Arsenal v Liverpool? Give me Hereford and hell on Saturday!

The other day I wrote a piece saying that the Coca-Cola Football League is where the fans get the real excitement, where they suffer complete despair and irrational hope. We all suffer the bad times and love the good times.

At this crucial stage of the season I have picked out one game from the fixture list this Saturday in the Championship, League One and League Two to demonstrate exactly what I mean.

The games I have chosen, which fans will be looking forward to – or dreading – with extreme emotions, are Southampton v Bristol City in the Championship, Crewe v Southend in League One and Hereford v Chester in League Two.

The League Two game at Edgar Street sees fourth-placed Hereford take on Chester, who sit in 20th place. Hereford are in the top play-off spot, only out of the automatic places on goal difference, and they have two games in hand. Following Mansfield’s win in the week, Chester sit just six points above the drop zone.