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Athletic On The Road

24 Monday Apr 2017

Posted by laurencereade in F, T

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Athletic Ground, Commercial Terrace, Fochriw, Football, South Wales Alliance, Trefelin, TREHARRIS ATHLETIC WESTERN, Trelewis, Trelewis Welfare, Wales, Welfare Ground, Welsh League

Saturday 8th April 2017 ko 14.30

Welsh League Division 3

TREHARRIS ATHLETIC WESTERN 1 (Mitchell 55) Mitchell missed penalty 86

TREFELIN B.G.C. 1 (Latham 23) Monks-Landeg sent off 65 (dangerous play)

Att c25 at Welfare Ground, Fochriw

Entry £3

Programme £1

In the lexicon of great South Wales non-league grounds three places stand out. There’s Blaenrhondda, Garw and until recently Treharris Athletic Western’s Athletic Ground home. Those in the know knew it was on borrowed time, if for no other reason than the pitch being too small for Welsh League requirements, but the club’s abrupt departure earlier this year took many by surprise. Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Gaunt

20 Thursday Oct 2016

Posted by laurencereade in W

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Athletic Ground, Bowdens Road, Cadbury Heath, Football, groundhopping, GroundhopUK, Wells City, Western League

Saturday 8th October 2016 ko 13.15

Western League Premier Division

WELLS CITY 2 (Pitman 52 Spill 84) Batchelor missed penalty 47 Brown sent off (2nd booking) 86

CADBURY HEATH 5 (Huxley 25p 48 56 Bailey 26 McElroy 82)

Att 219

Entry £6

Programme £1

We arrived at the Athletic Ground, in Rowden’s Road, and I pleased to see a geographically challenged hopper park up next to me. The previous day he’d very nearly paid Bishops Sutton in Hampshire a visit rather than Bishop Sutton in Somerset, so I did wonder whether he’d made a beeline for Wells-next-the-sea. At one point we could have found GroundhopUK hopping the Anglian Combination I suppose, but then we could have easily been easily in a number of leagues. The Western League have been excellent hosts for us, and Chris Berezai had I had a special reason to want to be at Wells City.  Continue reading →

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How Green Was My Valley?

05 Thursday Jun 2014

Posted by laurencereade in T

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Athletic, Athletic Ground, Commercial Terrace, narrow, South Wales, Southern League, Treharris, Wales, Welsh League, Western, Western League

Saturday 28th May 2011 ko 14.30

Welsh League Division Two

TREHARRIS ATHLETIC WESTERN 2 (Harris 54 Glasey 65)

DINAS POWYS 1 (Jones 74)

Att 115

Entry & Programme £3

I remember my first glimpse of the Welsh Valleys, as the A470 crept north past Merthyr Tydfil, heading north away from Cardiff. Other than the signs in both Welsh and English, the scenery whilst beautiful, Castell Coch is here after all, the scene only really changes when you head into the valleys. You’re heading into coal mining territory here, and the streets narrow, the hills get steeper and the lines of terraced cottages stretch as far as the eye can see. The book and film, “How Green Was My Valley,” was based on here.

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Insurance

23 Sunday Dec 2012

Posted by laurencereade in M

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Ade Olurunda, Alex Brown, andrew broughton, Athletic Ground, Deren Ibrahim, Gallagher Stadium, isthmian league, Luke Gedling, Maidstone United, Matt Daniel, Worthing

Saturday 22nd December 2012 ko 15.00

Isthmian League Division One South

MAIDSTONE UNITED 2 (King 69 A Olorunda 86)

WORTHING 2 (Brown 3og Daniel 55)

Att 1,765

Entry £10

Programme £2

Badge £3

With so much sport falling to the weather, I wanted something that was more or less guaranteed to be taking place. With Maidstone’s new ground having a plastic pitch, the element of doubt was more or less removed. It did leave the vexed question of having to get back to Oxford early enough to attend a Christmas bash, but I spotted a short-cut up a grass bank to get quickly back to my car, parked in a charity car park. The game finished, I made for the bank, slipped, and… Continue reading →

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