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But It Was Gone

10 Sunday May 2015

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FA Vase, Glossop North End, North Shields, North West Counties League, Northern League, Wembley, Wembley Stadium

Saturday 9th May 2015 ko 15.00

FA Vase Final

GLOSSOP NORTH END 1 (Bailey 55)

NORTH SHIELDS 2 (Bainbridge 80 Forster 96)

After Extra Time

Att 9,674 at Wembley Stadium

Entry- Complimentary (Many thanks to the Wessex League)

Programme £4

I do enjoy my annual trip to the Vase final, even though on this occasion I found myself photographing the same people I did a few years ago! There’s something touching about the trip to the hospitality seats and seeing all those officials from Step 5 leagues. These people aren’t the career administrators from the higher echelons, these are the people who do it for the love of it, and I do wonder whether when the event will switch to a joint Trophy and Vase day that flavour will be lost in a sea of professionalism? Continue reading →

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The Timeless Truth

10 Sunday May 2015

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Billy Jolley, Gravesend, Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Nanak, Guru Nanak FC, Kent County League, O and B, OXFORD & BERMONDSEY, Oxford and Bermondsey, Premier Division, Stansfeld

Thursday 7th May 201k 18.45

Kent County League-Premier Division

GURU NANAK 0

STANSFELD (OXFORD & BERMONDSEY) 2 (Jolley 24 33)

Att 83

Entry FREE

No Programme

Very much with my GroundhopUK hat on I’d love to see a hop game at an ethnic club like Gravesend’s Guru Nanak. For me the clubs I like to see on these events tend to be those who give a little local flavour to their visitors, and a Sikh club with their cuisine and culture would be as much an education as it would be a football match. Continue reading →

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Eastern Promise

10 Sunday May 2015

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Cadbury, Cadbury factory, Cadbury family, Cadbury's, Chocolate, Fry Club, J S Fry, Joseph Fry, Keynsham, Nailsea United, Scott Gregory, Somerdale, Somerset County League

Tuesday 5th May 2015 ko 18.30

Somerset County League- Premier Davison

FRY CLUB 1 (Gregory 78)

NAILSEA UNITED 1 (Fisher 25)

Entry & Programme £2

I’m not sure how often a multi-national company’s takeover of another sends groundhoppers scurrying to the works ground, but this one was definitely an example! When Kraft took over Cadbury in 2010, it was on the understanding that the Cadbury factory (and its sportsground) would be kept open, so when a year later the plant shut down a House of Commons investigation resulted. Continue reading →

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