BARDS-EYE VIEW: Stratford Town chairman Jed McCrory writes for the Herald

THE first few weeks of the football season are always hectic but this year we seem to have been busier than ever with some important new arrivals – and I don’t mean just on the playing side.

Supporters will have enjoyed hearing the new ‘Voice of the Bards’, Stuart Morse, on match days. I knew Stu from my time at Swindon Town where he was the PA announcer which involved a 110-mile round trip from his home in Wellesbourne.

He signed off at Swindon following their play-off match with Port Vale in May but their loss has been our gain and he is now entertaining the Bardy Army with exclusive interviews in the fanzone in front of the Pie & Pint Bar, as well as running through the teams and identifying the goalscorers.