Ok, so we're only a week off the start of a new season, and apart from the chance to see people you have 'missed' over the summer and the opportunity to shout 'Bootboy', is there anything to get excited about with a Linfield side that has added no new players from the team that finished last season?

Of course there is!

This season throws up lots of questions regarding how the team will perform, but more than that it offers up lots of reasons to get excited about the current side and what they can achieve.
Here are just a few reasons to get excited about the footballing side of a new season -