WARS, famine, disease, football: the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Nothing is certain but death, taxes and a Liverpool home win, although in a break from the norm Watford start this season with the same manager as the one who ended the previous one (Tom Cleverley).
Old faces are in situ at old places: Neil Harris manages Millwall, as he did between 2014-19, and Sheffield United's Chris Wilder will hope to bring a promotion spirit back to Bramall Lane.
This season's football calendar will include Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest, two teams which four decades ago were among the best five sides in the country and are now somewhere between 15th and 20th.
In League Two there will be the novelty of a Kentish derby between Gillingham and Bromley, alongside another edition of Wimbledon Soul v Franchise FC.
We must also now refer to the Pilgrims as Wayne Rooney's Plymouth Argyle in a division where three teams are managed by Manchester United Premier League winners, three by Germans and two by Spaniards.
Portsmouth are back in the second tier for the first time since 2012, Wrexham in the third tier for the first time since 2005, where they will meet Rotherham United, who will spend their biennial season in the division and will hope for yet another promotion.
In National League South, I have the choice of four teams to support within a ten-mile radius of Vicarage Road: St Albans City, who have reappointed as manager their former captain David Noble; Boreham Wood, who have chosen Watford youth graduate Ross Jenkins; Chesham United, home club of Taskmaster's Alex Horne; and Hemel Hempstead Town, which is a quick train ride away from Watford Junction.
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THE RISE OF SEDONS
CAM HOWE REPORTS ON THE SUNDAY LEAGUE YOUTUBERS NOW ATTEMPTING TO TAKE NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL BY STORM
TIGERS' CHRISTMAS CRACKER
COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN HULL CITY HOSTED ROTHERHAM UNITED ON CHRISTMAS DAY 6 YEARS AGO...
THE CHOCOLATE BOX
YOICHI IGAWA RECALLS A DREAM TRIP TO LA BOMBONERA
NO MOUNTAIN, NO PROBLEM
POET AND WRITER CHRIS TOWERS TREKKED TO NORTH WALES TO WATCH FLINT MOUNTAIN IN ACTION IN JD CYMRU NORTH
THE BATTLE OF HIGHBURY
LIAM HARDING RECALLS AN INFAMOUS MATCH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND ITALY
ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH
TREVOR HEFT TELLS US ABOUT THE FUNNIEST SIGHT IN FOOTBALL
ISLANDS OF OPPORTUNITY
SAM TODD REPORTS ON A NEW DESIGNED TO GIVE FOUR WOMEN'S TEAMS VITAL COMPETITIVE MATCH ACTION...
THE JOY OF GOING AWAY
ON THE radio Gabrielle sings about dreams.
FORGOTTEN FOOTBALL NATIONS
THE world has always been changing, with conflicts arising throughout history.
DREAM, BELIEVE, ACHIEVE
THE INSPIRATION A PAN-DISABILITY FOOTBALL CLUB MAKING BIG STRIDES IN THEIR COMMUNITY