Introduction


Can each day be headlined by a word (or two) and represented by a single sentence?

Will they, in turn, weave together to form a tapestry of the year?

It may be more mundane than momentous, but it’s mine to share.

Monday, 26 December 2016

Boxing Day Match

One of the pleasures of watching Northern League football is the maintenance of age old traditions, such as the 3 pm Saturday afternoon kick off, and on bank holidays like today, a local derby with an 11 am start; my daughter and I were in a good crowd to see Shildon take on Bishop Auckland at Dean Street where, I reflected, people have similarly stood in the cold, the day after Christmas, for probably the last 100 years.

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