As the festive season approaches there are a host of fixtures scheduled at all levels of the game and across all parts of the country.
Hopefully the weather, which has seen many a match postponed over the past couple of months (including today), will produce just the right formula for watching football over the holiday period, cold enough to see your breath but with a winter sun in the air.
A good couple of attendances over this time can make a big difference to local clubs but what is striking as I follow the fortunes of a lot of teams on Twitter is how many are becoming genuine community hubs themselves.
That is especially reflected at this time of year in the number of collections being run for food banks, the homeless and other local charities.
And what about the benefits of simply going out to a game and being amongst people?
That’s if you want to, one of the pleasures at non-league level for me is the ability to find a quiet spot and mull a few things over.
I know quite a few people who baulk at the idea of paying a fiver or more to watch something they don’t deem to be a ‘proper’ game but for me that misses the point in many ways.
Wherever you’re going, enjoy the match, thanks for reading the blog this year and Merry Christmas.
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