Recovered yet from England’s most recent damp squib that was Euro 2016? Good, time to look forward now to the fireworks that will be World Cup 2018! Big Sam leads his new team on the road to Russia with the first qualifier against Slovakia on 4th.

The first group matches kick off in this year’s Champions League and later in the month we have that exciting biennial spat with our cousins across the pond in golf’s ultimate team competition, the Ryder Cup.

See all the top matches on our entertainment page.

Did you see our full page spread in the local press last month? We’ve been nominated for ‘Best Pub Grub’ in the area, so if you enjoy our food and have a couple of minutes and a copy of the local paper then please fill in the voting slip and give us your support. Thanks.

Finally, huge congrats to our intrepid team of 7 skydivers who threw themselves, deliberately that is(!), out of an aeroplane over Salisbury in August and raised a massive £2,500 towards our Variety Sunshine Coach, and we hope to reach our overall £27,000 target very soon. Well done guys!