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Creamery

04 Wednesday Sep 2013

Posted by laurencereade in L

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Cae Nant, Chris Berezai, Josh Davies, Meical Williams, Welsh Alliance, Welsh Groundhop

Monday 26th August 2013 ko 14.30

Welsh Alliance Division One

LLANDYRNOG UNITED 1 (J Davies 4)

PWLLHELI 1 (M Williams 40)

Att 232

Entry £4

Programme £1

Its only about 3 miles from Central Park to Cae Nant but in terms of the feel of the place, it felt a lot more. From the urbane Denbigh, Llandyrnog seemed….well asleep! The coaches and cars drove through the deserted village to what seemed the only place alive, the football ground Cae Nant! As we sorted out somewhere for the coaches to park, the club had earmarked the local Creamery, but that was too far from the ground, many hoppers had found the local pub The Golden Lion, and convinced the landlord it would be profitable for him to open. From what I’ve learned he made a fair bob, and we’re glad as organisers to have helped the local economy!

I was a little nervous about the fixture, Continue reading →

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Central Perk

04 Wednesday Sep 2013

Posted by laurencereade in D

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Andy sneddon, black dragon, Denbigh, Evan Pierce, Kristian Pierce, Mike Lundstram, sicilian marble, team line ups, Town, wars of the roses, Welsh Alliance, Welsh Groundhop

Monday 26th August 2013 ko 11.15

Welsh Alliance Division One

DENBIGH TOWN 4 (Lundstram 27 Pierce 30 72p 75)

BARMOUTH & DYFFRYN UNITED 0

Att 285

Entry £4

Programme £1

Badge £3

Back in Chester as I woke I carried out a mental inventory of how I was feeling. Legs – sore, feet – swollen, and face- sunburnt! In truth I was pleased this was the last day of the hop, there is a limit on how much football you can watch, both physically and mentally. Over breakfast, notably quieter compared to the other days, I pondered the very first Northern Counties East hop when we’d planned a 14-game 5 day hop over Easter. We’d received many emails telling us it would be too much, Continue reading →

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