With clubs in England below National League level knowing already that the current campaign is over, regardless of the rights and wrongs of the decision to null and void the season, it at least means they can try and plan for the 2020/21 season to start on time.
Part of that planning is the announcement of pre-season friendlies and there is something in the lists of these that I always find of interest.
Some of the matches bring together clubs who otherwise may never cross paths, some celebrate or commemorate people with a special link to the participating teams and some, occuring on an annual basis, act as a reassuring sign of normality.
Of course things are not normal at the moment, nobody truly knows when football will be able to re-start and it is feasible that clubs outside of the EFL in England and almost all of the Scottish leagues will be going through pre-season at a time when professional clubs across Europe are finishing off their 2019/20 campaigns.
And slowly, tentatively, plans will be made.
One of the first tweets I have seen was from Newcastle Blue Star FC with three matches against fellow Northern League sides provisionally lined up for the end of July/beginning of August.
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