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12 Sunday Aug 2012

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Almondsbury Town, Ben Purdy, Ellwood, english language summer school, Filton Aerodrome, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire County League, hellenic league, Matt Davies, Patchway, Roman Glass St George, Scott Park, Town

Wednesday 8th August 2012 ko 6.30pm

Gloucestershire County League Les James League Cup First Round

PATCHWAY TOWN 2 (Davies 39 Purdy 65)

ELLWOOD 0

Att 37 (h/c)

Entry FREE

Programme 50p

Tea 50p

My trip to Scott Park, was at best a marginal one. With Lee’s car at the garage, he was going to have a night off but he met me at work and we both knew that we’d need a fair rub of the green to make kick off. So why put the effort in? Continue reading →

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12 Sunday Aug 2012

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Alcester Town, Barnt Green Spartak, Blackwood, Jamie Gifford, Lee Styler, Midland Combination, Programme, Stratford Alliance, Stratford Road

Tuesday 7th August 2012 ko 6.20pm

Midland Combination Division Two

ALCESTER TOWN 5 (Gifford 17 52 86 Blackwood 67 Styler 69)

BARNT GREEN SPARTAK 0

Att 45 (h/c)

Entry FREE

Programme £1

Tea 50p

Sometimes my choice of a game is really straightforward. Alcester, near Stratford-upon-Avon is only 30 miles from work, and an early non-floodlit kick off meant I’d get to Stratford Road in perfect time.

The town, on the Warwickshire side of the border with Worcestershire was an important settlement based around a Benedictine monastry. The town lost influence after the dissolution of the monastries in 1536 and nowadays is a pretty market town, the Tudor buildings still very much in evidence. Sadly the ground is set out of the town easily found on the way in from Stratford, in contrast with their old home at Conway Fields. That was little more than a public park though so to progress a move was virtually inevitable, especially with the club winning last season’s Stratford Alliance.

The ground is certainly interesting Continue reading →

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