It certainly gives you cause to think.
A typical season from mid-90s, say 1996-7 consists of a two inch-folder of paper. In those pre-Internet days, everything was done by paper and phone.
Three seasons:
So all the weekly fixtures, doubling later as weekly results, league tables, committee meeting minutes (from club, league and Surrey County FA) were all on paper. Player lists, signing-on forms, team sheets, club newsletters: all were done on paper.
Players were phoned up to ensure their availability. In fact, I remember one season in the 1980s when the Reserve Team manager (who did a great job) sent a weekly team update and selection notice by post. More paper.
These days, of course, it's nearly all done by e-mail, via th website or social media (https://www.facebook.com/Weysidersfc and https://twitter.com/weysidersfc).
We must have saved a few trees in this move. Also, I'm dispatching about an inch and a half of that two inches per season to the recycling bin.
Save the world!
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