Talking about his experience in hotel quarantine ‘We weren't allowed to leave the room. We weren't allowed to step foot out of the room. We had to stay 14 days in isolation, it was very boring. Lucky I had my girlfriend with me, but if I didn't have my girlfriend with me I think I’d have gone mad.’

Football is. Fragmented - it’s been a very confusing 2020 and the impact it has had on Football in Victoria has been massive. The cancellation of the NPL season due to the second lockdown has meant that depending your situation you are either living your life in limbo or taking the opportunity to use this spare time to focus on the other parts of your life. Either way 2020 has not followed a conventional linear path for most of us.

FOOTBALL IS. Isolation third chapter looks at the impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns and the affect it has had on members of the Football (soccer) community in Victoria. This chapter focuses on the NPL Mens competition which had already played five rounds.