It's been a lean time for local football recently - with the weather causing numerous postponements and individual clubs a backlog of games to squeeze in between now and the end of the season. There could be more to follow too.
The likes of Buckley Town and Wrexham FC have not been in action since before Christmas due to frozen, and in some cases waterlogged pitches.
Though I have not been to many games recently, I have visited a few grounds / stadiums for the first time. A trip to London afforded the opportunity to visit Arsenal's impressive Emirates stadium and its musuem as well as what remains of their historic old ground Highbury.
Before Christmas I paid a visit to Plaskynaston Lane, home of Wrexham-based Welsh Premier side Elements Cefn Druids to see them play Carmarthen Town.
The 'Ancients' - the oldest club in Wales - are struggling at the wrong end of the table, and Plaskynaston will soon be no more. The Cefn Mawr based club - with Liverpool & Wales legend Ian Rush's son Jon on their books - are moving to a new home in Rhosymedre soon.
I have contributed an article about the Druids and their current struggles for Issue. 139 of Welsh Football Magazine - http://www.welsh-football.net/ - which should be published by the end of this month.
The pictures above make a neat contrast between a top-flight club in England and a top-flight club in Wales struggling for three-figure attendances.
I'm also still writing for 'A Different League' - http://www.adifferentleague.co.uk/ - looking forward to en axciting year of football. With the 2010 World Cup in South Africa on the horizon, I have been assigned to cover the New Zealand national side.
There's plenty to look forward to at all levels of football - provided there is a change in the weather.
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