24 Thursday Sep 2026
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Tuesday 11th August 2026 ko 19:00
Wiltshire League Premier Division
DOWN AMPNEY 2 (Bailey 14 45+1)
WROUGHTON 0
Att 27
Free Entry
Football is full of geographical quirks, and in England the counties do seem to cause quite a few of them. Down Ampney is in Gloucestershire even if the football team do play in the Wiltshire League but I suspect the more important factor is that the village is in the Cotswolds.
Continue reading03 Friday Jul 2026
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Durham Federation, Durham WFC, Football, groundhopping, GroundhopUK, Maiden Castle, news, Non League, Northern Hop, Northern League, Premier League, soccer, Sports, The Graham Sports Centre
Sunday 5th April 2026 ko 18:30
Northern League Division Two
DURHAM UNITED 4 (Kay 28 87 90+3 Dixon 55)
ESH WINNING 2 (Jowett 57 Cherrie 81)
Att 382 at Maiden Castle
Entry £6
Programme £2
Around 2 and half years ago Robyn and I were planning our route home to Oxford from a trip to Carlisle United and decided to make a game on our way home. Our options were Sunderland Women playing at Eppleton CW or Durham WFC at The Graham Sports Centre, Maiden Castle. We picked Sunderland, mainly due to Eppleton’s history in the Northern League. Since Durham United also use Maiden Castle it, unwittingly turned into a good choice!
Continue reading15 Friday May 2026
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Angryginge, Brad Emmerson, Daisy Hill, Football, Ginge Power Stadium, groundhop, groundhopping, GroundhopUK, New Sirs, news, Non League, North West Counties League, NWCL, Premier League, soccer, Sports
Sunday 1st March 2026 ko 14:30
North West Counties League First Division North
DAISY HILL 2 (Sheppard 10 Singleton 73)
STEETON 0
Emmerson sent off 90+3 (violent conduct)
Att 478
Entry £7
Programme £2
Things have changed in Westhoughton. We’d become aware of just how much at the start of last year’s hop at Ramsbottom when the attendance at the New Sirs was far higher than ours! Then when we advertised this year’s hop on the GroundhopUK website using a photo at Daisy Hill from a couple of years ago we were told by the club that no, they don’t play at the New Sirs, the ground is now called “The Ginge Power Stadium” as the ground is now sponsored by streamer Angryginge!
Continue reading29 Wednesday Apr 2026
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Anchor Ground, Arsenal, Colne, Darwen, Football, groundhop, groundhopping, GroundhopUK, North West Counties League, NWCL Hop, Premier League, soccer, Sports
Friday 27th February 2026 ko 19:45
North West Counties League – First Division North
DARWEN 0
COLNE 0
Att 895
Entry £7
Programme £2.50
So back on GroundhopUK duty, but the 4 of us have been doing it so long we just slip into our roles without any great effort, and that also goes for the North West Counties League too. That for us adds up mainly as Martin Fallon, who seems to become a groundhopper for the weekend! Robyn and I were particularly looking forward to visiting Darwen, with their background of Football League membership, but the evening was to straddle comedy and the bleakest of tragedy in the space of minutes.
Continue reading26 Sunday Apr 2026
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Bristol, Bristol Downs, Bristol Downs League, Clifton Down, Eddie Hapgood, Football, groundhopping, Helios, Non League, Phoenix Downs, Pitch 26, Premier League, Sneyd Park, soccer, Sport, Sports, Wally Hammond
Saturday 21st February 2026 ko 14:00
Bristol Downs League Division 3
PHOENIX DOWNS 7 (Trott 18 30 50 68 Morris-Edwards 45 Hilton 57 Green 66)
HELIOS 0
Att 1 at Pitch 26, Circular Road, Clifton Down, Bristol
Free Entry
Every so often groundhoppers start worrying about what counts. Is this a ground? Or should this be discounted? I have long since worked out that if there’s a football match being played, then its of interest. I’d make two other observations; that you don’t fancy watching something then that’s your prerogative, and that some with the most hard and fast rules often don’t have the experience to back it up. I’d also observe that no-one should act as a gatekeeper as to what does or doesn’t count; it’s your hobby with your rules.
