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The Three Horseshoes

A great, friendly, traditional pub in Great Mongeham where you
will find a warm welcome from
Landlords Rachel and Johnny.
01304 379216

All Sky Sports & BT Sports Shown
On Three HD Screens
BOOKINGS - Now Being Taken For 2021; GARDEN PARTIES
- WEDDINGS - BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS FOR ALL AGES -
CHRISTENINGS - ANNIVERSARIES - (A Small Deposit Secures)
The Above Includes; Free Use Of Garden Facilities.
(Bring Your Own Food Or We Can Supply)
Children Have Free Use Of;
BOUNCY CASTLE - SLIDES - SWINGS - TRAMPOLINE
BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT - PLEASE PHONE TO BOOK

It comes at the end of a damning week for the film industry with the launch of the forthcoming
James Bond film No Time To Die being put back to 2021. Sadly, it’s an all-too familiar story in these
strange Covid times, bearing a striking comparison to the football industry, which too has been left
to pick up the pieces from the effects of the global pandemic.
So, the question remains then Boris, if you are pleading with people to go back to watching films in
the cinema - a small, enclosed arena with very little room for manoeuvre or ventilation – then why
can’t fans return to football in a much larger, outdoor, socially-distanced environment?
Recently, 15 Vue Cinemas – Cineworld’s main market rival – showed live Premier League matches,
well attended by fans. How can you watch football in a cinema but not an open-air stadium? That’s
madness. Quite frankly, I’m amazed – and mightily relieved - that more proud, well-established
football clubs haven’t fallen foul to these testing Covid times and credit for that lies with the people
who work tirelessly – usually without financial reward – to keep our clubs alive.
But, with a second Coronavirus wave threatening
to kick in and tougher restrictions gradually being
put in place, there comes a point when something
has to give, as Cineworld have shown. Indeed,
poor communication throughout has been a huge
issue during this uncertain summer and that’s
something that needs to be addressed in any fu-
ture Covid post mortem.
Personally, I’m still dismayed by a lack of assis-
tance, and greed sometimes, of the mega-rich Premier League and its member clubs during this
crisis. No fewer than six players in Gareth Southgate’s England squad for the recent friendly with
Wales and Nations League games against Belgium and Denmark boast a Non-League background.
Doesn’t that show that football at this level is impacting higher up the Pyramid?
In the week when Macclesfield Town were wound up by the High Court for debts totalling £500,000,
Chelsea were spending £22 million for a replacement goalkeeper.

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