IN RESPONSE to Mike Gilbert’s letter regarding the switch to a summer season, my first reaction was “what a great idea”.
However, on reflection, has Mr Gilbert any thoughts about the effect on another passion of mine, cricket?
A large percentage of today’s ‘weekend cricketers’ are also footballers at various levels and they can’t play both sports at the same time.
Players would be forced into making a choice between which sport to play and, ultimately, I feel it would decimate them both at grass roots level, in terms of standard and in the number of...