All Quiet at Great Yarmouth Town

 

 

 

Wide open spaces at the Wellesley Recreation Ground, home of Great Yarmouth Town, on a hot August afternoon.

 

The seaside resort was busy with holidaymakers, thronging to the pier, the arcades and the cafes, but the football ground lay all quiet.

 

Current restrictions mean that any scheduled matches would have to be played behind closed doors, a situation that seems strange to say the least given the wide open spaces of the Wellesley and the busy streets beyond.

 

The hashtag #letfansin is gaining currency across social media as clubs grapple with the increased regulation needed to put games on and the loss of income from supporters not being able to watch.

 

An excellent article on the twohundredpercent website lays out the hugely difficult situation now facing the game at levels below the National League.

But it's to be hoped that supporters will once again be able to watch a game in the shadow of this beauty, the oldest surviving grandstand in the country and worthy of an entry on the Historic England website...