Devotees of these pages and especially those who may be interested in my posts about football may have noticed that a change has occurred in respect of the teams I have followed over the years.   That change relates to my interest in Forest Green Rovers, plying their trade in Football League Two, where they are having a degree of success this season, currently leading the table.

My interest in Rovers will continue but had been heightened during the past two seasons given that our street`s local hero Scott ("Fear the Beard") Wagstaff had been playing for them.  But with the expiration of his contract he has been looking, even at the age of 31, to continue his long standing professional football career and, following a series of negotiations, he has recently joined Aldershot Town who play in the National League alongside other well established clubs such as Grimsby Town, Halifax, Notts County, Stockport, Wrexham and Southend, all of whom, like Aldershot themselves, were long standing residents of the Football League.

So it`s a good, competitive league and Scott should be able to look forward, as an elder statesman of the game, to bringing his wealth of experience with clubs like Charlton, Bristol City and Gillingham to Aldershot`s quest to improve their current lowly position in the league and extend their FA Cup run with a game away at Pitsea in Essex later today.

It will be interesting to see whether he is able to also extend his goal scoring record - 42 goals in 426 appearances;  not a bad return for a box-to-box midfield dynamo with a good engine and an eye for a pass.  It will be even more interesting if he reprises his goal celebration - The Brick - an extraordinary contortion which involves falling flat on his back whilst awaiting the collective congratulations of his startled team mates.

Whatever happens for him this season I, along with the rest of our street, wish him every success and the best of good fortune in all his endeavours.   For this season at least, we are all now Aldershot fans.  Come on you Shots!