Two peas in a podcast.

In years gone by for the supporter of a fourth tier team there wasn’t a lot to get your teeth into. Few papers carried much about the fourth division, there was no local radio so you didn’t even know what your manager let alone the players sounded like and apart from the results at five o clock on Saturday and the Football Echo news and views were hard to come by.

It’s no reflection on today’s Echo but the Football Echo really was an excellent publication. It was on the news stands at about six on a Saturday evening, I know because I used to deliver them and was a comprehensive review on City and the local football scene with league tables and interviews. You name it, it was in there.

A couple of notable names from the past were the redoubtable Maurice Burton, the Echo’s City reporter and later on a certain Chris Ashton, the Oracle of Optimism who was I suppose an early incarnation of the fan writer who are so prevalent today, myself included and I certainly would cite Chris and an example I follow of the critical friend most of us try to be when giving our views on the club.

Now fans in general and certainly Imps supporters are spoilt for choice and the first port of call for the avid searcher for all things Lincoln City has to be BBC Radio Lincolnshire. Where would we be without them?

Now, the latest development in their output is the podcast. Usually a handy digest of the weekend’s happenings or a taster on a Friday of what’s to come. This weeks offering however was an extended interview by Michael Hortin of Danny and Nicky Cowley. I don’t know whether this was intentional this was a real eye opener for all the right reasons as far as this Imp is concerned. If ever we, as fans wanted some assurance that the Cowleys are still committed to the cause, that the ideas are still flowing and that there is scope in the project for some time yet, this was it.

Danny Cowley does not actually give an answer to the questions, the politicians could learn from him. Whilst you don’t get a direct answer to a direct question what you do get is a wealth of information. It’s just that you learn what he wants you to know not what the interviewer wants to find out but it was hugely encouraging to hear of the complex world that is now behind the scenes at Sincil Bank and of the effort to extract that one per cent that can make the difference between success and the ordinary. The organisation that goes on to get that little bit more than the other outfits we are competing with is mind boggling but what shines out like a beacon in the dark is that the quest is still on. The desire to succeed with this, our club, is undiminished. The inspiration that drives our dynamic duo is, if anything increasing as each week goes by.

If you haven’t heard it yet please do. You’ll be enthused and energised yourself. You can listen or download it through the BBC’s new Sounds app. You’ll be glad you took the trouble to look it up.