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Daily Archives: April 10, 2016

My Wembley

10 Sunday Apr 2016

Posted by laurencereade in O

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Barnsley, Football League, Football League Trophy, JPT, JPT Trophy, League 1, League 2, oxford united., Wembley, Wembley Stadium

Sunday 3rd April 2016 ko 14.30

Football League Trophy Final

BARNSLEY 3 (Dunkley 50og Fletcher 68 Hammill 74)

OXFORD UNITED 2 (O’Dowda 29 Hylton 76)

Att 59,230 @ Wembley Stadium

Entry £60

Programme £5

Tea £2

I’m fortunate in that I get to visit Wembley reasonably frequently. It fulfills both sides of my divergent footballing personality. On one hand I’m a traditionalist, for me Wembley is English football’s spiritual home, so when the stadium was rebuilt in situ it was the correct decision. I admit it may well have been entirely logical to build the national stadium in Birmingham, but….. Wembley, is… home isn’t it? Continue reading →

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Aitch-Kew

10 Sunday Apr 2016

Posted by laurencereade in B

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Birmingham FA Ground, Cadbury Athletic, Coventry Alliance, final, Football, groundhopping, Midland League, Peugeot Millpool, Ray hall Lane, Saturday Amateur Cup

Saturday 2nd April 2016 ko 14.00

Birmingham FA Saturday Amateur Cup Final

CADBURY ATHLETIC RESERVES 1 (Ellett 90 )

PEUGEOT MILLPOOL 1 (Welland 80) Matthews sent off 70 (2nd Booking)

No extra time, Cadbury won 4-2 on penalties

Att c50 @ Birmingham FA Ground, Ray Hall Lane, Great Barr

Entry & Programme £3

 

This is one of those that fits the category of “Passed it hundred times, so needed to visit,” but there’s a real twist! On one hand I’d certainly never travelled along leafy Ray Hall Lane, in Great Barr, but if you’ve ever travelled southbound down the M5 just south of its intersection with the M6 you may well have spotted two football grounds. One is FC Premier who rather appropriately play in the Premier Division of the Birmingham and District League, the other is the Birmingham FA Ground. Continue reading →

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The One-Off

10 Sunday Apr 2016

Posted by laurencereade in K

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Athletics, Croxley Community, Dacorum, Football, groundhopping, Hemel Hempstead, Jarman way, Kings Sports, stadium, Track, West Hertfordshire League, West Herts League

Wednesday 30th March 2016 ko 19.30

West Hertfordshire Saturday League- Premier Division

KINGS SPORTS 1 (Gray 67)

CROXLEY COMMUNITY 2 (Martindale 20 McClyment 53)

Att 13 @Dacorum Athletics Track, Jarman Way, Hemel Hempstead

Entry FREE

No Programme

In the great unwritten book of groundhopping tactics the topic of floodlights looms large. The less experienced hopper tends to ignore the fact that the number of floodlit grounds is finite. They then find when they reach around 1,500 grounds ticked they’re rapidly running out of new grounds to visit midweek. But is the converse of that argument also correct? Continue reading →

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When All The Pieces Fit

10 Sunday Apr 2016

Posted by laurencereade in F

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Bell Field, Bridge Road, Football, Frampton on Severn, Frampton United, Gloucestershire County League, groundhopping, Thornbury Town

Monday 28th March 2016 ko 15.00

Gloucestershire County League

FRAMPTON UNITED 0

THORNBURY TOWN 0

Att 59

Entry & Programme £2

Tea 70p

In football, as in life, sometimes you just need to slow down. After 7 games in two-and-a-bit days in the South West Peninsula League, I’d had great plans of a madcap double. But I awoke looked out of the window and decided to take it easy… Continue reading →

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