Monday 12 December 2022

TLFG: 12-18 December 2022

Apologies for the late publication of this week's blog.

As TLFG Twitter followers might know, all my heating and hot water went yesterday and I've been rather preoccupied with that.

Thankfully I managed to get an engineer to come today who stopped a leak but the parts aren't available today so we'll all be chilly for at least another night.

Therefore, all I can give you is some match maps which feature quite a few games that will probably be called off anyway - so this is more of a rough guide I'm afraid.

Tickets are on general sale now

With the World Cup almost over, four of our local Premier League teams are playing friendlies in town this week.

Crystal Palace welcome Spanish club Real Valladolid to Selhurst Park on Friday evening and Fulham play West Ham at Craven Cottage on Saturday.

However, topping the bill on Saturday night is a mouthwatering looking game between Arsenal and Juventus at the Emirates Stadium.

Hopefully my boiler will be back in business tomorrow, as it's just occurred to me that I need get cracking on TLFG's Christmas/New Year Special.

Have a great week and stay warm.

 THE WEEK AHEAD

The highlights of the next few days include some high-profile friendlies and games in the EFL, National League, FA Trophy, Women's Champions League, Women's Super League and many other games in our local non-league and women's competitions.

As always, please make sure you check with clubs before you travel just in case a game has been called off or the venue or kick-off time has changed - this is highly possible for some of the lower non-league clubs. Also, please let me know if anything is wrong or missing.

Details on all of this week's games can be found on the following match maps. If you've never used them before, please note that when there is more than one match at a specific ground you'll only be able to see individual match pins if you zoom right in. If you don't, the pins obscure each other and you might miss them. To avoid this, you can also scroll down the list of games on the drop down menu at the top of the map page to make sure you get all the information. Games are listed from top to bottom in date order so Monday's games (yellow pin) will appear first and Sunday's (orange pin) last. Games are also ranked in terms of status so the higher the division, the higher up the list they will appear on each day.
Also if you're unfamiliar with the English league structure I indicate the level at which an individual league sits in the national 'pyramid' with the Premier League at the top (Level 1) and various minor leagues at the bottom (Level 10). Typically a top level game will see crowds of anywhere between 20,000-60,000. These figures will gradually decline as you go down the leagues until you get to Levels 8-10 where attendances of 150 or less are most common.

It should also be noted that the top four levels are for fully professional teams. Level 5 has a mixture of professional and semi-professional teams, while Levels 6-10 will see most players paid but it will vary from no more than travel expenses at the bottom, right up to several hundred pounds a week at the top.

MIDWEEK MATCH MAP
Monday fixtures - yellow pin
Tuesday fixtures - green pin
Wednesday fixtures - turquoise pin
Thursday fixtures - purple pin
Friday fixtures - black pin



WEEKEND MATCH MAP
Saturday fixtures - blue pin
Sunday fixtures - orange pin


    



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