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Passing By

08 Monday Nov 2021

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DRG, DRG Frenchay, DRG Stapleton, DRG SV Frenchay, Football, Frenchay Park, groundhopping, League, Mendip Broadwalk, Non League

Saturday 16th October 2021 ko 14:00

Bristol Premier Combination Division 1

D.R.G. S.V. FRENCHAY 8 (Hyslop 4p 35 Sterling 31 Van-Meir 33 Hudson 65 Holden 67 Day 69 May 83og)

MENDIP BROADWALK RESERVES 0

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For me half the fun of travel is the sometimes unique set of circumstances that lead you somewhere. It was leaving day after Robyn and I’s week in Penzance and such are the realities of Covid cleaning protocols, we had to be out by 9am. Normally we’d have looked for something Cornish to watch but in addition we needed to be back in Oxford for roughly 7pm. What it all added up to was us visiting a club I’d wanted to visit for 6 years, but never thought I’d visit this way. Continue reading →

The Compromise At Havelock Square 

09 Friday Apr 2021

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Aviva Stadium, Football, FYR Macedonia, groundhopping, Ireland, Lansdowne Road, North Macedonia, Republic of Ireland

Saturday 26th March 2011 ko 20.00

UEFA European Championship Qualifying Group B

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 2 (McGeady 2 Keane 21)

FYR MACEDONIA 1 (Tričkovski 45)

Att 30,000 at Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Entry €45

Programme €5

Parking €5

It had been a highly convivial afternoon in Newry but as I thrashed the tiny hire car on the motorway back to Dublin the tension was building. On one hand any trip to any capital is going to involve traffic, and we’d made the decision already to use both of Dublin’s toll roads (costing a total of €4.70) just to get there on time. Another problem was the fact that even though we’d been in Ireland since Friday morning, we still didn’t have tickets.

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Racing Colours

19 Tuesday Jan 2021

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Dave Cooper, Dave Mackay, Fir Park, Football, groundhopping, M6, M74, Motherwell, Phil O'Donnell, Scotland, Todhills Rest Area

Saturday 26th December 2009 ko 15.00

Scottish Premier League

MOTHERWELL 1 (Jennings 39)

ST JOHNSTONE 3 (McDonald 55 58 71)

Att 4,140

Entry £22 

Programme £2.50

It wasn’t the most straightforward of Boxing Days. I was still with the ex-wife back in 2009 and we’d finally managed to cope with parental Christmas blackmail (“If you don’t spend Christmas Day with us we won’t bother celebrating it” – How could we be in two places at once??) by booking ourselves into a log cabin in the Lake District for Christmas week. Perhaps the familial gods saw what we did – we promptly got snowed in, and I needed a tow just to get the shopping home! In the end, I ended up parking up half-a-mile from the cabin just to allow myself transport while we were there. It also had the (un) intended benefit of allowing me to go to football!

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Hindsight

11 Friday Dec 2020

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Barry Town, Bridgend Town, Bryntirion Athletic, Coychurch Road, Non League, Old Grounds, Pen Y Bont, Wales, welsh football

Friday 6th January 2006 ko 19.30

Welsh League Division One

BRIDGEND TOWN 0

BARRY TOWN 1 (Reddy)

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Entry £3

Programme 50p

My abiding memory of this game was arriving at Coychurch Road far too early, around 6pm as I didn’t know what time this game was to kick-off at. I knew nothing back then of course Coychurch Road had staged Southern League football, and Bridgend’s stint in English football had only ended in 1983, when the club had opted back into Welsh football.

The night’s visitors had been one of the “Irate Eight” who on the formation of the League of Wales in 1992 had wanted to remain in the English game. They’d played one season as Barri AFC playing out of Worcester City before returning to the Welsh game a season later. Perhaps that’s why they didn’t know what time kick-off time was either…

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The Pie Army

12 Monday Oct 2020

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Aylestone Park, Football, groundhopping, Melton Mowbray, Melton Sports Village, Non League, United Counties League

Tuesday 6th October 2020 ko 19.45

United Counties League Division One

MELTON TOWN 0

Hammond sent off 90 (violent conduct)

AYLESTONE PARK 2 (Preston 8 Beck Ray 18)

Holyoak sent off 90 (violent conduct)

Att 141

Entry £5

Programme £1

I’ve always liked the idea of a football club being very much of its location, Miners Welfare teams playing next door to the pit being an example. That could also lend itself nicely to food too. I’m still amazed I couldn’t buy a hot chocolate at Cadbury Athletic for example or a real ale at Tadcaster ! But if ever there was a town whose famous foodstuff ought to be at their football ground it’s definitely Melton Mowbray! Continue reading →

Swedish Groundhop 2020

18 Tuesday Feb 2020

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Unfortunately due to the Covid-19 virus pandemic this year’s Swedish Hop has had to be postponed.

