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Passing By

26 Wednesday Jun 2019

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Beaconsfield, East Berkshire League, FC Beaconsfield, Football, Holtspur Park, Non League, Old Windsor, Wooburn Green Lane

Wednesday 15th May 2019 ko 18.25

East Berkshire League- Premier Division

FC BEACONSFIELD 3 (Peddle 39 76 Howell 76)

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A few years ago you could add your own points of interest to SatNav’s. That was handy, as you could add all kinds of things useful to groundhoppers such as football grounds, petrol stations, pubs and so on. I even knew one hopper who had a Little Chefs download!  My non-league football grounds download died along with my old SatNav but I remember the little football icon that I spotted every time I passed under the bridge on the M40 approaching Beaconsfield from Loudwater. As my OCD invitably takes me I always fancied visiting, but I had no idea who played there!
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White Line Fever

17 Friday Nov 2017

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Aylesbury FC, Beaconsfield, Beaconsfield Services, Holloways Park, M40, Slough Youth Centre Old Boys, Southern League, SYCOB, Town, United

Monday 23rd October 2017 ko 19.45

Southern League- Eastern Division

BEACONSFIELD TOWN 0

AYLESBURY 3 (Scott 52 66 Deacon 80)

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I suspect many see Beaconsfield’s Holloways Park as the ground next door to the M40 Service Station, you can see the lit gibbet from behind the goal. A less well-known fact is that the original plans for the M40 saw the service placed between the Wycombe and Loudwater junctions, you can see the truncated slip roads on either side of the carriageway. But one way or another the motorway has been good for the club. Continue reading →

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