By Peter Lansley For The Daily Mail
Published: 22:30 GMT, 27 January 2019 | Updated: 23:26 GMT, 27 January 2019
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A drizzly Saturday afternoon in Solihull might not sound the most glamorous location for a stag party but for Glenn Pope and his old university friends it is the perfect precursor to the evening's Thai curry.
Dressed as wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, the AFC Totton fan is invited on to the pitch at half-time of Saturday's promotion clash with AFC Fylde to be given a framed shirt by substitute George Carline. Let it be hoped Pope's impending marriage turns out to be as harmonious as the union between Solihull Borough and Moor Green.
Since coming together in 2007, Solihull Moors have flourished to the point that they now sit three points off the top of the National League despite this defeat on Saturday.
Glenn Pope attended Saturday's match dressed as wrestling legend Hulk Hogan
The AFC Totton fan was be given a framed shirt by substitute George Carline at half-time
It has not been plain sailing and last season's second successive last-gasp survival act is framed as 'The Great Escape 2018' on the wall in the bar packed out at the Damson Park ground.
There is a community feel about this humble club, with the fourth lowest average gate in the division. Upstairs, barely an hour before kick-off, manager Tim Flowers, the former England goalkeeper, reads out his line-up to the dining punters. Chairman Darryl
