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Monthly Archives: January 2016

The Tinners

28 Thursday Jan 2016

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Cornwall, Maidenhead United, National League South, New Ground, Silver Bow, Treyew Road, Truro City

Saturday 23rd January 2016 ko 15.00

National League South

TRURO CITY 4 (Green 8 Jay 14 Vassell 45 54)

MAIDENHEAD UNITED 4 (Tarpey 42 53 80p 89)

Att 390

Entry £12

Programme £2.50

If ever there was a success story in an unlikely place it’s Truro. Deep in Cornwall, and rugby union country, the county has never had a Football League club, and even the league they started their meteoric rise from, the South-Western League was established in part to supply players for Devonian Plymouth Argyle! Due to its geographical isolation Cornish football has tended to exist in a fascinating, if slightly separated life from the rest of English football. Continue reading →

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Chariots

25 Monday Jan 2016

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Djair Parfitt Williams, Fulham, Motspur Park, Reece Oxford, University of London, West Ham

Friday 22nd January 2016 ko 19.00

FA U21 Professional Development League 2

FULHAM 1 (Humphrys 24)

WEST HAM UNITED 3 (Parfitt-Williams 38 86 Cullen 74p)

Att 189 at Motspur Park Training Ground

Entry £3

Team Sheet and Programme FREE

There can’t be many clubs who have use of two iconic grounds but Fulham are fortunate to be in that category. While their main ground Craven Cottage should be near the top of any serious attempt to “Do the 92,” their training ground at Motspur Park in New Malden should not be missed either. Continue reading →

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Lions

24 Sunday Jan 2016

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Hertfordshire County Senior League, london lions, Maccabi, Rowley lane, Rowley Lane Sports Ground, Spartan South Midlands League, Standon and Puckeridge

Wednesday 20th January 2016 ko 19.30

Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division

LONDON LIONS 2 (Kyte 25 36)

STANDON & PUCKERIDGE 1 (L Endacott 39)

Abandoned after 39 minutes due to a frozen pitch

Att c50

Entry & Programme £5

It’s the lot of of the groundhopper that when the freezing weather comes you start to fret. You find that one patch of your back lawn and dig your foot in hard. The turf barely moves, but you kid yourself the game’ll still be on even though the thermometer says its minus 2, and its only 3pm…. Continue reading →

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You Show Me Yours

24 Sunday Jan 2016

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Albion, Ashton Gate], Bristol City, FA Cup, Max O'Leary, Replay, Rickie Lambert, Rondon, Steve Cotterill, Tony Pulis, wes Burns, West Bromwich

Tuesday 19th January 2016 ko 19.45

FA Cup Third Round Replay

BRISTOL CITY 0

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1 (Rondon 52)

Att 15,185

Entry £10

Programme £2.50

The wonderful thing about having a football-loving girlfriend is that you get to immerse yourself in her club, and enjoy the common factors between your two clubs. Robyn is a Bristol City season ticket holder and knows the game and her club inside out so there were many reasons to pay Ashton Gate another visit. Continue reading →

The Lumpy Envelope

24 Sunday Jan 2016

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Liberty Stadium, Premier League, Premier Lounge, Swansea City, Vetch Field, Watford

Monday 18th January 2016 ko 20.00

Premier League

SWANSEA CITY 1 (A Williams 27)

WATFORD 0

Att 20,430

Entry (Premier Lounge), programme, teamsheet, and match badge – Complimentary

People can be very kind. GroundhopUK owner Chris Berezai had been offered two tickets to his home-town club, and quickly worked out that would be ideal for me to collect Bristol-based Robyn for her first ever Premier League game. Of course me being me, it turned out to be far more than either of us expected. Continue reading →

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Travels with Iain

21 Thursday Jan 2016

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3G, Barrfields, Euromillions, Juniors, Largs Thistle, Scotland, sjfa, stadium, Superleague, Weir, West Region

Saturday 16th January 2016 ko 13.45

Scottish Junior FA West Region Superleague First Division

LARGS THISTLE 0

MAYBOLE JUNIORS 1 (Riley 7)

Att c200

Entry £6

Programme £1.50

I’m fortunate that I have friends dotted all over the place, but the downside is the gargantuan driving stints to visit them all! Regular readers will recognise Iain’s name from us visiting a  steady succession of Scots football grounds such as Irvine Meadow and Falkirk. It’s fair to say that whilst the 6 hour drives between our two towns mean we don’t spend as much time as we’d like together, but we’re fortunate that it’s the kind of friendship that we can pick up where we left off.  Continue reading →

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Field of Dreams

21 Thursday Jan 2016

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Dereham Town, FA, FDC, Football Development Centre, Norfolk, Spixworth

Wednesday 13th January 2016 ko 19.45

Norfolk Senior Cup Quarter Final 

SPIXWORTH 0

DEREHAM TOWN 2 (Borrer 39 Swatman 41)

Att 199 at FDC, Bowthorpe, Norwich

Entry £5

Programme £2

Just occasionally groundhopping throws up something a little unusual. Sometimes it’s a trip inside a Military Stadium or a ground that is completely homemade but at other times it’s a little more prosiac. Continue reading →

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Blind Melon

11 Monday Jan 2016

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Cardiff, Ely Rangers, South Wales Amateur league, South Wales Senior League, STM Sports, University of Cardiff playing fields, Wales, Welsh League

Saturday 9th January 2016 ko 14.00

Welsh League Division 3

STM SPORTS 4 (Worsley M Nessbert 48 Davenport 63 83)

ELY RANGERS 1 (K Johnson 65)

Att 80

Entry & Programme £3

It has to be said that I’m a lucky boy. I have a girlfriend Robyn who loves football, and she asked to come to one of my non-league jaunts. Now that gave me one of those problems you love to have, which ground and game to show her? I settled on an icon of the Welsh game for her first Welsh non-league game, the frankly stunning Blandy Park, home to Garw, on the basis that if she didn’t like it there, she wouldn’t like non-league full stop. Of course life never quite works out how you plan it does it? Continue reading →

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Regent

11 Monday Jan 2016

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Brightlingsea Regent, Eastern Counties League, isthmian league, North Road, Waltham Abbey

Tuesday 5th January 2016 ko 19.45

Isthmian League Division One North

BRIGHTLINGSEA REGENT 4 (Read 20 27 Kelly 43 Malton 56)

WALTHAM ABBEY 1 (Daveney 79)

Att 107

Entry £8

Programme £1

I do enjoy my visits to this part of the world. Whether its Felixstowe & Walton on the Suffolk side, or the likes of Clacton and Harwich & Parkeston on the Essex side, and the latter is an absolute must-visit by the way, there’s a vibrancy about the clubs even if sometimes their circumstances are less than ideal. Brightlingsea proved to be a case in point.  Continue reading →

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Mentality

06 Wednesday Jan 2016

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AFC Fylde, Birley Arms, Chorley, Conference North, Kellamergh Park, Kirkham and Wesham, National League, Warton

Saturday 2nd January 2016 ko 15.00

National League North

AFC FYLDE 1 (Rowe 84)

CHORLEY 0 Dean missed penalty 23

Att 903

Entry £12

Programme £2

Teamsheet 20p

There can’t be many clubs who play their final game under one name at Wembley. That distinction goes to AFC Fylde who won the 2008 FA Vase as Kirkham & Wesham, then changed their name for their next season, elevated to the Northern Premier League. It doesn’t take much imagination to work out why either. Continue reading →

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