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Creamery

30 Wednesday Apr 2025

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Saturday 15th March 2025 ko 16:30

East of Scotland League- Second Division

BATHGATE THISTLE 0

EASTHOUSES LILY MWFC 3 (Leslie 44 Dyer 53 Elliott 72)

Att 307

Entry £7

Programme £2

Sat on the coach heading from West Calder to Bathgate I checked social media and was a little surprised. I knew we’d lose a few hoppers for the middle two games, despite our normal attempts to minimise this form of drift. I spotted a few (and I do mean a few) hoppers had opted to miss West Calder and Bathgate in favour of one SPFL game. I allowed myself a raised eyebrow but no more.

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Shooting Practice

05 Wednesday Feb 2025

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Monday 27th January 2025 ko 19:30

Army FA Woolwich Cup Quarter-Final

ADJUTANT GENERALS CORPS 2 (Lucas 28 102)

Penhallurick sent off 65 (DOGSO)

ROYAL ARTILLERY 4 (Polius 45 Lewis 100 Hewart 110p French 120)

Att 26 at Ward Barracks 3G, Horne Road, Bulford Camp

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Sometimes it’s not so much the where, it’s the what. The Army FA is affiliated to the FA in much the same way as any County FA is, but let’s face it, who wouldn’t want to see a team called the Royal Artillery play? I’m sure you’re well ahead of me with the shooting one-liners!

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The BSA

18 Saturday Jan 2025

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Saturday 21st December 2024 ko 14:00

Oxfordshire Senior League, Premier Division

BICESTER TOWN COLTS 1 (Patrick 39)

THAME UNITED RESERVES 4 (Johnston 3 64 Bonwick 46 Carr 55)

Att 4 at Bicester Sports Association, Akeman Street, Chesterton

If finding a far flung game on the Friday I finish work is part of my pre-Christmas routine, then finding one closer to home on the Saturday is too. The rationale is easy, I’m part of a pub quiz team, we organise a Christmas meal out each year and since one of us requires it, we eat early.

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Foresters

26 Thursday Sep 2024

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Saturday 24th August 2024 ko 15:00

Gloucestershire County League

BROADWELL AMATEURS 1 (Locke 90+4p)

BROMLEY HEATH UNITED 0

Att 65

Entry & Programme £2.50

Being married to a Bristol girl you’d have thought I’d have finished the Gloucestershire County League years ago, and if they’d hadn’t turned down an approach from GroundhopUK around 20 years ago I’d have completed it well before Robyn and I had ever met. Perhaps it’s a sign of the strength of the league that they’re managed to remove the reserve sides (who kyboshed the groundhop plan) and keep up the refreshing of its membership over the years.

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Crawdaddy

18 Wednesday Sep 2024

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Saturday 10th August 2024

Ko 12:30 Championship

OXFORD UNITED 2 (Harris 28 Brannagan 58)

NORWICH CITY 0

Att 11,333 (1,476 away)

Entry (seat in South Stand Upper Premium) £35

Programme £4

17:30 League 1

BRISTOL ROVERS 1 (Bilongo 90+1)

NORTHAMPTON TOWN 0

Att 8,529 (586 away)

Entry (Home covered terrace) £20

Monthly magazine £5.99

As the coach left Wembley after Oxford United’s play-off final win, I took a deep breath. It was less a feeling of celebration, that was yet to come back at the pub, more a feeling of “Now what?” I hadn’t expected promotion, but when it happened I began to look at the consequences.

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Intriguing

09 Friday Aug 2024

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Saturday 29th June 2024 ko 14:00

Pre-season friendly

BISHOPS CANNINGS 3 (Rascek 20 37, 77og)

WROUGHTON 7 (Peachey-Score 12secs 32 45, Herbert 4 36, Barbeto 62, Whitham 71)

Att c25 at Wiltshire FA Ground, Green Lane, Devizes

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What I love about my footballing life is that its hard to pigeonhole. Take the end of the season, I was variously at Wembley Stadium, a small town in Sweden and an FA Ground that hitherto I didn’t know existed!

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The Boo Bear

25 Thursday Jul 2024

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Saturday 15th June 2024 ko 13:15

Division 3 Södra Svealand

BOO FF 5 (Hellström 31 Tsilicheistos 45+4 Medew 53 58 Nilsson 69)

FC BRANDBERGEN 3 (Katourgi 9 24 36)

Att 79 at Boovallen

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The Swedish Hop’s cost of £320 included bed and breakfast for two nights, all transport in Sweden, together with entry fees for all games, and a goodie bag!

From our close-to unplanned trip to northern Stockholm we picked our way back through the capital’s tunnels towards Kim Hedwall’s planned base for the hop, Nacka and Saltsjöbaden- we even passed within sight of our hotel in Hammarby Sjöstad along the way. You could see Kim’s motivation, the area is idyllic, so he knew he’d be showing off his country in the best possible light.

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The Railway, finally

16 Tuesday Jul 2024

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Thursday 13th June 2024 ko 19:30

Division 5 Uppland Östra

BROTTBY SK (Rönn 34 77 Berger 38 Smårs 90+1)

RÖ IK 1 (Markström 9p)

Att 82 at Össeby IP

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Robyn, Adrian and I were at passport control at Arlanda Airport, noticably more complicated since Brexit. Swedish border guards are unfailingly polite, but their questions are always searching, with the inevitable purpose of our stay invariably the first. Adrian handed the guard a list of the games we’d lined up. I knew the schedule had changed, but guessed the guard wouldn’t check, and he passed after she checked he wasn’t actually a fan of any of the clubs involved! As for Robyn and I we gave our reason to be there, as seeing friends and tourism. When I admitted this was my 18th visit, she half asked, half-laughed, “Have you anything left to visit??” A fair point, but the answer was yes, as dear reader you will soon see!

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Downton

18 Monday Dec 2023

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Saturday 3rd December 2023 ko 14:00

Witney & District League- Division One

BAMPTON UNITED 6 (Parker 13 J Haley 44 Gardiner 48og S Haley 55 Pritchard 66 Hughes 75)

EYNSHAM SSC 1 (Oates 77)

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I’ll always feel that Bampton is the one that to some extent, got away. If like most you use the A420 to get here you’ll see just how this part of what is now West Oxfordshire forms the border between the North Berkshire League and the Witney & District League. As in to demonstrate the point, I drove past Kingston Bagpuise, of the North Berks, and the old Bampton Town transfered out of the North Berks in 2011.

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Cloudbusting

04 Monday Dec 2023

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Sunday 29th October 2023 ko 14:45

Southern Combination Division One

BILLINGSHURST 2 (Humphries 55 McAlpine 73)

EAST PRESTON 2 (O’Driscoll 27 Kusaka 80)

Marney penalty saved 90

Att 245

Entry £6

Programme £2

Robyn and I spent the entire journey from Wick to Billingshurst fully expecting a phone call to confirm that the game was off. While the rain had relented for the time being the deluge that had cause the abandonment at Wick, must have had the same impact at Billingshurst hadn’t it?

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