PSF: Torquay United v Hemel Hempstead 3pm 12 September 2020

It was good visually and no problem doing this again. Initially tried watching it via the fire stick on tele but it kept freezing. Switched to a lap top and worked like a dream. Will be working myself for the Tuesday lunchtime game but now all signed up and will be watching the next two Saturday games assuming there is a similar service.

I’m sure the public associate the kneeling more with the millionaire Premier League and International stars. Quite whether there’s the same appetite for it among non league players, I’d have my doubts, although there are bound to be some aspiring Champagne Socialists among their number.

Stewart’s suggestion that it is now high time that other worthy causes got a look in, is imminently sensible. Let’s see some diversity in the problems facing us being highlighted. The elephant tusks, particularly if the pointy end is sharp, are unlikely to pass Safety Advisory Group scrutiny, even if some sort of sponge covering could be attached.

I’d favour the players coming out of the tunnel each carrying a sustainable material reusable shopping bag of some sort. Even better if this was in association with a couple of pages in the matchday programme devoted to explaining the problems of plastic waste clogging up the oceans.

No one’s asking players to actually play wearing face masks, but wearing them as they walk out from the tunnel, just to help reinforce the message, would be a big help. Maybe in conjunction with each player holding up a copy of a book written by well known Nanny State advocate and Shandy home brew enthusiast, John Stuart Mill.

Now we’ve reached the stage where mention of BLM mostly prompts thoughts of riots, looting, and spray painting obscenities on Churchill or Queen Victoria, let’s break out of the politically correct straightjacket, and give some overdue attention to those other worthy causes that are woefully under-publicised.