the fact the new football (soccer to our US friends) season starts soon - the smell of freshly cut grass, the new pitch markings, buying new boots and shinpads, the blood - sweat - tears (and that's just the manager picking the team and omitting the 'lesser abled' players), the realisation that your tema will not win anything this year - like it hasn't done for so many years previously... all good stuff.
'Tis a time of joy
