Leek CSOB v Wigan Robin Park by Fred the Weatherman Part 23

TOMORROW'S GAME IS OFF AGAIN

Think that means it's back at the Stadio de Robin Park. When? Who knows?

Next up is Oldham Borough away on Saturday 9 January - now giving that Oldham is sub-zero in July I'm not at all confident... Meanwhile to make up for the lack of football action here are:

SOME OF THE THINGS WE MISS AT FOOTBALL

Dogs on the pitch: Even men with steel hearts love to see a dog on the pitch
Combovers
Proper footballs that didn't swerve all over the place
Irish players playing for Ireland
Terraces and surges down them. Not sure I could cope with them at my age but they were great fun
Home internationals
Teams with just one change kit. And it was the change kit in case colours clashed, not the away kit or whatever
No squad numbers. Number 11 is the left winger not some reserve full back
David Coleman saying: “1-0” rather than all the SKY TV bollocks
Third replays rather than penalty shoot-outs
Footballers playing cricket in the Summer rather than meaningless but lucrative friendlies
The smell of pipe tobacco on the terraces
Not being able to predict the Top Four – in fact finishing fourth was just that...
The days when football Agents were unheard of
Match of the Day on Saturday and local highlights on Sunday
The FA Cup being taken seriously by EVERYONE
Players who a) you've heard of before and b) you can pronounce their name
Pools Panels covering every match
Rattles, rosettes and bobble hats
The Teleprinter and later the videprinter
22-man brawls
Gazzetta Football Italia on Channel 4 on a Saturday morning
Grounds with character rather than the characterless identikits new stadia
Proper tackling
Jimmy Hill – he was a prat but as bad as some of the ones now? I'm not sure
Players staying long enough for a testimonial game – and actually needing the money
No internet warriors
Characters in midfield rather than workhorses. Bowles rather than Makele any day
Orange footballs and snow on the pitch with bails of hay around the edge
Changing ends at half time
Black boots
(Apart from Franny Lee) No diving
Ex-players running pubs
Coming home from a match and actually saying: “Somebody was sent off today” - it was so rare an occurrence
The smell of wintergreen
Players from the lower league signing for a top club

AND OF COURSE YOU CAN STILL SEE MOST OF THE ABOVE HAPPEN AT YOUR LOCAL NON-LEAGUE SIDE.... Whenever this snow and ice clears, that is...