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Metroland

10 Saturday Jun 2023

Posted by laurencereade in B

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Ashton Folly, Brill Sports and Social Club, Brill United, Football, groundhopping, Halse United, John Betjeman, London Underground, Metroland, Non League, Oxfordshire Senior League, Oxon Senior League

Wednesday 26th April 2023 ko 18:30

Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division

ASHTON FOLLY 5 (Laver 5 24 35 65 Benjamin 68)

Baker sent off (foul & abusive)

HALSE UNITED 0

Att 15 at Brill Sports and Social Club

For a small village on the westernmost tip of Buckinghamshire, the village of Brill seems to punch above its weight. Brill used to have a palace as the centre of the Forest of Bernwood, owned by the crown, so the likes of Henry II, King John, and Henry III all stayed here. Charles I used the palace as a garrison during the English Civil War, which is probably why the place was destroyed during the Commonwealth! Continue reading →

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