A final Voiceoffootball blog.

So, where to begin. Someone asked me after the announcement about the site closing how I'd finish it. It's hard to sum up two years work, and all the highs and lows that have gone with it, but the most accurate description would be that the site closes with many happy memories for me, and I hope for everyone who's been involved either through writing for us or reading our content.

When Voiceoffootball first started my high expectations were tempered with the usual concerns you have about how things will work out. As it transpired, I needn't have worried. A deluge of applicants to Write On resulted in the 23 permanent columnists the site closes with, plus a few others along the way. This year alone you’ve logged into the site in your hundreds of thousands every month, and in the two years we’ve welcomed over a million of you in all, whilst receiving more messages than we could ever have counted.

We've featured some amazing organisations doing excellent work, both charitable and otherwise, that I hope has been recognised more as a result of the coverage we've given them.

Most of all, however, I feel I've made friends in this job. Our columnists are, to a man and woman, every inch the writers who've made Voiceoffootball special. They've informed, amused, infuriated and occasionally baffled you, our readership, and they are the reason that Voiceoffootball has become so popular.

All in all, I’d say we go out on a high. Even as I write your emails continue to arrive, and although it is impossible to reply to you all individually, please accept our thanks for your kindness and good wishes.

As much as I've loved this job, time has come to move on, and for Voiceoffootball this is, to coin that famous lyric, the final curtain. Don't be sad though, it has been an amazing adventure. Football really is the greatest game in the world, and its fans are the absolute best. Whatever your footballing allegiances, good luck for the future.

Thank you... and goodbye x