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22 Tuesday Dec 2015

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3G, Alton Town, Anstey Park, Bass, Cams Alders, Coors, Fareham Town, New Ground

Tuesday 15th December 2015 ko 19.45

Wessex League Cup 2nd Round

ALTON TOWN 4 (Fox 3 Gray 7 Peck 73 Latimer 81)

FAREHAM TOWN 2 (Jackson 11 Laycock 85)

Att 96

Entry £6

Teamsheet FREE

I suspect when Coors started procedures to move Alton Town from their historic Bass Ground noone, least of all the club would have expected an outcome this good. Let’s face it, non-league football is littered with tales of homeless clubs groundsharing for a while, then slowly dying. What makes this all the more interesting is that the club have moved less than 400 yards, just across and along the main road, and in the process have gone home. Continue reading →

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Turktown

10 Thursday Nov 2011

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Cams Alders, Chilli sauce, Ellis Martin, Fareham, Football, goals, Gosport Borough, groundhopping, Kessack, Norton, Pittman, Privett Park, Rob Tambling

Monday 7th November 2011 ko 7.45pm

Russell Cotes Cup 2nd Round

GOSPORT BOROUGH 3 (Norton 75 E Martin 90p 120)

FAREHAM TOWN 3 (Tambling 20 77 Kessack 100) Pittman sent off 102 (2nd booking)

Gosport won 5-4 on (sudden death) penalties

att c200

Entry £6

Teamsheet FREE

Badge sold out

Bobby Robson autobiography £3

Tea 70p

Cheeseburger £2.10

Chips £1 (with inferior chilli sauce to that at Cams Alders)

So, why attend a game in an obscure cup competition and find yourself listening to the home team’s rested star player on 5live as you park up at the ground (Steve Claridge)? Because the two clubs are around 4.5 miles apart, and there’s history…..

Fareham fans refer to the fact that much of this south coast town was built by Turkish prisoners-of-war following the First World War. Certainly there’s a massive difference in atmosphere as you cross from one town to the other. Fareham is, as their fans sing is full of car parks and estate agents, while the main sight in Gosport is the massive Continue reading →

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