Continue reading08 Wednesday Apr 2026
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Baseball Ground, Championship, Derby County, EFL, Football, groundhopping, League, news, Pride Park, soccer, Sports, Wrexham
Sunday 4th January 2026 ko 15:00
EFL Championship
DERBY COUNTY 1 (Brereton-Diaz 34)
WREXHAM 2 (Smith 25 James 48)
Att 29,939
Entry £37
Programme £4
Sometimes you go groundhopping for others. It was the end of the Christmas break, and with our friend Andreas over from Stuttgart, we let him pick the game. He’s nearing the completion of his 92 but needed Port Vale, so I booked tickets for he, Robyn and I, and set off only to lose the game due to a waterlogged pitch when we were roughly an hour north of Oxford.
Continue reading08 Sunday Mar 2026
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Cymru, Dragon Park, Football, groundhopping, Newport, ped droed, soccer, Sport, Sports, Spytty, stadium, Türkiye, Turkey, UEFA, Women's Championship Qualifying League, women's football
Saturday 29th November 2025 ko 14:00
European U19 Women’s Championship Qualifying League A Group A7
CYMRU 3 (Bowen 63 Selan Yarayan 67og Em Cole 86)
TÜRKIYE 1 (Yaran Ersan 53)
Att c200 at Dragon Park, Newport
Entry FREE but you do have to be on a guest list
Sometimes you see somewhere that piques your interest, and Dragon Park certainly did that for me! Based in Newport it’s the national football development centre intended to develop the Welsh under-21, Women’s and age-based squads. . The centre also provides an based for the Welsh Football Trust, the game’s development body, so the main building also includes facilities for sports science and education too.
Continue reading17 Monday Nov 2025
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Saturday 23rd August 2025 ko 14:00
West Lancashire League Division Two
DALTON UNITED 0
STOREYS FC 3 (Wearing 16 Creech 85 Barker 88og)
Att 374
Entry £3
Programme £2
The inaugeral West Lancs Hop had, so far, dealt with clubs only in its top division, so I did feel a little twitchy when the cavalcade reached Dalton-in-Furness and a game in the league’s 3rd tier. We knew the crowds we were seeing were more than healthy so would a club at the lowest rung of the league be able to cope?
Continue reading06 Monday Oct 2025
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Daventry Town, Elderstubbs, Football, groundhop, groundhopping, GroundhopUK, Hinckley AFC, United Counties League
Saturday 27th July 2025 ko 19:00
United Counties League Premier Division South
DAVENTRY TOWN 6 (Colbourne 28 47 Burrows 33 60 Jackson 40 Mitchell- Gears 83)
HINCKLEY AFC 0
Att 465
Entry £8
Programme £3
The UCL Hop’s final game of the Saturday saw us visit Elderstubbs, and I felt slightly conflicted. Most groundhoppers have clubs they look out for, they’re not fans, but have a soft spot for. One of mine is Daventry Town; I saw quite a bit of them during my days living in Banbury.
Continue reading01 Sunday Jun 2025
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Football, groundhop, groundhopping, Non League, Penzance, Phil Hiscox, Premier League, Premier West, soccer, South West Peninsula League, Sports, St Day, SWPFL, Vogue Parkl
Friday 18th April 2025 ko 11:30
South West Peninsula League Premier West
ST DAY 3 (Marks 16 23 Cleverly 32)
PENZANCE AFC 1 (Smith 56)
Att 416
Advance Ticket for all games on the hop £55
Entry £6
Programme £1
Saturday saw the Peninsula Hop start as south-west as we were going to get, in Redruth’s environs and for the next 2 days plus, basically headed north-east. Despite the geography there was little question that in purely groundhopper terms St Day would be the most popular Peninsula League club on the weekend’s event.
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