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Coast

13 Wednesday Sep 2023

Posted by laurencereade in F

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AFC Fylde, Altrincham, Dior Angus, Football, groundhopping, Kirkham and Wesham, Mill Farm, National League, Non League

Monday 28th August 2023 ko 15:00

National League, Premier Division

AFC FYLDE 3 (Haughton 58p Omotayo 79 Davis 90+9)

Haughton penalty saved 58

ALTRINCHAM 3 (Linney 33 Angus 35 Conn-Clarke 87p)

Att 1,819

Entry £16 (home terrace)

Programme £3

Teamsheet FREE

Robyn and I were at a loose end. With the Welsh hop and its replacement in the Central Midlands Alliance cancelled we were in the unusual position of having August Bank Holiday sat at home in Oxford. So when the pieces didn’t fall into place, I simply dipped into that imaginary pot of grounds I wanted to visit.

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Gingerbread

01 Friday Jun 2018

Posted by laurencereade in G

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Altrincham, Football, Grantham Town, groundhopping, Non League, Northern Premier League, South Kesteven Stadium, The Meres

Saturday 21st April 2018 ko 15.00

Northern Premier League-Premier Division

GRANTHAM TOWN 0

ALTRINCHAM 2 (Merrie 50 Johnston 78)

Att 689

Entry £10

Programme £2

In my working life, knowledge of the geography of the UK is useful. There’s a large map on the wall behind me, to help work out how long it takes to get from place to place, but being an inveterate groundhopper usually makes it redundant. After all, simply having driven to most of the towns helps, but the glaring exception was Grantham. Continue reading →

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Fold

05 Sunday Jan 2014

Posted by laurencereade in S

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Altrincham, Bower Fold, Conference North, Football League, Jim Harvey, Keith Briggs, Lord Tom Pendry, Stalybridge, Stalybridge Celtic, Twitter

Wednesday 1st January 2013 ko 15.00

Conference North

STALYBRIDGE CELTIC 0

ALTRINCHAM 5 (Clee 6 Moult 18 Leather 31 Perry 50 Reeves 58)

Att 684

Entry £12

Programme £2

Teamsheet FREE

Badge £3.50

As a groundhopper sometimes the weather dictates everything. This was very much a case of sitting in Lee’s Warwickshire front room with a coffee and trawling Twitter, comparing it to our respective wants lists. Even that task requires an element of subtlety, how do you interpret no news, even the term “Confident,” is open to interpretation! Continue reading →

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