With so many football matches called off this weekend thanks to assorted Covid outbreaks, at least it`s a chance to concentrate more on the more minnow-esque teams that I follow.  (I`m a bit puzzled though as to why so many games in the Premier League have been called off, when each club has a big squad of players to choose from.  OK, if their first choice players are unavailable, surely they have enough other players to `fulfill the fixture?`  Nice idea but I suppose Premier League football is all about TV rights and money - sigh;  I remember when it used to be a game.)

Anyway, Southampton`s home game against Brentford was off, as was Gillingham`s home encounter with Crewe Alexandra and Maidstone United`s trip to Maidenhead became a Covid casualty as well; whilst  Fort William fell victims to Formartine United`s frozen pitch. 

In the minnow games that did go ahead, Stoke Gabriel and Torbay Police FC (SG&TPFC) again suffered a narrow 3-2 defeat at home, this time to AFC Torridgeside in front of a crowd of 49 at the JG Churchward Memorial Ground; and Vale of Leithen - hot on the heels of last week`s first win of the season - went down 4-0 at home to Civil Service Strollers in Scotland`s Lowland League.

Better news with Aldershot Town achieving their sixth straight win in a 2-1 victory over Kingstonian in the FA Trophy but in the same competition Truro City lost in a penalty shoot out against Dagenham and Redbridge from the National League after a 1-1 extra time conclusion which, to be fair, was a decent display against a team two tiers higher in the football pyramid.   And last but not least Brechin City managed a 4-0 home win against Deveronvale in the Highland League to overcome their disappointment at losing the midweek Scottish Cup replay on penalties away at Darvel (no, me neither.)

Who knows what the next few days and weeks will bring to this sporting life?  Or, indeed, in life itself.