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Happy new walking football! It’s January. It’s dark. It’s cold. …And yet, it’s a time of hope, of new beginnings. Goodbye old me, hello new me. Like your style, is that walking football you’re playing? Yes… anyway, you get the idea. It’s the first 2024 session of WF (that’s walking football, as opposed to WTF, which actually might be more appropriate if you saw me playing). And this evening is important. It kicks all of us off on the right foot for 2024. And there are some new players tonight, who are made to feel very welcome – us old hands even go easy on them in their first session, but in an encouraging, rather than patronising, way. These sessions and the associated WhatsApp groups really do bring people together. And for the men and women who take part, they are a vital element of getting through January – and every other month come to think of it. We hadn’t played over Christm...