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Reformation

08 Tuesday Jun 2021

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Saturday 5th June 2021 ko 14.30

Thames Valley Premier League – Division One

ROTHERFIELD UNITED 1 (Clarke 45p)

READING YMCA 2 (Hormola 7 Donegan 61p)

Att c24 at Bishopswood Sports Field, Gallowstree Common.

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Given I’d not seen a game at Bishopswood this was something of a sentimental return for me. Back in the day I had a blonde girlfriend who worked for a brewery, which did have a few advantages. The brewery in question was Brakspear in Henley-on-Thames, and we spent many an evening ticking off the pubs of the Brakspear estate- it was clear looking back that the groundhopping gene was active even then! One of the best pubs was the Reformation at Gallowstree Common and I remember driving past the Bishopswood Sports Field and me thinking “I really ought to see a game there!” It only took another 25 years…. Continue reading →

The Cricket

29 Sunday Mar 2015

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Tuesday 24th March 2015 ko 19.30

Combined Counties League Division One

EVERSLEY & CALIFORNIA 0

CHESSINGTON & HOOK UNITED 3 (McLaughlin 11 54 Bowles 68og)

Att 23

Entry & Programme £5

After the exertions of the Lowland League Hop I wanted something reasonably local and after 1700 or so grounds the Hampshire side of the border with Berkshire is just about as good as it gets for a floodlit tick these days!

It’s fair to say Eversley is an extremely affluent area, with the Prep schools dotted around the executive houses and the forests, Will Carling lives in this area, reckoned to be the least deprived area in the UK. Of course as is usually the case none of that helps the local football team. Continue reading →

It’s a Gas Gas Gas

01 Tuesday Jul 2014

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Saturday 28th June 2014 ko 15.00

Pre-Season Friendly

EPSOM ATHLETIC 3 (W Cathcart 29 74 Mollatt 76)

KNAPHILL 0

Att 31 at N.E.S.C.O.T. Reigate Road, Epsom

Entry FREE

No Programme

I suppose the first question is what is NESCOT? It’s the North East Surrey College of Technology, not that I saw too much of it, the pitch was the other side of the car park from the college buildings so the only thing I learned was that if you fancy becoming a gas fitter, you’re in the right place! I do like these friendlies where the home team is in a groundshare, Athletic share at Chessington & Hook’s Chalky Lane ground, but this isn’t a case of the club simply playing at their home, more a case of simply hiring a pitch. Continue reading →

The Death of Reality

16 Thursday Aug 2012

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Saturday 11th August 2012 ko 3.00pm

FA Cup Extra-Preliminary Round

ARUNDEL 1 (Walker 36)

EPSOM & EWELL 2 (Ayling 30 75)

Att c100

Entry £5

Programme 50p

I’m writing about this one 5 days after the event which isn’t necessarily a bad thing  as I can try to place my trip to Mill Road in some sort of context. I’d seen photos of the ground with the castle in the background and had wanted to visit for years, and with Callum Smith (http://thewastedsaturdays.tumblr.com/) looking for a game, it seemed a straightforward plan to collect him from Eastleigh and still have plenty of time to wend our way along the A27 and visit the cornucopia of second-hand bookshops before the game. As ever, life didn’t work out that way, the A34 and M3 were choked by Olympic travellers Continue reading →