Enough snow fell at Jonathan Woodgate's Teesside residence last week to go sledging with his two young children. Otherwise his days are spent homeschooling or working on the punchbag in his customised home gym and evenings mean football by the fireside.
On Tuesday night, he watched Spurs reach a cup final, particularly enjoyable for the last player to score a trophy-winning goal for Tottenham, against Chelsea to win the 2008 League Cup.
The 40-year-old is aware his lockdown is comfortable compared with most but the itch to return is growing six months after he was sacked as manager of home-town club Middlesbrough.