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Chelsea, Council, Dorking, Dorking Wanderers, Football, groundhopping, isthmian league, Meadowbank, Mole Valley, oxford united., Surrey FA
Monday 16th July 2018 ko 19.15
Surrey FA Meadowbank Launch Event/ Pre-season Friendly
CHELSEA U18 4 (Ballo 23 38 Wiggett 49 Clark 84)
OXFORD UNITED U18 0
Att 600
Entry FREE (by advance ticket)
Programme FREE
Teamsheet FREE
If the visit to Bath City’s Twerton Park was visiting one of the grounds you simply have to see before you die, then back in the day Dorking FC’s Meadowbank Ground was another on that list. Dorking were already struggling following relegation from the Isthmian League and when I visited in 2013 it was to be the club’s last season here. When the ground’s owners, Mole Valley District Council closed Meadowbank down on health and safety grounds, their exile at local rivals Dorking Wanderers’ Westhumble home was to be the death knell for the club. Continue reading