With just one game in the Macron Devon and Exeter League Premier Division beating the weather on the third Saturday matchday of 2018, it means more frustration for footballers as the soggy start to the New Year continues.

The Macron League top flight would normally stage 24 matches across three weekends, but it’s been just 11 games played since the turn of the year.

Indeed, of the 11 games played, Exwick Villa have staged three of them on their new all-weather G3 surface in Exeter and Beer Albion’s usually weather-resistant Furzebrake home has hosted two of them with six other clubs – Cronies, Exmouth Town Reserves, Heavitree United, Newtown, Upottery and Witheridge – staging the other matches.

Interestingly, all but two of the 11 games played so far have produced home wins. The exceptions have been a 4-0 success for all-conquering Elmore on the G3 pitch at Exwick and a January 13, 3-3 draw at Beer where Seaton Town were the opposition.

In terms of the state of play with regard to the remainder of the current football season there are still 15 Saturday match days to go until, and including, the first Saturday in May (May 5).

Upottery still have 16 top flight matches to play so, if there are many more wet Saturday’s then they are going to have a number of midweek fixtures to squeeze into the end of their campaign.

Millwey Rise, in Division Five, have only played nine of their 26 games season and so they still have 17 fixtures to play in their league campaign.

If Millwey Rise are looking set for a busy time then that is certainly the case for the players at Honiton Town thirds who, in their Macron League Division Eight campaign, still have 19 games to play! That already means three or four midweek dates, and that is before the undoubted loss of a couple more Saturday match days between now and the first weekend of May.

