"Welcome to Hansoms"

 The Sherlockian society system is a quite complex one, mainly in that there isn't really a system. It's a shame, really, for after watching an episode of Welcome to Wrexham, about two celebrities investing in a soccer team to try to move it up in the English football league system, I have a new dream.

Let's best honest, for starters: Here in Peoria, we once had a top-of-the-line Sherlockian society. Monthly meetings, monthly newsletter, annual banquets, one of the few typeset journals before desktop publishing became a thing . . . all that stuff.  Founded by a New York Times best-selling sci-fi author, the club had a pretty weird name, sure, but the Hansoms of John Clayton was pretty much hitting on all cylinders . . . once.

The fall of the Hansoms of John Clayton wasn't exactly Game of Thrones drama, as with the relegation of any Sherlockian society. Mainly just the loss of a star player or two, some bad management choices with a new head office, loss of enthusiasm by the supporters. And yet, Peoria, Illinois, still has a steady Sherlockian pulse keeping some aspect of the Hansoms alive: A monthly library discussion group and, oh, maybe one Zoom meeting during the pandemic to help the Legion of Zoom aspirants.

Now, if you haven't seen the documentary series Welcome to Wrexham, let me explain the premise.

TV star moneyed Rob McElhenney and movie star moneyed Ryan Reynolds invest in the Wrexham football club with the intention of bringing it back to its former glory -- or at least moving it up the British football league tiers to give the city the football club it would love to have. As sports fans themselves, they know how important a team can be to a city and really want to make it work. And part of that is making a documentary about it to help support the endeavor.

Sounds like a great plan on paper. Since the show just started (and I don't follow British football news) I'm not sure how it turns how. But here's the thing:

If there are any moneyed Hollywood celebrities out there who haven't allied themselves with a Sherlockian society already and would love to invest in a club with a decent history, maybe do a documentary on bringing it back to . . . well, raising it's . . . or . . . hey, the Sherlockian society system is complex, like I said. Anyway, I would have seven words for such folk:

"Welcome to the Hansoms of John Clayton."