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chiltern hills, Football, Gaywood Park, groundhopping, Kings Langley, London Colney, ovaltine factory, plantagenet kings, Spartan South Midlands
Tuesday 27th December 2011 ko 12.00pm
Spartan South Midlands League Division One
KINGS LANGLEY 4 (Noonan 24 90 Warrell 26 Armstrong 90)
LONDON COLNEY 0
Att 130 (record gate receipts of £340)
Entry & Programme £4
Tea-in-a-mug 70p
The village lies on the Southern Edge of the Chiltern Hills, and its western portion lies in Dacorum. The borough includes the towns of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, and Tring. It was once the location of Kings Langley Palace, a royal palace of the Plantagenet kings of England. The village is perhaps best known for being the location of the Ovaltine factory, now long since closed and converted to flats.
If the film “Field of Dreams,” espoused the comment “Build it and they will come,” then this fixture suggested a comment of “Set and stick to an unusual kick off time and they will come.” Continue reading