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The K Took My Stand Away

07 Monday Nov 2016

Posted by laurencereade in K

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APM Contrast, Cobdown Sports Club, Ditton, Elmstead, K Sports, Kent County League, Kent Invicta League, Southern Counties East League, Station Road

Friday 4th November 2016 ko 19.45

Southern Counties East League-Division One

K SPORTS 4 (Smith 4 40 Russell 7 Norman 73)

ELMSTEAD FC 1 (Babalola 45)

Entry £5

Programme £2.50

More or less 2 years ago I paid a visit to Kent County League outfit APM Contrast, mainly to gaze upon their wonderfiul pitched roofed stand, a relic from the club’s former guise, Aylesford Paper Mills’ stint in the Kent League, now the Premier Division of the Southern Counties East League. What I and many others who made the journey found was club struggling with the loss of the club’s main source of support, the paper mill and the ground grading realities of regaining their lost status. Continue reading →

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Paper Money

24 Wednesday Dec 2014

Posted by laurencereade in A

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APM, APM Contrast, Aylesford Newsprint, Aylesford Paper Mills, Aylesford Paper Mills FC, Cobdown Sports and Social, Cobdown Sports Club, Kent County League, Kent County League Premier Division, Kent League, Southern Counties East, Staplehurst Monarchs United

Saturday 20th December 2014 ko 14.00

Kent County League Premier Division

APM CONTRAST 1 (Brown 53)

STAPLEHURST MONARCHS UNITED 0 Metland sent off (violent conduct) 75 Tharp sent off (dangerous play) 90

Att 15

Entry FREE

Programme NO (althought they do normally)

As a groundhopper there are truths to be found self-evident. Amongst these are that you will see mile after mile of motorway roads, and that you will eat in barn-style chain pubs named in part after a “Dukes of Hazzard” character and they will all smell of stale beer, farts and despair.

You’ll fly past football pitches on those rivers of asphalt and you’ll glance across and wonder who plays there, and you’ll make a mental note to pay them a visit; more often than not you’ll forget. Continue reading →

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