There's no doubt about it, Ian Wells loves his sport.
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And he especially loves his soccer and Bathurst 75 Football Club.
The club treasurer has been itching to get back onto the field but like everyone else that has signed up to play sport this winter, their chances of getting out onto the pitch have been temporarily sidelined due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Football NSW is committed to delivering a season at both grassroots and National Premier Leagues level, but the state association is yet to make an announcement on when the season will start and how long it will go for.
During his time away from the field, Mr Wells has penned a poem about how much he misses playing, no doubt something every person that was meant to be playing sport right can relate to.
"I just want to kick a ball," he said.
"I go over to Proctor Park and kick it with my kids and sometimes I just want to go and leather them from 18 yards."
In is poem that he shared via video on Facebook, Mr Wells is at Proctor Park describing his sadness over not being able to play.
"This is my Wembley," Mr Wells says during the video, while walking onto the main field at Proctor Park.
"And every game is my World Cup. It's 9am on Sunday and I should be playing football but I'm not.
"There's Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar and there's no one singing in the Kop. And I know I'll never walk alone but it sure feels lonely now.
"Maracana, San Siro, Bernabeu, Camp Nou, Craven Cottage, Proctor Park. It's all the same now for me and you.
"110 yards by 70. Lines of white and grass of green now deathly quiet. No tap-ins, top corner saves or 30-yard screamers."
During the poem, Mr Wells recalls some of his favourite football moments, like David Beckham's goal from halfway against Wimbledon in 1996, Roberto Carlos' crazy free-kick against France in 1997 and Clint Dempsey's chip against Juventus to secure a miraculous comeback for Fulham in the UEFA Europa League, on the way to the final against Atletico Madrid in 2010.
The latter was surely a special moment for the passionate Fulham supporter.
"I'm just one of 300 million park footballers waiting for that whistle to start play again," he says in the poem.
Grassroots and NPL football has been suspended since March 17, which has affected hundreds of players in Bathurst and across the Central West region, and is set to last to at least May 31 pending a Football NSW decision.