 

This is organiser Kim Hedwall’s email to me this morning

“According to the Covid19, Corona virus I have decided to postpone the Swedish Hop until first weekend in June 2021.

 

With closed borders and restriction to travel as stay indoors for older people etc. the only decision is to postpone the hop.

Already Euro 2020 among other big tournaments is postponed and situation is not ideal.

 

Swedish FA, have decided to start the football season in the beginning of June as earliest.

As we got a planned game in the Superettan in the hop fixtures and also not knowing what will happen to the lower leagues,

all games could be moved to other dates, my decision is to postpone the hop until first weekend in June 2021.

Really a blow for me and everyone involved, as it could have been a very good hop.

 

I hope everyone will understand the decision and stay away from the virus.

Country after country is closing down in protection against the corona virus, so this is the only thing to do.”

Yours sincerely

 

Kim

 

For those of you that have sent me cheques thanks, and I’ll make sure those are destroyed. I hope those who have booked flights can obtain refunds. I hope that making an early decision on this will help.

Regards

 

Laurence

 

 

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Maritime

22 Monday Oct 2018

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Hopkinstown, Maritime Recreation Ground, Non League, Pontypridd FC, Taff Ely and Rhymney Valley League, Wales

Saturday 1st September 2018 ko 14.00

Taff Ely Rhymney Valley League Division 1

PONTYPRIDD FC 3 (Hughes 3og Griffiths 53p Lewis 90)

HOPKINSTOWN 3 (Gooch 4p Thomas 22 Solly 85) 

Baker sent off 90 (violent conduct) 

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After an 11-game blast around the Valleys over the previous weekend you’d have thought the very last thing I’d want is another game in the area! But my regular reader has probably worked out by now that I’m a contrary soul, and I’d had a rather interesting conversation at Rhydyfelin on the Monday of the hop…. Continue reading →

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The Clansmen

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

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Football, groundhopping, Non League, North Bucks and District, Potterspury, Stewkley

Tuesday 29th May 2018 ko 18.30

North Bucks & District League- Premier Division

STEWKLEY 1 (Howe 19)

POTTERSPURY 8 (Cole 6 A Kelly 14 75 Hall 25 74 90 Ord 66 Whittome 86)

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I suspect that the pretty Buckinghamshire village of Stewkley is more famous for cricket than football. Former England captain Alistair Cook was married at the local church here, and fast bowler Darren Gough had a playing stint at Stewkley CC whilst living here. Away from sport “Pub Landlord” Al Murray was born here, but why did an off-pyramid game at the far side of the cricket pitch attract quite so many groundhoppers? Continue reading →

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Decider

01 Thursday Jun 2017

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Sunday 7th May 2017 ko 12.00

Championship

BRISTOL CITY 0

BIRMINGHAM CITY 1 (Adams 16)

Att 24,404

Entry £16

Programme £3

This one had been pencilled in for some time, as it was my girlfriend Robyn’s team’s last home game of the season, and when the tickets were artfully discounted, the chance to explore the new Lansdowne stand too. Robyn and I had watched the reverse fixture back in November, Birmingham won 1-0 and we departed thinking that Bristol City would probably need to win the final game to guarantee safety. Little did we know… Continue reading →

Homeward Bound

30 Sunday Oct 2016

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Brickfield Lane, Edgware Town, Football, groundhopping, Hadley, Micky Hazard, Spartan South Midlands League

Wednesday 12th October 2016 ko 19.30

Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division

HADLEY 1 (Belmansour 40)

EDGWARE TOWN 2 (McCluskey 52 Blackburne 68)

Att 95

Entry £6

Programme £1

There’ve been some remarkable returns home in non-league this season. One would be Fisher Athletic but in many respects Hadley’s return home is even more remarkable.  Continue reading →

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