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Billings

21 Wednesday Mar 2018

Posted by laurencereade in C

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Amateur, Corinthian, Football, Gay Dawn Farm, groundhopping, Kent League, Ron Billings, Sheppey United, Southern Counties East League, Southern League

Tuesday 13th March 2018 ko 19.45

Southern Counties East League Premier Division

CORINTHIAN FC 3 (Jones 25 31 Hurcomb 65)

SHEPPEY UNITED 0

Att 72

Entry £7

Programme £1

One look at the name “Corinthian” will have the reasonably well-informed football watcher evoking the famous amateur club, now one half of the Corinthian-Casuals club in Tolworth. And while the amateur, football for football’s sake is similar the story of the Kentish Corinthian is rather different. You could say the whole story evokes “Field of Dreams.” Continue reading →

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Purpose

11 Thursday Jan 2018

Posted by laurencereade in A

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AFA, Altis, Amateur, Amateur Football Combination, Essex Alliance, Football, groundhopping, London Marathon Community Track, London Stadium, Non League, Sloane, United League, West Ham United

Tuesday 9th January 2018 ko 20.15

London FA Junior Cup 4th Round

ALTIS 1 (Aalit 62) McCausland sent off (DOGSO) 90

UNITED LONDON 1 (Texeira 10)

No extra time, United London won 4-2 on penalties

Att 86 @ London Marathon Community Track

Entry & Programme £3

“Altis” ; Greek def. “The Sanctuary of the Gods.”

The thanks for this should go to Talksport radio presenter Tony Incenzo. It was he that spotted that former warm-up track for the 2012 London Olympics had been converted for use as a mini stadium and his suggestion was how Altis came to move there. He then encouraged the club to play one of their games midweek under lights and to produce a one-off programme. And when you know roughly 60 of the attendees you know the ruse worked! Continue reading →

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Clincart Farm

03 Thursday Mar 2016

Posted by laurencereade in H

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Aberdeenshire, Amateur, Amateurs, Ayrshire, final, Glasgow, Hampden, Hampden Park, Inter, League, Lesser Hampden, Scottish

Sunday 28th February 2016 ko 14.00

Scottish Amateur FA Inter League Trophy Final

ABERDEENSHIRE 2 (McDougal 56 Franchi 82)

AYRSHIRE 3 (Connell 62p 64p O’Conner 79)

Att 126 at Lesser Hampden, Glasgow

Entry FREE

Programme FREE

When you look at it, Lesser Hampden is a real oddity. It’s situated at one end of Scotland’s National Stadium, Hampden Park, and as such is seen by many but visited by very few. But to understand it you need to know who owns Hampden and why.
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