Ian McMillan

Somebody will say a line of a chant and you pick it up straight away.

Somebody could say a line of a poem and the same thing can happen.

It's about being in a room or in a stadium or on a street.

Everybody's feeling celebratory.

What I like about Barnsley FC is that I can get on the bus and go to the match and it's kind of a bit unfashionable.

And over the years, it's had a good kicking.

And every now and then, it surprises you.

I can be surrounded by these people everywhere.

I've sat with for decades and I've seen their hair turn white like mine.

And in the end, what are you supporting?

The players change, the managers change, the ground changes.

But somehow some kind of hope and expectation is there in that phrase Barnsley FC.

So somehow you're drawn back to it because you think this will be the game that people will talk about in 90 years.

Well, I've always been a fan of the world, you know, so I like reading novels and poetry that are written in different languages and translated, and I like listening to music from all over the world.

So football is like that.

You'll play teams from countries that you may never visit...

They'll have different styles to the style that we play in, in England.

You'll have teams that will surprise you with their amazing football and teams that actually won't be that good.

And there they are, all together.

The world gathers to play this game.