That is the question posed by Brakes fan G Hobbins in a letter to The Non-League Paper. Unfortunately, the accompanying photo of a snowbound pitch in yesterday's issue is not of the New Windmill Ground.
Mr Hobbins calls for a reduction 'in the number of pointless cup competitions that our teams are forced to compete in, such as county cups and league cups etc. Owing to FA Cup and FA Trophy draws, my club Leamington FC did not have a home fixture for seven weeks and now face the daunting task of having to fit in 24 matches in the last 14 weeks of the season.'
'Why should we be penalised for the success of other clubs? Let's cut out these meaningless fixtures and free up time for football people want to watch.'
Of course, it would have been good for all sorts of reasons, not least financial ones, if we had had a bit of a run in the FA Cup or the FA Trophy. I have actually enjoyed our games in the Birmingham Senior Cup against the likes of West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City. They were hard fought contests in which we acquitted ourselves well.
Admittedly, the one cup we are left in, the Red Insure Cup, is a bit underwhelming, but I will be disappointed if we go out to Cinderford. If we do win, and there is a pitch invasion someone tweeeted that it would not be treated as part of the 'magic of the Cup' as happened at Oldham.
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