The highlights of the next couple of weeks include games in the Premier League, EFL, National League, most of our local non-league competitions too. It's also been great to meet an increasing number of you at games.Īnyway, have a great couple of weeks and see you all in 2022. Lastly, thanks as always to you all dear readers for sticking with me - your kind words, contributions and donations keep me going. I'd be interested to hear what yours are. | #politicslondon | /2f13qVFM2D- BBC London December 19, 2021Īs it's the end of the year, I'll leave you with my three personal highlights of 2021.ġ) Being crowned QPR Supporter of the Year - something I could only possibly have achieved during a pandemic shutdown of football!Ģ) Seeing my daughter take up football, win her first match and score her first goalģ) Going to Fratton Park to watch Harrow Borough take on and only narrowly lose 1-0 to Portsmouth in the FA Cup Helen Price went to a Walthamstow FC game to learn more. Over the pandemic, many of London's grassroots clubs have seen a significant increase in spectator numbers. She put together the following short feature for BBC London which included a very positive visit to Walthamstow. The only plan I have is to be at the derby between Harrow Borough and Hendon on the 27th but it could fall through so who knows where I'll end up.Įarlier this week I got a call from BBC journalist Helen Price who was researching a piece on the effect of Covid on non-league clubs. Games in the ECL Division 1 South and Combined Counties League start as early as 11am and 1130am respectively, there are 3pm matches in most other leagues and then QPR finish everything off with their 530pm kick-off against AFC Bournemouth - so you can easily see two or possibly even three matches at a push. Traditionally, Boxing Day has been the big day for festive football and there are some pretty big games but this year a large chunk of the action has been carried over to Monday 27 December as it's been made a bank holiday. If it doesn't, all you really need to know is that there's lots of great games to choose from - at non-league level, many games are local derbies. However, with Covid causing numerous postponements this week and no doubt leading to many more between now and the end of the year, I've taken the decision not to invest hours of my time doing a 'TLFG Daily Digest' as much of it could go by the wayside.

Season's greetings one and all and welcome to the Christmas and New Year edition of The London Football Guide.Īs usual, this piece covers the next two weeks and is jam-packed with game info.

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