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Peripatetic

02 Thursday Jan 2025

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Saturday 9th November 2024 ko 15:00

Isthmian League Division One South East

SITTINGBOURNE 5 (Cosgrove 34 Sinai 45+1 Stevenson 83 Boachie 89 Kingsford 90+3)

DEAL TOWN 0

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With the organised hop season over you’d have thought the very last place I’d have wanted to find myself was the South East! But then Robyn wanted to tick off Gillingham towards her aim of completing her “92” and Sittingbourne is just that little bit too far away for me to get there midweek after work. Then there’s the which Sittingbourne ground conundrum…

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Wheels

10 Friday Nov 2023

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Sunday 8th October 2023 ko 15:00

Southern Counties East Premier Division

DEAL TOWN 2 (T Chapman 46 B Chapman 76)

T Chapman sent off 62 (dangerous play)

Hark sent off 75 (DOGSO)

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We left the isolation of Lydd and traced the route of Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway back to Hythe and gradually the view from Shirley’s coach became more urbane. We even eventually reached Deal via Kingsdown which did produce a smile. I’d camped there with the Scouts in the mid-1980’s and as my mum waved off the minibus she looked at the bright sunshine and commented,

” Well you’ve certainly got the weather!”

That night we had the most unbelievable thunderstorm, the local supermarket was hit by lightening, and the bolts were bright and frequent enough for me to read a book in my tent. I’m not sure after all these years I’d have that sang-froid now. Mind you with what happened later, maybe we still do!

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