Tags
Chippenham Town, Football, Josh Smile, Non League, Recreation Ground, Shrewton United, Western League, Wiltshire League
Wednesday 18th October 2017 ko 19.45
Wiltshire Senior Cup- First Round
SHREWTON UNITED 0
CHIPPENHAM TOWN 7 (Ricketts 15 77 81 Richards 24 Smile 51 87 Bowman 54)
Att c115
Entry £5
When groundhoppers get deeper into the hobby they tend to realise that the number of floodlit grounds is far more finite than those without, so tend to go for unlit grounds on Saturdays and save the floodlit grounds for midweeks when the lights are in use. That throws up the unusual sub-set of grounds who have floodlights, but seldom use them. An extreme example of this is North Berkshire League club Uffington United who currently are the only club in their league to have lights, and have only used them twice, both times for games I’ve helped organise! Shrewton’s case is less extreme, as their lights are there as a legacy. Continue reading