Groundhopping

During my 43-year adventure I saw pubs close, standing on terraces return and big flags fly all over the country By When Saturday Comes It was bound to end like this: a long and arduous odyssey that started in 1982 on a crumbling terrace culminated on a grey, drizzly afternoon in December watching my team get hammered 3-0 in a brand spanking new stadium named in conjunction with an international commercial law firm. A glorious away win thanks to a last-minute winner would have been somehow too poetic. This was how it was meant to be, when I finally completed the 92. As with that game at Everton, most games were as an away Nottingham Forest fan; others as a neutral. There is much I witnessed and learned from this ludicrous yet wholly fulfilling enterprise and the many miles travelled. For one thing, it used to be that one displayed allegiances by carefully trapping a scarf in the window, so it fluttered outside all the way. This has been replaced by the executive car sticker or personalised number plate and our society is much the worse for it.

BBC Sport travels with the UK's ultimate groundhopper to the final match of a decades-long, history-making journey.

Welcome to Episode 23 of Glory Days of Gold.Recorded across two continents, Glory Days of Gold brings you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering of interesting interviews, fun segments, and music thrown in along the way.East Fife got their first league win of the season at their fourth attempt on Saturday, coming away with a hard fought 2-1 win against Dumbarton at Bayview. We pick over the bones of the match, look at all the highs and lows, and a lot more as Doug Pirie, Gordon Henderson, and Hendry Ireland join us in our latest Fife Fanzone. Thanks also to Hendry for sponsoring this episode.East Fife assistant manager Tony McMinn joins us to chat about the game, we find out cult hero Willie Brown's favourite jam, plus a lot more football chat, our latest letter in the Bayview A to Z, and more.Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:02.35: East Fife v Dumbarton postgame analysis in Fife Fanzone54.56: Tony McMinn postgame chat62.30: Have You Heard? - Dev Green - No Sleep67.05: More football chat - Chairman's newsletter, donate a ticket and groundhopping86.44: Willie Brown Favourite Jam91.17: East Fife A to Z - B94.56: Wavelength - Matt McGinn - The Fitba' Referee