The Late Late Breakfast Bap

15 Sunday Sep 2024

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Sunday 28th July 2024 ko 15:30

United Counties League-Premier Division South

RUGBY BOROUGH 5 (McGahey 20 54 Sawyer 24 67 Wilson 58)

LEICESTER NIRVANA 1 (Brown 34)

Att 401

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Programme £2

If the point of groundhopping is to visit as many football grounds as possible, then if you’re going to revisit anywhere then let it be somewhere that has changed beyond recognition. While my first visit to Kilsby Lane was back in 2011 when Rugby Borough were Rugby Town Juniors. As an aside it was also the second article I wrote for this site. How times change.. the pitch was grass back then!

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Resurrection

13 Friday Sep 2024

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Sunday 28th July 2024 ko 12:00

United Counties League Division One

COALVILLE TOWN 0

SOUTHWELL CITY 1 (Eckers 15)

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When we at GroundhopUK started to put together this edition of the UCL Hop the thought of going to Owen Street hadn’t crossed our minds. Coalville were nicely esconced in the Southern League Premier Central, but then came the shocking news that they wrere resigning, citing financial difficulties. They were quickly accepted by the United Counties League which immediately created an unusual situation for us.

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Harrowby Without

12 Thursday Sep 2024

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Saturday 27th July 2024 ko 18:00

United Counties League- Premier North

HARROWBY UNITED 1 (Allcock 64)

EASTWOOD COMMUNITY 8 (O’Connor 25p 50 57p Blake 45 90+5 Czerwak 90 Fuller 90+7 Commons 90+10)

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From Retford we headed through Grantham, passing by the South Kesteven Stadium on the way. I picked by way through the suburbs before arriving at Dickens Road, tucked away behind the houses.

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Train Time

02 Monday Sep 2024

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Saturday 27th July 2024 ko 14:15

United Counties League Division One

RETFORD 2 (Goddard 10 Bacon 88)

GEDLING MINERS WELFARE 0

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Teamsheet 50p

It had only been 2 years since I’d visited The Rail and if I watched non league football purely to tick off grounds, this would have been the game I’d have anticipated the least. Yet, for me this was the visit I looked forward to the most…..

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Otherworld

28 Wednesday Aug 2024

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Saturday 27th July 2024 ko 11:00

United Counties League- Premier North

SHIREBROOK TOWN 1 (Costa 62)

NEWARK & SHERWOOD UNITED 1 (Monteiro 50og)

L White penalty saved 69

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I must say I enjoyed my close season far more than I expected, the chance to recharge my groundhopping batteries was appreciated, even the pre-season friendlies were often an exercise in enjoying a day out, rather than with any kind of aim. Robyn and I were ready to return to GroundhopUK duty for the UCL Hop but then we hit a snag….

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Carville

21 Wednesday Aug 2024

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Saturday 20th July 2024 ko 14:00

Pre-season friendly

SPARTANS YOUTH 1 (Ralph 90)

WEALDSTONE U23 1 (86)

Att 31 at Carville Hall Park North , Lionel Road North, Brentford.

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Where do I start with this one? Probably with the most obvious, we were taking advantage of a club that normally groundshares playing a rare game at home. Spartans Youth are starting their third season in the first division of the Combined Counties League, but have groundshared at Northwood, and this season at Bedfont FC, a little nearer to the planes flying into Heathrow!

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Pretty Flamingo

19 Monday Aug 2024

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Saturday 13th July 2024 ko 15:00

Heritage Cup

CRAY WANDERERS 0

SHEFFIELD FC 4 (A Smith 45 Watson 54 62 Aldrich 58)

Att 466 at Flamingo Park, Sidcup

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I know why I’d been attracted to this one, and it wasn’t the quasi-competive fixture. Without ever trying since returning from Sweden I’d watched my football at a steady succession of 3G cages and I was getting heartily bored of them. I chose to ignore Flamingo Park having a 3G pitch…

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The Other

14 Wednesday Aug 2024

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Tuesday 9th July 2024 ko 19:30

Pre-season Friendly

THAME UNITED 1 (79)

RISBOROUGH RANGERS 1 (43)

Att 54 at 3G Pitch, Meadow View Park

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A few days after this game I received a message from another groundhopper in regard to Thame United’s friendlies. He wanted to know whether they would be played on the main stadium pitch, or like this one on the floodlit 3G next door?

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Holloway

12 Monday Aug 2024

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Saturday 6th July 2024 ko 12:00

Pre-season friendly

ASCOT UNITED 2 (15, 34)

FLEET TOWN 3 (9, 21, 84)

Att c30 at 3G pitch, Royal Holloway College Sports Centre, Egham

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I must admit, pre-season friendlies for me are little more than an excuse to get back on the road after the close season. With that in mind I try to make a virtue of them, such as seeking out games where the club plays at home when normally groundsharing or in this case playing at a completely 3rd party ground!

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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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