used to kick it over the fence at Moseley Rugby club to waste time and try and secure a 0 -0 draw), but ATA FC have survived and are now entering the most glorious moment in their history: hosting the first BAF Cup in Birmingham. If the following pages are tiresome and at times impenetrable, on account of the number of player-The Wire analogies used, please be patient and kind. From the outside it may appear nothing more than the puerile ramblings of artists whose footballing prime has past. To them though, the re emergence of physical activity in their lives after a ten year hiatus has had a profound effect on all those involved. The achy jelly legs, deep painful sick feeling and post match rigor mortis - the result of running around on a pitch smaller than a full size pitches penalty area - has brought renewed meaning and purpose to previously hollow lives. The following pages present a selection of stories and gossip from the ATA FC blog for your possible enjoyment.
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