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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Mostafa Rachwani

How Sydney’s endless rain is ruining football seasons and breaking young hearts

Enfield FC players Alexander and Sebastian Amendolia stand together on a muddy field with a football at their feet
Sydney brothers and Enfield FC players Alexander and Sebastian Amendolia have been disappointed when weekend rain has washed out their football matches. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

The first thing Jamie Amendolia’s boys ask him when he picks them up from school every afternoon is the same: “Is training on? Is the game on? Has it been called off? Are we playing?”

Both of his sons, Sebastian, 10, and Alexander, eight, play football at Enfield FC in Sydney’s inner west. They’re footy fanatics. Except both have had their season thrown into chaos by the wet weather that has hit and bogged down Sydney’s weekends for months.

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