'The grim reality of DIY is staring me in the face with no football on', says our Chesterfield fan writer

It doesn't matter who you support, you usually have a matchday routine.

For most home games, I usually drive through the Peak District whilst swearing profusely at whichever driver is causing the log jam of traffic in front of me. Get to the ground, have a pie; and a well-known locally brewed beer, then sit biting my nails for 90 minutes. Go home, pop to the local for a couple of drinks and then watch Match of the Day.

People often ask me why I go to football on a Saturday. I say: ‘What are you going to do? Spend Saturday doing DIY?’ sadly this grim reality is now staring many of us in the face because of the coronavirus outbreak.

How will bookmakers cope? They make millions each week from silly punters like me, who nearly win an accumulator every week, if only it wasn’t for minor details like the results.

Bookies need to find a new sport to get people to gamble on, how about betting on all the things you were supposed to do round the house without actually getting round to them?

We could have live online link-ups to blokes working out how to bleed a radiator or taking all that stuff down to the tip that your other half has been telling you to do for months.

On a serious note, Barnet have put all their non-playing staff on notice of redundancy. It is a worrying time for every team in this division.