A PODFUL OF SAINTS Welcome to Series Three of ‘A Podful of Saints.’ For about 40 minutes each week during the 2021-22 season three St Albans City stalwarts spout about the goings on at Clarence Park in a completely and utterly unofficial fan podcast. Three supporters – Lee Wood, Jake Ellacott and David Tavener – are veterans of the City media department and can claim to having worked extensively in promoting the club since back in the early 1980s. Series Three Episode 45: A Tonbridge too far for Saints St Albans City’s fading 2021-22 season was finally extinguished on Saturday, 7th May, by Tonbridge Angels who, fresh from the surprise sacking of manager Steve McKimm, chalked up their first victory at Clarence Park. For City the defeat extended our dismal run to eight points from 14 games. This would suggest that a certain amount of rebuilding is required in the summer. Along with Herts Advertiser sports editor Neil Metcalfe, the regular Podders look at a number of issues from the campaign just ended ranging from what went wrong after the famous F.A. Cup win over Forest Green Rovers in front of the BBC cameras to what on earth is that shirt that Neil is wearing. The future of City manager Ian Allinson and 34-goal striker Shaun Jeffers come under the spotlight and Neil, fresh from labelling the season ‘a failure’ (FGR match excluded), explains why he believes City could have survived in the National League had promotion been achieved. And that little lot only scratches at the surface of what is discussed. Email: sacfanpod@outlook.com. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodfulOfSaints Our thoughts and good wishes are with Ukraine and its remarkable people. Recorded on Tuesday 10th May 2022.