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A Sense Of Place

08 Sunday Nov 2015

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Wednesday 4th November 2015 ko 19.45

Kent Invicta League

LEWISHAM BOROUGH (COMMUNITY) FC 1 (Gbeyo 90)

SUTTON ATHLETIC 1 (Desagne 68) Heather sent off (foul and abusive language) 87

Att 27

Entry & Programme £4

For those who didn’t know already, the Kent Invicta League was created in 2011 as a Step 6 bridge from the Step 7 Kent County League to the Step 5 Kent League (now the Southern Counties East.)  As such one of the major issues it faced was getting enough stadia that fufilled the FA’s ground grading rules. The most expensive part of those gradings tends to be getting floodlights, so a side that already has access to them was always likely to get quickly elevated, and so it came to pass… Continue reading →

Our Former Selves

14 Monday Sep 2015

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Saturday 5th September 2015 ko 15.00

Southern Combination “Peter Bentley” League Challenge Cup 2nd Round

LANGNEY WANDERERS 1 (Buckett 9) Byrne sent off 88 (2nd booking)

EASTBOURNE UNITED ASSOCIATION 2 (Clarke 28 Baitup 80)

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Once upon a time there was a team in Eastboune called Shinewater Association. They played on a pitch behind the village hall, but found their progress hamped by a poor pitch, vandalism, and the near impossibility of getting permission to erect floodlights. In 2003 they opted to merge with Eastbourne United and the new club was rather inelegantly renamed Eastbourne United Association. Since then they’ve played their home games at United’s ground, The Oval. But that is only half the story.

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Whose Club Is It Anyway?

13 Sunday Sep 2015

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Monday 31st August 2015 ko 14.45

Welsh Alliance “Mawddach” League Cup First Round

LLANLLYFNI 4 (A.Owen 3 90 C.Parry 49 Daniels 57)

TREARDDUR BAY UNITED 1 (Moore 42)

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Every single groundhop that’s ever been organised works only due to co-operation. There are different ways of putting these events together, I know one organiser that pays the away clubs to turn up, we don’t by the way, but if an away club doesn’t want to play, then putting it bluntly, there is precious little anyone can do about it.  Continue reading →

Electric Mountain

07 Monday Sep 2015

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Sunday 30th August 2015 ko 14.30

Welsh Alliance Division One

LLANRUG UNITED 2 (Palmer 64 DN Williams 87)

LLANRWST UNITED 1 (Jenkins 79)

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Even after a week or so after the event, there’s one aspect of the Eithin Duon ground I’m not certain of. If you stand on the right-hand side of the pitch there’s a wonderful view of Snowdonia, with a massive pylon in the middle of it! Now on one hand the pylon is exceedingly ugly, but it does give the place quite a talking point, and I’d hate the valley to be without power! Continue reading →

Locomotive

06 Sunday Sep 2015

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Sunday 30th August 2015 ko 11.30

Welsh Alliance Division One

LLANBERIS 1 (Parry 68)

PWLLHELI 1 (M Jones 76) C Jones sent off 83 (violent conduct)

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I remember the moment when Chris Berezai made the decision he needed a deputy. We were on a Hellenic Hop at Abingdon Town when his back seized up. He struggled through the rest of the event, and a few days later I got a phone call, and the rest as they say is history. From then on we’ve acted more as a joint effort rather than me simply order-taking. I wasn’t born to follow, but Llanberis proved to be rather different for a while. Continue reading →

Renaissance

04 Friday Sep 2015

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Saturday 25th August 2015 ko 19.45

Welsh Alliance Division One

LLANGEFNI TOWN 4 (Evans 57 A Hughes 63 I Jones 74 S Jones 78)

LLANFAIRPWLL 0

Att 409 (Welsh Hop Record)

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It felt like we were reaching the 285 yards bit of a marathon as we reached Cae Bob Parry, in the market town of Anglesey, Llangefni. We were grateful the ground has floodlights, a relic of the club’s solitary season in the Welsh Premier, back in the 2007/8 season, but here’s the thing, we were due to visit here on Saturday of the first Welsh Alliance Hop back in 2013. Continue reading →

Glancing Forward

03 Thursday Sep 2015

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Saturday 29th August 2015 ko 13.30

Welsh Alliance Division 2

LLANERCHYMEDD 3 (J Jones 5 M Jones 29 48)

BLAENAU AMATEURS 2 (Bradley 35 45)

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As I was about to complete the crowd count back at Amlwch I spotted a lone figure looking nervously from outside the ground (I didn’t count him!). He was speaking to an Amlwch committeeman so I downed tools for a minute. It turned out to be to the Llanerchymedd manager getting a sneak preview of what was heading his way! Continue reading →

There was a young man

19 Sunday Jul 2015

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Saturday 11th July 2015 ko 18.30

League of Ireland- Premier Division

LIMERICK 2 (Faherty 33 Turner 82p)

GALWAY UNITED 4 (Keegan 12 61 74 Shanahan 81)

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I first visited the Republic of Ireland when I was 11. My scout troop camped near a small town called Castletown Bere on Bantry Bay, and other than quickly finding out why Ireland is the “Emerald Isle” my abiding memory of the place was just how long it look to get there. Now it has to be said a fleet of cars including 2 Morris Oxfords and a Morris Ital on single track roads was never likely to be fast, but I do remember upon my return grabbing Dad’s road atlas and being surprised at it only being 190-odd miles from the ferry port of Rosslare.

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Tin Plate

28 Thursday May 2015

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Thursday 27th July 2006 ko 19.30

UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Road 2nd Leg

LLANELLI AFC 0

GEFLE IF 0 Hedlund sent off 27 (DOGSO)

Llanelli won 2-1 on aggregate

Att 2,500 at Stradey Park, Llanelli (Llanelli RUFC)

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Just occasionally as a groundhopper you get an opportunity so good, virtually everyone drops everything just to be there. This was one of those occasions, as back in 2006 Llanelli’s home at Stebonheath Park wasn’t yet up to UEFA ground-grading regulations, so the club decided to play their UEFA Cup fixture at Stradey Park, the home of Llanelli Rugby Union Club. Continue reading →

Second Class Post

15 Friday May 2015

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Wednesday 13th May 2015 ko 18.30

Middlesex County League- Premier Division

L.P.O.S.S.A. 0

HILLINGDON 4 (Altomare 34 Casey 51 Rose 63 Mohamed 71)

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I suppose I should start by answering the obvious question, its London Post Office Sports and Social Association. The club plays at the London Post Office Association Club, close to Sudbury Hill Harrow railway station and Sudbury Hill tube station. Continue reading →