The idiom, ‘a sad state of affairs’, according to the online website, Free Dictionary, refers to “a particularly unfortunate, unpleasant, and/or upsetting situation or set of circumstances”.
It’s the perfect description for the current state of football in our country. For months, the sport has wallowed in the doldrums through no fault of its own, but simply due to the ineptitude of its handlers and administrators.
Association Football, which like most major sports in forward thinking nations is a billion dollar industry, has been a multi-million dollar catastrophe in our beautiful land.