The weekend and Monday were very busy in terms of work, family life and Non-League Day (NLD) have kept me tied up.
The big things on the NLD front last week included a visit to Premier League headquarters in Paddington for our final planning meeting, but there was also an unusual request from the Basque Country.
On Tuesday I received an email from someone from the Athletic Bilbao team asking me to record a video speech for the conference they are organizing ahead of the Basque Non-League Day.
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There were over seventy clubs in attendance and I ended up producing a two-minute rallying cry that was broadcast to the assembled representatives in the main hall on the club’s training ground.
Apparently it went well, so hopefully it will be a great success.
I have a few days off, but I’m not sure yet which football I’m going to watch.
A friend offered me a ticket for Tottenham v Newcastle tonight, but unfortunately I won’t finish work on time.
I think that’s about it from me, but before I go, thank you very much David T by Manchester And Andreas T by London for donating to TLFG’s coffee drinking fund – it is greatly appreciated.
Have a nice week!
THE WEEK IS OVER
The Premier League tops the list this week, but we also have some big games in the FA Cup, EFL, National League and Women’s Super League. There is also a tie in the FA Sunday Cup quarter-finals in East London.
All in all, there are over 100 games to choose from in the M25 over the next seven days, so there’s no reason to get bored.
As always, make sure you contact the clubs before traveling in case a match has been cancelled or the venue or kick-off time has changed – this is very possible for some of the lower non-league clubs and development fixtures. Also please let me know if anything is wrong or missing.
Details of all this week’s matches can be found on the following match cards. If you’ve never used them before, keep in mind that if there is more than one match on a specific site, you can only see individual match pins if you zoom in all the way. If you don’t, the Pins will become invisible to each other and you might miss them. To avoid this, you can also scroll through the list of games in the drop-down menu at the top of the map page to make sure you get all the information. The matches are listed from top to bottom in order of date, so that Monday’s matches (yellow pin) appear first and Sunday’s (orange pin) appear last. Games are also ranked by status, so the higher the division, the higher on the list they appear on each day.
Even if you are not familiar with the English league structure, I indicate the level at which an individual league is in the national ‘pyramid’, with the Premier League at the top (level 1) and various minor leagues at the bottom (level 10). Normally a top level game will see an audience of somewhere between 20,000 and 60,000 people. These numbers will gradually decrease as you move up the leagues, until you reach levels 8-10, where attendances of 150 or less are most common.
MIDWEEK MATCH CARD
Monday matches – yellow pin
Tuesday program – green pin
Wednesday luminaires – turquoise pin
Thursday program – purple pin
Friday fixtures – black pin
WEEKEND MATCH CARD
Saturday program – blue pin
Sunday matches – orange pin
Do you have questions about a visit to London? Don’t hesitate to ask questions, whether they are football questions or more general travel/tourism questions. I don’t charge for this advice like some other sites, so don’t hold back!
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