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The Island Line

02 Monday Oct 2017

Posted by laurencereade in S

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1938 tube stock, Class 438, County Ground, Football, groundhopping, hovercraft, Island Line, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight League, lake, railway, Ryde Esplanade, Ryde Pierhead, Shanklin, underground

Saturday 2nd September 2017 ko 13.30

Isle of Wight League – Division One

SHANKLIN 2 (Nash 7 14) Sam Hart missed penalty 31

COWES SPORTS RESERVES 2 (Holdsworth 55 83) 

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If you’re the kind of person who looks for the cheapest and easiest way to do things, you’d never use the hovercraft to get to the Isle of Wight. The parking in Southsea is just too expensive, and its so much more straightforward to take the car across from Southampton to Cowes. But life isn’t about treading the path most trodden, and it was Robyn’s birthday after all!

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The Key To It All

25 Tuesday Aug 2015

Posted by laurencereade in B

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1938 tube stock, Brading Town, hovercraft, Island Line, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight League, Jubliee Cup, Northwood St Johns, Ryde, Vicarage Lane, wessex league

Saturday 22nd August 2015 ko 14.30

Isle of Wight Jubilee Cup

BRADING TOWN 3 (Collins 7 Hichcox 28 Hatcher 45) Vale missed penalty 45)

NORTHWOOD ST JOHNS 0

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The further I delve into every football ground everywhere, the endless choice every Saturday doesn’t get any less bewildering nearly 1,700 grounds in. Writing these articles helps, as it steers you towards places that cry out to have their story told, but in the end Brading Town became a classic piece of completionism. Continue reading →

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