Latest Macron Devon and Exeter League tables

Premier Division P W D L F A Pts

Elmore 12 12 0 0 58 7 36

Newtown 16 11 2 3 69 25 35

Cronies 13 9 3 1 56 12 30

Upottery 14 8 3 3 42 33 27

Exwick Villa 14 8 3 3 43 25 27

Okehampton Argyle 12 7 2 3 30 20 23

Witheridge 14 6 4 4 34 31 22

Beer Albion 16 5 6 5 34 38 21

Exmouth Town* 12 7 0 5 24 16 20

Newton St Cyres 14 5 2 7 22 33 17

Heavitree United 13 4 4 5 33 29 16

Clyst Valley 18 3 3 12 23 64 12

Feniton 14 2 3 9 25 49 9

Topsham Town 13 2 0 11 20 53 6

Hatherleigh Town 13 2 0 11 9 43 6

Seaton Town 14 1 3 10 19 63 6

Division One table P W D L F A Pts

University 13 9 2 2 40 17 29

Lyme Regis 13 7 2 4 33 26 23

Colyton 8 7 1 0 37 11 22

Lapford 11 6 1 4 35 26 19

Chard Town 11 6 0 5 19 29 18

Cullompton Ra’s 11 5 2 4 37 22 17

Perry Street & YH 9 5 2 2 25 12 17

Sidmouth Town 9 5 1 3 29 24 16

Chagford 12 4 1 7 28 29 13

Heavitree United 10 3 2 5 21 37 11

Bickleigh 9 3 0 6 29 41 9

Alphington 14 2 1 11 14 42 7

Wellington 12 1 1 10 19 50 4

Division Two table P W D L F A Pts

Bampton 13 11 0 2 52 17 33

Woodbury 16 10 3 3 41 23 33

University of Exeter 14 8 4 2 47 32 28

Bow AAC 15 6 6 3 28 24 24

Newtown 17 7 3 7 32 39 24

Kentisbeare 12 7 2 3 28 19 23

Uplowman Athletic 14 4 5 5 32 27 17

Dawlish FC 12 4 5 3 28 29 17

Axminster Town 18 4 4 10 31 46 16

Thorverton 10 4 3 3 22 19 15

Axmouth United 12 4 1 7 22 33 13

Honiton Town 10 3 3 4 21 20 12

East Budleigh 15 2 5 8 25 42 11

Newton Poppleford 12 2 0 10 19 44 6

Halwill 10 1 2 7 14 28 5

Division Three P W D L F A Pts

Priory 16 12 0 4 59 37 36

Crediton United 14 10 3 1 72 18 33

University 12 10 1 1 46 17 31

Tipton St John 12 9 1 2 33 19 28

Budleigh Salterton 18 7 0 11 45 71 21

Royal Oak FC 10 6 1 3 33 17 19

Sandford 13 5 3 5 33 34 18

Otterton 14 5 3 6 27 30 18

Ottery St Mary 12 5 1 6 23 32 16

Countess Wear D 18 4 4 10 34 52 16

Tedburn St Mary 13 4 2 7 26 40 14

Lympstone 15 3 1 11 17 44 10

Clyst Valley 11 2 3 6 25 33 9

Pinhoe 14 2 1 11 27 56 7

Division Four P W D L F A Pts

Winchester 13 10 2 1 41 24 32

North Tawton 14 10 1 3 57 26 31

Whipton & Pinhoe 10 10 0 0 58 11 30

University 13 10 0 3 52 11 30

Newton St Cyres 12 7 0 5 43 40 21

Alphington 15 7 0 8 39 40 21

Feniton 16 5 4 7 26 46 19

Beer Albion 13 5 2 6 41 27 17

Teignmouth* 12 4 0 8 24 27 11

Sampford Peverell 13 3 1 9 30 66 10

Winkleigh* 13 3 0 10 31 62 8

Starcross Gen’ls* 14 3 0 11 19 66 8

St Martins 10 2 0 8 13 28 6

Division Five P W D L F A Pts

Halwill 12 9 1 2 40 22 28

Black Swan Town 11 8 1 2 58 23 25

Lyme Regis 12 8 1 3 28 13 25

Elmore 8 8 0 0 35 6 24

Hemyock 12 6 3 3 37 28 21

Millwey Rise 9 6 1 2 39 19 19

Central 12 5 2 5 43 31 17

Exwick Village 9 5 1 3 37 17 16

Ilminster Town* 15 5 2 8 32 44 16

Culm United 13 5 0 8 42 40 15

Awliscombe 11 4 1 6 24 30 13

Westexe Park R’s 12 2 1 9 29 53 7

Dunkeswell Rovers 11 2 0 9 18 58 6

Offwell Rangers* 13 0 0 13 5 83 -1

Division Six P W D L F A Pts

Sidmouth Town 9 8 0 1 50 16 24

Cranbrook 11 7 2 2 44 17 23

Queens Head 12 7 2 3 37 23 23

Exmouth Spartans 13 7 1 5 39 31 22

Bravehearts 11 6 1 4 35 23 19

Wellington 12 5 0 7 37 46 15

Upottery 9 4 2 3 23 17 14

Cheriton Fitzpaine 9 3 3 3 20 28 12

Bampton 10 3 1 6 15 32 10

Silverton 13 2 3 8 25 55 9

Seaton Town* 13 0 3 10 16 53 2

Division Seven P W D L F A Pts

Amory Green Rovers 13 9 1 3 60 27 28

Spreyton 13 9 1 3 53 21 28

Witheridge 13 9 0 4 48 33 27

Bradninch Town 14 8 3 3 36 22 27

Kentisbeare 13 6 2 5 50 29 20

Lapford 12 5 3 4 20 18 18

Exeter United 10 5 2 3 27 20 17

Chagford 11 5 1 5 26 26 16

Willand XI 13 4 4 5 28 36 16

Newton Poppleford 14 4 2 8 36 56 14

Colyton 13 3 3 7 22 38 12

HT Dons 14 3 1 10 31 63 10

Kenn Valley United 15 2 1 12 23 71 7

Division Eight P W D L F A Pts

Okehampton Argyle 13 10 1 2 62 27 31

Sidmouth Town 13 9 2 2 44 28 29

Thorverton 10 8 1 1 43 16 25

East Budleigh 16 7 3 6 60 45 24

Pinhoe 15 6 3 6 39 33 21

Culm United 11 6 2 3 33 24 20

Honiton Town 9 6 1 2 35 21 19

Tedburn St Mary 11 6 1 4 34 22 19

Otterton 12 5 4 3 35 24 19

Cheriton Fitzpaine 12 6 1 5 27 22 19

Central 17 5 4 8 32 48 19

Millwey Rise* 11 3 1 7 29 30 9

Sandford 10 1 2 7 14 38 5

Amory Green Ro’s 15 1 1 13 19 69 4

Bradninch Villa 13 1 1 11 14 73 4