This is a bit nerdy but since the 1992-93 season kicked off I've kept a record of the football matches I've been to. It started as a list in a notepad. Then I put it in an Excel document, which I've kept updated on a semi regular basis.
A long time ago Mrs Thistle bought me a "Book of Days". It's like a diary with all the dates of the year in, which you complete with birthdays, anniversaries, notable events etc. I had put a few in but it had then lain in a drawer untouched.
Last season I started to go through the book, writing in the games I'd been to on a given day of each month, putting in the year, game and score. It's interesting to see the clustering - Boxing day is nearly full, I've been to a game on almost every day in August and September, June and July are predictably empty. I've seen the same fixture on the same day several years apart a couple of times.
There's part of me that wants to complete the year. I've already got a New Years Eve fixture in mind to tick off another currently vacant day.
Has anyone else done this or am I just a complete sad sack? What other projects have people embarked on just for their own amusement?
A long time ago Mrs Thistle bought me a "Book of Days". It's like a diary with all the dates of the year in, which you complete with birthdays, anniversaries, notable events etc. I had put a few in but it had then lain in a drawer untouched.
Last season I started to go through the book, writing in the games I'd been to on a given day of each month, putting in the year, game and score. It's interesting to see the clustering - Boxing day is nearly full, I've been to a game on almost every day in August and September, June and July are predictably empty. I've seen the same fixture on the same day several years apart a couple of times.
There's part of me that wants to complete the year. I've already got a New Years Eve fixture in mind to tick off another currently vacant day.
Has anyone else done this or am I just a complete sad sack? What other projects have people embarked on just for their own amusement?
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