The young footballers starting their careers in empty stadiums

Young players have struggled with motivation, isolation and loneliness this year. Like everyone, they are having to dig deepBy Dani Garavelli for Nutmeg magazineIt is the dream that has sustained you through many a sodden Saturday. Your first senior start. The roar of a crowd. Now, it is one blow of the referee’s whistle from becoming a reality. You are standing in the tunnel, a breeze gusting round your ears, your limbs pulsing like fibre optic cables. Before you lies the pitch...