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Bakewell Town, Burton, Burton Albion, Burton Swifts, Burton United, Burton Wanderers, Central Midlands League, Football, Football League, groundhopping, Netherseal St Peters, Non League, Peel Croft, Pinxton, Renishaw Rangers
Saturday 3rd August 2019
12.00 Central Midlands League Invitational Cup Final
NETHERSEAL ST PETERS 1 (Coates 7)
RENISHAW RANGERS 3 (Manlove 4 75 Purcell 72)
Att 189
15.00 Central Midlands League Chairman’s Cup Final
PINXTON 5 (Smith 20 Green 32 33 87 Riley 57)
BAKEWELL TOWN 1 (Rach 57)
Att 269
Both games at Peel Croft, (Burton RUFC), Burton-on-Trent
Entry £5
Programme £2
Just occasionally the hopper fraternity gets an opportunity so good, you drop everything and go. Normally it takes the form of a one-off game at an iconic stadium that isn’t often used to football such as Llanelli playing at Stradey Park, the re-staging of the 1872 FA Cup Final at the Oval or Hull City playing a friendly at Hull Kingston Rovers’ Craven Park. Those were all mid-week fixures, and 2 were at rugby grounds, but this game was at a rugby ground, on a Saturday making it so much easier for people to get to, but Peel Croft’s history made this a must-visit. Continue reading